The trees are weeping white blossoms large birds wave their wings taking flight my heartbeat surges as my legs churn to summit the hills along the path the chill wind whips by me nothing quite compares to the feeling as I descend
Author Archives: Dan R.
A Face That Always Makes My Bride Smile
A Boy Tending His Flowers
Life – New Beginnings
Life is filled with new beginnings each sunset and sunrise tick of the clock childhood the terrible teens dawn of recognition in another’s eyes world shrinking around just the two you love sweet love children of your own the world shrinks again to frame a halo around each of your children’s heads each new beginningContinue reading “Life – New Beginnings”
Fording the River
I need this like a ……
Wounded Photographer
Papa I’ve Wandered – 1975
Papa, oh Papa, I’ve wanderedFar from the mountains where the eagles would flyFar from the forests where the winds rushed and diedI remember the rivers carried yesterday’s rainAnd the sounds of the waterfall calling my name But how were your hands shapedAs they reached for mineTo catch me as I stumbled or to ease anContinue reading “Papa I’ve Wandered – 1975”
Grateful
Grateful Kneeling, I sit off centered Drops of sweat Fall from my face And pool in a v At the neck of my shirt I slowly extend then sweep My left leg along the floor Towards my body Across my center Then fold it at the knee And place it on The wrong side ofContinue reading “Grateful”
What do we stand for?
At the end of day, what do we stand for live for and what would we die for! What motto should be etched on our coat of arms My fathers passions were a trinity of science, nature and design where elegant form followed function, a hike in the forests and mountains combined worship at theContinue reading “What do we stand for?”
Kathy
With hair as white as fresh snow in the sunshine a woman of a certain age sits patiently upon a bench and daydreams of the years gone by. She sees her dear brother Julius one branch lower on the tree they loved to climb and her handsome friend Willi looks up at her from the ground below. ThatContinue reading “Kathy”
