I've never been to war but battle comes in many forms,
of our words, for our souls, for this nation and it's people.
There's many reasons for joy, though a surplus steeped in dolor,
but one nation under God be not torn asunder.
History is blistering with mistakes and victories,
but listen and learn, the truth will be laid bare;
not your truth but the truth of how and why we're here.
Stand firm, patriots, with the colors flying high,
and live unbound on our feet, be not coerced to our knees.
I've never been to war but battle comes in many forms,
for our pride, for our honor, for this nation and its people.
Warriors bleed as Lady Liberty pleads for justice and peace,
but in their stead comes peremptory impetus for beguiling hypocrisies.
Be forewarned of distracting semantics and deflecting rationales,
and be not forsworn so against those cast as foes that the cozens
of deceptive lips bespeaking spurious empathy for all our woes,
are granted lofty statuses so to rend apart souls conjoined.
Stand with hand to heart and eyes to the stars and strips,
for the truth and our freedoms for so long fought and won.
I've never been to war but battle comes in many forms,
of our hearts, for our honor, and this Republic for which we stand.
Should We The People abide united then nothing can divide,
not ours words, not our souls, not this great nation, our home.
When I was young
I never really understood
how the sun could shine
when it rained
In the years of my youth
I wondered how golden rays
could slip past grey clouds
and how the pouring rain
could not keep the sun at bay
now that I'm much older
I realize grey clouds
and times of darkness
do little to hinder a life
yearning for the sun to shine
and finding a Son of the divine
now that I'm more aware
often time my life is rain
and my path canopied in clouds
but I know daylight always shines
no matter the descending veil of darkness
for He is the sun who's never truly gone
now that I'm wiser
I realize that everything dies
and when clouds rush in
the Son will be my hope
just as He has always been
now that I'm old
so near to the shining Son
where darkness and grey clouds
do not dare to send the rain
to touch a wayward soul warmed
by a life beckoned into eternity
now that I'm dead
he gathers up my soul
from under the clouds and rain
paints it in vibrant colors
borrowed from the evening sky
to meet me in my sleeping
and greet me in my ...
Yesterday was an excellent evening for a riding lesson. Here's a short and sweet lope on Fancy, the best little mare there is! It's not the length of the lope that matters as much as how I apply what I have learned this past year and a half to achieve the desired results. In other words, it's quality over quantity!
When I first began loping the transition between trot and lope stirred up this odd sharp fear at the back of my mind that made me clinch up and tighten muscles and raise my heels...all of which hindered sitting correctly in the saddle. I don't know why there was fear about loping because I love going fast but it took me about half a year to overcome it. That strange few seconds of fear grew incrementally smaller with each lesson. Once I overcame it, or rather took control of that fear, everything began to fall into place. The lesson in this, I think, is that the fear is real but it can also be what we make of it. And there are times we have to ignore the fear and just do the ...
We are immeasurable in the face of trial and adversity. This, we must strive toward even when the vast and complex realities of life leave me with little breath in which to satiate the capacities of this tiny and fragile frames that I have been given. Though my body may be small and limited, my soul, my spirit is unbound and strong. It cannot be contained so long in such a contriving state without striving to seek out the provision of freedom: to roam, to explore! Though my mind and the minds of my fellow humans cannot comprehend all the great reaches of both heaven and earth, we are more than mere trivial existences living in a world made of temporary riches and prolonged fears. Someday we will become more than we ever could have imagined. More than anything we could have expected. Until comes that day, we must brim with the joys and hopes of a more commodious world for we are giants living in a land made for imps.
I leave a piece of me with every trip I take, and I take with me a piece of every place that I leave. - Me :)
There I was on Dog Beach in Ocean Beach, CA. I though staying at a pet-friendly hotel at Dog Beach where everyone had a dog would be fun. That maybe I'd get to pet a pup. But I didn't, and while it was fun to see everyone playing with their dogs on the beach, it was also a stark reminder that I didn't have one.
I'll admit traveling without a dog has been easier, but its just not as much fun. It's been three years, and while that space Darby filled in my days as we traveled together has lessened, its still prevalent. There have been moments on this trip where I just sit and wonder what to do next because those were the moments that were filled with eager puppy-dog eyes, floppy ears, a wagging stubby tail, and toe-nails digging into carpet or clicking in the floor.
I'll have another co-pilot someday. Until that day, though, I'll brim with the hopes and joys that come with ponderous ...
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