Medium Ash Brown

This week has been long (and it's only Tuesday), but papers and presentations are finally finished. I took a big sigh of relief tonight. Glad to have had a bit of time to sit and read, write and enjoy the company of a great friend.


It's raining now
It was sunny, muggy, sticky
You could feel how the clouds wanted to let it out
Burst into streams of rain
The pressure mounting
Now they've errupted
Hitting the hot pavement
the steam rising from the asphalt
It will last just long enough
And then it will be over
The coolness that it brings is needed
It was hot. Too hot
There is a freshness in the air
A newness
A cleansing
For now everything is wet,
Clean
It'll get dirty again
Give it time

Just maybe

Finally, a feeling felt other than hurt
Finally a feeling other then pain
It happened, and felt good
Surprising after so long of wondering;
Would it happen

But now it is getting easier
Loving isn't so hard to do
It takes time,
It takes a moment of weakness

Finally, a feeling felt other than hate
Finally a feeling felt other than shame
It does happen, and feels good
Surprising after trying to stop it for so long
It does happen

And now, it is easier
Loving isn't so hard to do
It takes time,
it takes a chance

Instinct

Sorry is asking for forgiveness
for something done wrong.
It's a word that shouldn't have to be said very often.
Only for moments when one is truly sorry for their actions or words.
Sorry, is a word I don't need to use so often.

drunk again, olivia lee and oil paint

There are people who come into our lives and leave an impression. Good, bad or ugly.  But they leave us with something to think about, learn from and hold on too. I read somewhere a great author say " You know you've left an impression if you get quoted, sited or written about" 


Drunk Again
(after Jean Beraud's painting Les Buveurs d'Absinthe 1908)

Thats Me!
not me, but me
And I sympathize
Been there, done that, my signature stare
 If only he knew how she felt
                     If only he knew how I felt
Have Another!
It's probably his fourth or fifth. Her first
                                           I know how you feel, the disappointment
                                                                                                 the anger  
                                                                                                       the regret
                                            Oh well, Bottoms up!



     Olivia Lee

A boat in a picture
Drawn by a friend
Leans against my stand
A gift, made by talented hands
to remind me of him

Carefully sketched and deep with detail
it says so much,
but still stays silent.
Perfect in many ways

The ship strong and steady
A self portrait of security
A warm sea of sincerity and warmth.
Not only seen through the picture
but through his eyes
His emotions as calm as the sea itself

The stillness of the water
and the openness of the ocean
are reflections of the artist behind this image



Oil Paint

You wrap your thoughts in works of art
Beauty is what you see

Colors vibrant, textures gritty
                                            Raw, straight lines

Blocks build the scenes in your mind
Made real by your palette

A mixture of tints and shades
                                           Shadows and light

Smeared and coated, the canvas exposes the image

You wrap your thoughts in works of art
and they're all hanging on the walls of my heart.

My origins

Growing up I lived on a small island in the middle of the Bay of Fundy which many have never heard of. I love that I come from that island. It has helped shape who I am today and the salt of the sea runs deep within me.

On this island
speckled and imperfect
a child sits on the sand
and looks down at the sky
Her legacy ripples on a beach of echoes
a wave curling back to her origins
Her history begins here
on the hoarse hush of waves
and white like surf a whisper of blessings
is sent to the land
We tread that ground of rebirth
as each tide comes in
but these are the waters,
the earth, and the air
that made me



 Cedar Street

It was a corner lot, the last house on the street
Brown shingles, clean white shutters, paved driveway
The border of the property lined with lilacs and crabapples

Now, it has a green roof, a driftwood fence
and fake man made dirt hills
Grass peaks out from the cracks in the pavement

The brook out back and the pond beyond it
made a tranquil setting, as the sun coined its way goldly down
Breaking amidst reaching branches and fingering leaves

Now the pond is waterless and the brook hushed by neglect
a meandering stream
An embankment of clouds offer rain

The white walls were bright with sun, lit by smiles
and the yard punctuated with flowers
the scent of home swells up softly

Words written of a precise mansion in which my family lived
A fortress it once was now a crumbling shrine
a forlorn wreck of shingles

The beginning

This is the beginning of a new adventure I'm embarking upon. I love reading other peoples blogs and get inspiration and great ideas from many. I have always loved to write and sharing my writing has been something in which I have not been the most comfortable in doing. But sometimes taking those chances and being vulnerable to others (and their criticism) leads us down a path of trust, learning and self discovery.  So here I go. I hope you enjoy, find something worth reading and maybe the words you couldn't find to say yourself.