When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why? Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out yourContinueContinue reading “Complex Question”
Author Archives: debdancingstarhawken7
Love Is
Photo by Alexander Grey on Pexels.com I have learned that love IS No matter how much anger and hatred there is No matter how many wars we have Or how many arguments bounce off unresponsive walls You don’t have to believe in love Because it doesn’t exist in relation to your beliefs It doesn’t needContinueContinue reading “Love Is”
Tumbleweed
Photo by Alfo Medeiros on Pexels.com Matted and brown it appears already dead Yet it lives as it moves as it travels On roads never certain it is constantly led Through a truth that too slowly unravels This tough knotted weed must go where it must It must hope to survive whilst accepting its fateContinueContinue reading “Tumbleweed”
Ambitious Bosses
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com You worship me for who I am Revere me (for what I can do for you) As long as I don’t look too good I must be a genius Who appears to be a fool A success who looks like a waste of space and time Next to you ButContinueContinue reading “Ambitious Bosses”
A Lifetime in a Voice
Photo by Italo Melo on Pexels.com She has a lifetime in her voice Although it is elderly and gravelly Her words are uncertain Their meaning unclear Desperately she tries again Anxious to be understood As she would once have been But all she sees is bewilderment She tries to read their souls Communicate heart toContinueContinue reading “A Lifetime in a Voice”
Becoming a Friend
What makes a good neighbor? I’ve had many good neighbours in my life who have become friends, that make you feel safer when you’re alone indoors, secure in the knowledge that they will help if you’re in trouble. I try to be a good neighbour too. I love our current neighbours. I’ve also had disinterestedContinueContinue reading “Becoming a Friend”
In Your Footsteps
Photo by Brady Knoll on Pexels.com You think I don’t want to follow them everywhere they goTo be there when they laughSee them walking life’s highwaysHopeful – optimistic – youngYou think my heart beats to a different rhythmAnd my insides don’t crumble at the temporary lossAs they walk out the doorYou think I rest easilyWhileContinueContinue reading “In Your Footsteps”
The Empire of Certainty
Photo by Skitterphoto on Pexels.com The similarity between you and the Holy Roman Empire. That was the original title of a piece of my very old writing that I re-discovered at the weekend, by finally opening the huge box of notes I’d made, poems I’d forgotten, and things I must have known I would eventuallyContinueContinue reading “The Empire of Certainty”
Tightrope
Photo by Adam Khasbulatov on Pexels.com I’m walking a tightrope To one side is my future To the other my past This is my reality I teeter I thrust out my arms as straight as I can Don’t wobble Don’t lose balance I could fall back into my past Or forward into a future I’mContinueContinue reading “Tightrope”
The Millionaire
Photo by MEUM MARE on Pexels.com I may not be a millionaire I may be the poorest pauper But I have riches that you can share Though I’m not a rich man’s daughter God gave me gold in the autumn In the leaves that fall from the trees And He gave me gold in theContinueContinue reading “The Millionaire”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 