The Eternal Apprentice

Details! Masterful strokes fill the page.
Skills! Effortless maneuvers through the horde.
Colors! Mixing, blotting, knifing, layering.

In the past, the cause was boredom. But now...
Hobbies, too many; Projects, without ends.
Call it youth, but deep down you know it's fear.

Always learning and taking half-pint steps.
Vacillating between complacency
And overzealous, pipe-dream ambitions.

Stop avoiding difficult decisions.
Find rapture in responsibility.
Begin training and become a master.

Relationship Counselling

When dealing with matters
Of the heart, with cautious
Optimism, and restless desires,
It is best to consider
The nadir before the apex.

Mis(sed) Steps

Watch your step. Stumbling now could be fatal.
What did you say? Did you say that? Really?
Optimists are patient; wait! But...

Thinking about the future reflections can be fatal.
When the opportunity passes, what then?
The crescendo has come and gone.

Silence is sometimes welcome, but usually fatal.
Distance divided by time equals cracks in the surface.

Snap!

Tumultuous and sinuous creases in an otherwise seamless tale.

Posting For All To See

Stopping for a moment.
Breaks for breath.
Sometimes you need to come back to periscope depth.
Buoy away.

Daily Ramblings 1

With the dark revealing
Another deeper entanglement of reverent solitude,
The odious and malicious waylay the path
Of pert reflections and callous effronteries.

Only the audacious have a chance.
Vibrance is bottled up in risk.

- January 18, 2011