Hope on A Geek's Life

7. This Time

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 08:39:00 +0000

Photo by Douglas Bagg on Unsplash. For Day 7 of the November Poem-A-Day Challenge.

may the ones
that death took
this time
not have been
lost in vain.
may the scars
etched into our bodies,
our minds and our skins
by the daily pressure
of oppression be
a reminder of what was
but no longer is,
because this time
we pressed through
against the odds
and found light
for the future ones.

Free

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 10:52:37 +0000

Photography by Svetlana Belyaeva click HERE for website. For the Sunday Muse Prompt #71

\\\* Where fear once threaded its tiny tendrils through our feet, and captive hearts

We choose to fly free leaving behind the safety of this confined space.

Because though freedom only is a promise, it trumps certain defeat.

10. How To Be Human

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 20:28:37 +0000

Source: Crosswalk

Reach for the distant
Stars. Fall, but rise up again
Hoping is Human.

2010 - The Plan

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:54:00 +0000

Last year was about a laundry list - 20 things I wanted to get sorted by year’s end. I did Ok.. Never got to learn french and missed out on the distinction..This year I want to have focus areas - key directions in which my energies will be focused.

Career: Manage my transition to a new job/ new city; target getting confirmed on the job and a raise by year end.
God and Faith: Get back into the regular church thing - sort out my niggling God issues.
Weight and Health: Get a full physical exam - for info - and shed the excess weight sharp-ish.
Love and Loving: End my girl hiatus; actively get back into the meeting and friendship scene again.

One more, which doesn’t count as a specific goal I think, but which is needed nonetheless, is to toughen up. I fear for the past few years I have grown too soft, more altruistic than is necessary. 2010 is my year.. of living dangerously..