Submissions by act_as_if

manifesting, overwhelming, defeating,
 
the lines of thought  
stretch and set as the days linger on
 
Today, tomorrow,  
purposed and planned conjunctions wash over and recede  
as if retreating from ...  
Tug of war between
proper and cordial vs. contending naive and immediate truths
 
Worries of the future becoming the past,
worries of the past overtaking the future.  
 
Notes that drip from the heart are consumed by the rushing river,  
ever pumping, ironically sustaining the life it's drowning in...

Our swollen dreams, ever pristine,
     Sparkle and dance in our minds.
 

     Yet once they manifest,
   These dreams they seem less,
     Not reaching our high hopes nr’ expectation


However still


       Reality can be,
     so much more than just these,
     Pretend and outlandish obsessions -
  
      
  Release self doubt
   Forgive shame and reach out
Unveiling life as beauty and purpose


  All ruse released
    
     And at last there is peace ...

Up and Down

Here and Now

Then and there

Seems unfair

the changing tides

his shifting eyes

her weathered heart

a willing start

forever's glance

their coupled hands

Now or never

Take the chance*