Remember, no ocean can be as big if it were not for the rivers, streams, and brooks leading to it. – Ash
Bike Writer # 59 – Seas the Day!
Tag: mental health
Journal Entry # 226 – Life Expectancy
It is not how long I live, but how I live. I am accounting for all the time I can earn. Tax your body and expect returns. – Ash
That’s A Dandy Line
When a flower is plucked from the garden, it quickly forgets where it once was planted. – Ash/Dad
A Shade of Ash # 14 – I Have To Watch My Own Back Too
I made peace with something not long ago. It hurt, it also healed. The result was me realizing that I am not letting go forever, but rather, me accepting I cannot hang for now. Life needs to be continued… – Ash/Dad
A Harbour Night
Boats sway nestled to port
quietly breaking the ocean toward the shore
its laps catch my ear
then, I see
I watch as the moorings drip
counting seconds for no reason
high over in the charcoaling sky
chimney smoke rises, strangling the hills
there…
blips of buoy lights reach north and south
tomorrow to be a beautiful day
this, a story, a grandfather tale
to comfort me
as I am ushered home by the dear harbour
before it can sleep it sings
lending me its sounds for sweet dreams to come
allows me the harmony of its salty crests
until I turn my door in goodnight
I listen for the songs of the harbour
Bike Writer # 56 – Now This Is What I Am Docking About
There are moments like this where it’s a shame I need to blink. – Ash
Ashfirmation # 1 – Life Is Funny That Way
If you do not take life so seriously, it’s actually pretty fun. – Ash
A Night That Almost Lost Tomorrow
That night was eternal
drifting toward a forever sleep
voices falling faint
thoughts of tomorrow escaping
with time slipping away
I walked toward a light I was not scared to follow
body still euphoria right there
but before the final second of a wasted life
I found my soul
it told me I was not broken
gave me the strength to awaken
promising another day to make up my mind
Am I Write? # 14 – Writing Is Something I Have To Account For
When I write every day, it’s like I am issuing my own receipts for living an invaluable life. Don’t write your days off, write them down. – Ash
A Shade of Ash # 12 – When I Write, I’m Alright
Sometimes, I feel invisible. It is writing that allows me to remain whole in a world that continues to try and take pieces of me away. I write to keep from disappearing completely and prove I exist for a reason. – Ash
Earth To Ash 