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Cozy Contemplations - 2. Doors, and other stuff....

Poems with a positive outlook... even if you have to look deep :)  

Cozy Contemplations

 

 

Chapter 2 Doors

 

 

A door creaks shut and another one appears

New vistas to explore and people to meet

A chance to engage and conquer my fears

Even if past sorrows make it no mean feat

 

Restrictions are easy to construct in my mind

It can be so seductive to build those fences

Grasping at any faux reason I can find

As long as the result is to deaden my senses

 

A loser’s game is one I must rally to resist

Opportunity only knocks for open hearts

Those with the ability to make doubts desist

For it takes courage and will in equal parts

 

Spinning our wheels wastes time and life

Slowly turning us into a desiccated husk

Soul deeply gouged without the cut of a knife

But I can choose dawn’s array over finite dusk

 

Endeavoring to embrace the warm rays of the sun

I’ll risk the chance of losing in hopes of winning again

And I’ll stop all this hiding for my life is not done

Determined this protective cocoon will not be my bane

 

 

 

 

More positive smatterings…

 

 

 

Waking up after a week of illness.

 

Tap tap tap

The water dances

Dripping music on rocks

That border green shoots

Of spring glory

Somber and lulling

A time for reflection

Moments for peace

I rise

And open the blinds

To a new day

 

 

 

 

Waking up after a battle with a pair of Robins who want to move in

 

 

 

Bleary eyes greet the day

As achy hands wipe sleep away

There's a robins' nest on my mind

Only lord knows what I will find

But I still have my trusty broom

So they can piss off to another room

I am king and this is my castle

And I can do without this hassle

So wish me luck as I go forth

With my prickly sword pointing north

 

 

 

 

Waking up to one of winter’s last gasps…

 

 

A peek of the sun

But there is a chill

A howl of the wind

Denote's nature's will

Throw your best at me

Sun, snow or rain

Spring is close now

Winter's lost once again

 

 

 

 

I believe saying good bye to Morningstar: The Malaise weighed heavily on my mind.

Yet, it is to be celebrated, this productive year out of my life. It was a journey I'm proud of.

 

 

 

 

I seesawed back and forth all night

Like a fledgling robin ready for flight

It couldn't be anything spicy I ate

And I wasn't excited over any date

I'll chalk it up to growing pains

Not up but out, those kind of gains

Maybe I just need a cup of tea

And a walk to shake off this anxiety

Or maybe I'll go for a drive in the car

And reflect on my friends at Morningstar

 

Thanks for reading... thanks for supporting my endeavors. We don't walk this world alone.
Copyright © 2017 Headstall; All Rights Reserved.
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Janus was a two-faced god: inside and outside, beginnings and endings, so I look on The Malaise as one face of Janus--looking back, and we have yet to see the other one--looking forward.  So much remains in your head that the Earth Mother wants to come out...indulge her, my friend.  Maybe some of the voices clamoring to be heard are from Packs waiting for the Cure to Come?

You know, it's your own fault if you leave discontented readers: you weave such a tapestry that we wrap ourselves up in it, drawing comfort and sustenance from it so much that we don't want to sally forth into the real world of jobs and stress.  You provide us a cup of tea, a comfortable seat and a welcoming arm just when we need it, my friend!

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9 hours ago, ColumbusGuy said:

Janus was a two-faced god: inside and outside, beginnings and endings, so I look on The Malaise as one face of Janus--looking back, and we have yet to see the other one--looking forward.  So much remains in your head that the Earth Mother wants to come out...indulge her, my friend.  Maybe some of the voices clamoring to be heard are from Packs waiting for the Cure to Come?

You know, it's your own fault if you leave discontented readers: you weave such a tapestry that we wrap ourselves up in it, drawing comfort and sustenance from it so much that we don't want to sally forth into the real world of jobs and stress.  You provide us a cup of tea, a comfortable seat and a welcoming arm just when we need it, my friend!

This is beautiful, CG... thank you. I had a story in my head, and I wrote it, and I'm very proud of it, and I'm pleased so many enjoyed it. Unfortunately, at the moment, I have to put those characters away even though I have more to tell... maybe someday, I will return, but responsibility can weigh heavily on us... and it does. Thanks for all your support and encouragement, my dear friend... Cheers... Gary xo

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We close doors, we build fences, we encircle ourselves with protective walls. It's what we all do, at one time or another. Recognizing that you have barriers that need removal is a step in the right direction. Let fresh air, and new experiences, in. You're at a turning point with the end of Morningstar and the beginning of something else on the horizon, whether it's writing or going on an adventure or delving into something altogether different from what you've done in the past. You said it well:

Of spring glory

Somber and lulling

A time for reflection

Moments for peace

I rise

And open the blinds

To a new day

 

Cheers, my friend. Great poetry, as always.

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It's always a delight to read your poem sir...I always feel like I get to know something when I read em!

I loved the first poem n specially it's starting, it is absolutely true, that we often look at closed doors for so long we don't see the new door's opening!! Opportunities doesn't knock easily so we should keep our mind open...and the 'gasp of the winter' provides such a positive view! Spring always comes after a harsh winter giving a feeling of never losing hope, n going on trying..

As usual...loved it!!

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A wonderful collection of poems.  I found humor that you take to battle with robins with a prickly sword in one, then compare yourself to robins in another.  It is coincidental, but the poem where spring defeats winter is well timed.  I also hope that those voices in your head don't drive you crazy before you write their stories.  There are several of your stories I would love to see continued, as well as others not yet written.  Finally, I loved the poem of doors and choices.  One of my poems in this upcoming Poetry Anthology is about the rewards I experienced by deciding to open a new door in my life.  

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2 minutes ago, raven1 said:

A wonderful collection of poems.  I found humor that you take to battle with robins with a prickly sword in one, then compare yourself to robins in another.  It is coincidental, but the poem where spring defeats winter is well timed.  I also hope that those voices in your head don't drive you crazy before you write their stories.  There are several of your stories I would love to see continued, as well as others not yet written.  Finally, I loved the poem of doors and choices.  One of my poems in this upcoming Poetry Anthology is about the rewards I experienced by deciding to open a new door in my life.  

I like Contemplations. It is much lighter than laments. You would not believe what I had to do to keep robins from building a nest up in the corner of my back verandah. They were persistent bastards, and somehow knew I wouldn't hurt them. :rolleyes:  Doors was giving myself a pep talk of sorts. Writing about nature and the changing seasons always lift me up. Thanks for reading and commenting, buddy. Keep writing your poetry now that you've started. Cheers! G. :hug: 

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22 minutes ago, raven1 said:

Once I got the first three up for the anthology, I started to get a lot of new ideas.  I decided to start writing notes in a journal to record the ideas and even some lines.  After the anthology posts, I'm going to review the notes and see if I can create some new poems.  Thanks for the encouragement my friend.

Smart! That's exactly what I do. I am forever running to get my journal to jot down notes, phrases, combinations that please me, something I saw... something I felt etc. Other times I jot down a verse that comes to me out of the blue. I have many many poems I have never published. :) Poetry is like a muscle that needs flexing... the more you write, the more your mind opens to the process.

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