Well, I see I haven’t posted a poem since day 5 and 6, my mind screams “FAIL,” while my body reminds me that I had a cold that turned into a sinus infection which brought fatigue that wasn’t as bad as the flu but worse than the cold. Truth be told, besides the crackly ears and headache, this was not the worst sinus infection, but the fatigue was by far the worst part. I have slept through all my early morning writing times and it is really hard in my current season of life to find time at any other time in the day. For instance, right now I’m sitting in my mini-van using my hotspot while one of my boys is in karate. I’ll take what I can get at this point and what I can get is about 45 minutes now that I have eaten my dinner in the car, done my Duolingo in the car, and took my turn at scrabble in the car.

Poetry month is half over now. I feel like I’ve been sick through half of that half so I’m really hoping to make the most out of the rest of poetry month. I’m going to share several of the poems I have written lately. The first is an ekphrastic poem. I chose a piece of art for inspiration for this poem and have attached a picture giving credit to the artist.

Far From Home

Far from home

we wonder

side by side

in the cold

or in the heat

in the rain

or in the sunshine

as long as we are

together

side by side

hand in hand

we may be far from home physically

but my home is wherever you are

as long as we are together

I am home

Four– A Number Poem

My heart exists outside of my body

In four other souls to be exact

The three who were born out of my body

and the one I chose to give my heart to

In these four I live and breathe

In these four my heart beats and breaks

In these four my love can extinguish

flaming arrows, fight off a killer whale,

push a car with my bare hands

anything to get to the four I love

with all my heart, in my body

and in theirs, my heart beats for

four others.

My Own Worst Enemy– A Risky Poem

Take a leap

if you dare

don’t know what

may be lurking there

You’ll never know

if you don’t take a peak

is it better to hide or seek?

I wonder what is waiting

just around the bend

An unexplored passion? A new best friend?

I am my own worst enemy

when it comes to chasing my dreams

I’d like to live outside my head

And do some things I usually dread

In this thing called life, there’s no time to lose

Chase those dreams ad find your muse.

Full Heart

When I focus on things above

and not on things around

When I drop down on my knees to praise

instead of staring at the ground

Only then do I realize, I have a full heart.

The Lord has provided all I need

with my full heart and love for him, he’s pulling out the weeds

of everything in me that isn’t of him,

he’s gentle, merciful, and kind

He made my heart full and opened my eyes that to him were once blind

But now I see with new eyes

what I couldn’t see before

I shall want for nothing,

It is him that I adore

And so I pray that my full heart

will live to serve and bring Jesus glory

Each day I get, each breathe I take, He’s the author of my story