Peace is lost, chaos reigns,
As masked voices protest
“We cannot breathe”.
Colors war with one another,
All seeking their rights,
As Covid looms, bringing death.
“Be gone from us!”
We cry out in desperation
Grieving for what used to be.
Choka
Tag: seeking
A Firm Foundation
Earth’s tickling my feet,
Sensations surround my mind,
Running to escape, I
Keep reaching towards heaven,
Grasping above me,
Looking for a life line,
A hand reaches down,
Lifts me to another level,
Where I stand on solid rock.
Choka
“On Christ, the solid rock, I stand
All other ground is sinking sand…”
from “My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less”, a Christian hymn written by Edward Mote, a pastor at Rehoboth Baptist Church in Horsham, West Sussex. Mote wrote around 100 hymns, this one, which he wrote in 1834, being the best known of his.
Be a Sunflower
Seeking better days,
With some sunshine in life?
Looking for the light?
Are you standing in the sun
Or sitting in the shadows?
Tanka
“If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.” —Guy Finley
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” —Helen Keller
Heart Sightings
Hearts all around us
Happy hearts and hurting hearts
Hearts looking for hope
Heavy hearts needing healing
All seek to meet helpful hearts
Tanka
Prospectors
Searching the scriptures
Unearthing a nugget of truth
Seek and you shall find
Senryu
I love taking inspired journeys that the Holy Spirit leads me on either when I am alone or with someone else.
When’s the last time you went “digging for gold” within the pages of your bible?
My grandson and I often do that together and it always leads us to some exciting finds and increased knowledge.
Follow Mike Waters “Joyful Toons” Blog for more scripture inspired biblical cartoons at: http://www.joyfultoons.com/strike-it-rich-2/
Inside and Out
Emotions stir inside of me
Thoughts rushing in like a hurricane
Cripple my mind causing great pain
Cold feet numb, desire to flee
Would I not gotten so intense
Spoke out loud the things inside
Revealed hurts instead of hide
Tried to reason with offense
But nay, I kept it trapped within
Tongue lies silent in its tomb
Nerves on edge await their doom
I need new life to begin
God reveal to me what to do
No one knows me better than You
Sonnet (English)
#OctPoWriMo Day 26
What is inside you (thoughts, feelings etc) that should be out to the world, but aren’t? Do you have anything inside you that is out, but that you didn’t want to be? Or maybe you are relieved that these ‘inside’ feelings are finally ‘out’?
Suggested forms: Sonnet
Word prompts
open, secret, introspective, reveal, discover
Seeking Discernment
How will I know
When the time is right
To leave or go?
How will I know
To say yes or no,
To run or to fight?
How will I know,
When the time is right?
Triolet
Prompt: “How Will I Know”
Solitary Sight
A flower’s purpose
Is to seek to grow and bloom
Wherever planted.
On my walk today, when I saw this little purple petunia in bloom, looking so pretty and strong though growing all alone in an obscure place, I had to stop to admire it.
It wasn’t in a big beautiful garden. It didn’t have ideal soil and light, but it still grew and bloomed.
And whether anyone else noticed it there in its little corner of the world, didn’t really matter, because it did what it was supposed to do. It fulfilled its purpose. And in doing so, it inspired me.
This made me think about my life, my purpose, my growth, and it was good food for thought as my tummy made hungry sounds causing my feet to make their way towards home as the sun begun to set on another Summer day.
Grow-Bloom-Inspire
Knowing your purpose
Seeking to ways to fulfill
Leads to accomplishment
Haibun
Harmonizing
Seeking common ground
Blooming wherever we’re at
Lets all grow together
Senryu
Thread of Hope
Seeking direction
Holding to the thread of hope
Walking life’s road
Haiku
Haiku Horizons Weekly Challenge Week# 229 Prompt: Thread
