The Quiet Path

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I dream
some days
of getting lost in the path
along the quiet way home
way past the halfway evergreen
under those forest peekaboos
just to listen to the river as it runs



Journal Entry # 175 – Alone But Inspired By So Much

Without great solitude, no serious work is possible. – Pablo Picasso

Pool Boys

A cold beer ran down my lips, to my chin
in a moment I knew would last a lifetime
there was a pool table…balls racked
ready for a break
some girl singing on the radio
we both sang a few of the words
those we could remember
all night we competed
best in banter,
best in billiards,
best in brew,
but
never best in friends
that belonged to you


A Shade of Ash # 5 – Skate of Emergency

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. – Desmond Tutu

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Days Gone

Take me to a Spring
where every day was as young as I
and the sun would come winking through the curtains

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Virus

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I’m looking around,
at him, at her, at them
mad, confused…mostly scared
of something that may not even be there
and all I can think about is you

Weakness (Haiku)

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Under this street light
pouring down rain in the cold
alone, and done wrong

Journal Entry # 173 – Needleless to Say, Don’t Wait, Donate. Help Save A Life!

Whatever you do, give your 100%. Unless you’re donating blood. – Bill Murray

Journal Entry # 172 – You Got This

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When you doubt yourself, you contradict the value you already possess. You’ve come this far, you’ve made it halfway. So, why stop? You got this! Remember, you can achieve anything for no other reason than because it’s you and you will. – Ash

Bike Writer # 28 – Don’t Stop Today, Start Today!!!

Blackhead, Newfoundland

Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life. – Mark Twain