inspiration – Rivers Renewed

The Depths of Our Hearts

From the depths of our hearts we seek the love,

to know and to be known, to surrender

to a higher truth, a stronger poem

written within us

with wordflow

unlimited.

Within the History of this Great World

Within the history of this great world, this has never

happened before,

not ever,

no one

has ever

been you,

or even

written your story.

Live your truth today,

simply be,

you.

Where I Live Now

Did I move to another site?! No. Did I migrate to Twitter? Nah! Not interested.

However I wanted to share where my poetry and other writings come from. In my heart I do seek renewal, wholeness, and the beautiful healing of nature simply because…..I know what broken is.

We all have tragedies that take place in our lives and Rumi wrote about brokenness being where the light comes in. I know what this is like for sure!

My wife almost died from cancer years ago, and she has had cancer several times since then but a different type. Or rather what she had morphed into tumors. She still receives treatments today.

I remember her being in ICU the first time around, her kidneys were shutting down, and she had several heart attacks. It was not looking good. Pain and grief almost took me down completely. I was terrified for years.

It was a blood cancer, in other words the cancer was in her blood. She did recover from that and she’s a walking miracle. Thank God! Now though she deals with tumors.

Yet I want that light that comes through brokenness. I embrace it. Even through other tragedies I seek light that comes through, bringing healing.

The other area my writing comes from is love. The love I have for my wife is incredibly and wonderfully powerful. Love also motivates me in my faith towards God.

I want you to know I am a person of faith, but we are not a part of the far-right weaponized mentality that is destructive. You will never get a Christmas card from us holding assault rifles or shotguns. We would never do that.

Our faith is one of peace, love and tolerance.

So to summarize: my writing comes from embracing the light that comes through brokenness, great love, and faith.

This is where I live now.

Wishing you peace.

The Scent of Water and Trees

There is a warm breeze now, slowly pushing its way over the lake,

holding a scent of water and trees, coming to rest

on my face. I look up seeking the revelation of sky in my life

never ending yet within my soul, I reach

for the pen that’s filling itself once again.

I marvel at words, trying not to gasp

holding the photograph

in my mind, I begin again

to write.

Winding River of Poetry

As spring meanders into summer with a slow drifting, so our wordflow shapes the words

moving into phrases, shaping then into poems and the winding river of poetry begins

flowing onto our pages, we bring

the uplifting of our spirits.

The Writer’s Winter

Like many other writers, he refused to see winter as an old grey barn,

or a frozen field abandoned,

and in his walks he really did get infused,

his spirit was lifted.

And he used his wings

to write it all down.

Lifting Our Heartsong

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When we lift our heartsong in these times

of uncertainty and strife,

even our wings

will be restored

our voices strengthened,

through shaping our poems

and prayers.

Have you encouraged someone today?

Poems from the Most Sacred Space

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Lines and phrases seeking to heal

through our pages,

bring health to our bones

and wisdom,

from the ages.

Poems from the most sacred space, the human heart.

A Poem Tapped Me on My Shoulder

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A poem snuck up on me today, tapped me on my shoulder,

whispered in my ear,

as if hawk’s breath

would made it stronger,

I felt the shifting,

the surprise of a small piece

of light,

the shaping of words and phrases

from my heartflow,

the mystical creation

of poetry.

Note: My break is working! I will post 2-3 times a week for now. Thank you so much for reading!

Hope Finds the Light

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Our hearts will not answer the call of our scars forever,

because hope finds the light,

holding us steady,

giving us a vision

for a brighter tomorrow….

aren’t you glad?

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