Tag: Poetry
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Advice

You would tell a friend… “Listen to those who build you up,and disregard those who tear you down.” So why do we find it so hardto take our own advice? Why do we so easily becomeour own worst enemyand struggle to becomeour own best friend? Look in the mirror and tell yourselfwhat you would tell…
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Behold

Through squinted eyes I seeiridescent rainbowsjetting out from the suns rays,casting beams of light toward me. A tree, with its limbs and leaves,cut in and out of the bright beamsfragmenting our energized union. Quite like life, as I ride the lightness of highs only to be interrupted by the darkness of lows. For how would…
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Give me away

I’m always with youeven when you give me away. I encourage you to give me awayas that is how I stay with you even longer. When you give me away, I promise to stay with youand brighten the day of the person you give me to. I will stay with this new person for as…
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Refresh

Would not a tall glass of ice-cold, crystal spring waterbe preferred on a hot dayto a glass of lukewarm waterpulled from a murky lake? So too does the spirit withinprefer to swallow up that which refreshes;thoughts of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and such. For thinking leads to desire,and desire propels all of…
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I hypothesize

Please don’t hold meto account tomorrowfor what I say todayI am growing and evolvingin a fascinating way Just when I think I have some answersI counter my own points of viewwhich leads me to new thinkingI choose not to lose It’s a never-ending cycle,a spider-webbed thought process,all this unraveling of what I say today,leads to…
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A Haiku: Rippling

Words that are spokenlike a stone skipping waterhave rippling effects. -akw- ___©2021 Angel K WillPhoto by Joshua Earle on Unsplash Photo+Graphic Art by -akw-, click here.
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The Way

Written on our hearts,a love story,of a Creatorand His creation –fragile, fallen and mistakes madebut in time, the Creator knowsHis creation will find their way. For He placed love in their heartslike a compass that points true north. Though worn and bruised may be their journeylove always finds it’s way home. Love seeks love, a…
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Here I am

here I amcontemplatingas I search, as I seekanswers lead onlyto more questionscompletion never cominglike an ocean’s swellwaves crashing, never endingtumultuously breakingonly to morph into anotherfrom where does one wave startand from where does one wave endtogether, yet separateunified, yet it’s own formas God expands intoand onto the earthbreath of life in all thingsseparate in their…
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A Haiku: Empower

The future belongsto those who will create it.Action empowers. -akw- ___©2021 Angel K WillPhoto by Maksim Romashkin from Pexels Photo+Graphic Art by -akw-, click here.
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Out to the Sea

The sun warming my face;a cool breeze across my shouldersas the waves slap against the shore.My hair tousled by the wind;the smell of crisp, salty air I breathe in. Birds circling above;some as friends, some on solo ventures.I watch and feel a lightness cover meas the burdens of the day drift away,out to the sea…