Ego is upset today I wouldn’t let him out to play sometimes he thinks he is the king and disagrees with everything he worships his own point of view scoffs at ideas that are new at his worst he’s quite the boor and then I shove him out the door now locked away inside my mind I hope he will become more kind tio stib You might also enjoy: High on Gratitude; Control Freaking
walking through a cloud of grey the beginning of a quiet day I felt a tickle on my face a soft caress, a moment’s grace and smiled as I was gently kissed by the tender morning mist tio stib You might also enjoy: A Child’s Smile, If
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when my back aches there’s a pill to ease the pain when I start sneezing there’s a pill for allergies but when I’m trapped in urban loneliness when my soul cries out for wildness for freedom screams to be lost in Nature’s oneness back in the immensity of desert silence standing in awe on a mountaintop dancing with waves crashing on a wild beach then I need a wilderness pill a medicine that smells of campfires that tastes of Springtime meadow flowers that reverberates with coyotes howling at the rising moon but my heart knows this easy out can’t begin to feed the hunger it’s time to get out get away time to be on the loose again tio stib You might also enjoy: Sorely Needing Wilderness; Which Mountain to Climb
at first you think that’s strange she must be distracted the repeated question the forgotten moment it’s just not her but things keep happening shoes on wrong feet pants on backwards toilet paper wadded up in drawers she can’t count to ten she wants to walk over to mom’s house but mom lives in a another country the oddities keep coming building and now after days weeks months of little deaths she sits vacant wordless gone tio stib You might also enjoy: Walking With My Lover’s Ghost; This child Who Once Was Woman
the grocery clerk who bags my things the coffee man who sometimes sings postman, gardener, neighbors too stopping by with how are you? all the lovely people who lift me on my way their nods, their smiles, their greetings that brighten up each day and as I lay my head to rest my heart full, I must confess my simple life is richly blessed tio stib You might also enjoy: Over the Rainbow; Because Once, I Was Loved by You
open she said holding the spoon in front of the silent face open she said softly looking into the empty eyes the eyes that once so dearly loved her the lips parted the spoon slipped in the food swallowed automatically empty she set the bowl aside gently wiped the mouth the mouth that once had said I love you bending down she ran her fingers through the greying hair inhaled the scent of innocence pressing her lips against her mother’s head she kissed the child she’d never had tio stib You might also enjoy: A Trail of Hearts; A Child’s Smile
it seems the balance between wants and needs has much to do with happiness needs are part of daily life water and air necessities things without which human beings would not survive but then comes the gray zone the in between is love a want or a need? is belonging something we must have or just a comfort for a lonely heart Perhaps these are choices one must make and the answers differ among us but on balance when needs overwhelm wants when survival is paramount to desire when dreams are lost to getting by there is little room left for happiness tio stib You might also enjoy: “The Speed of Love”; “Because Once, I Was Love By You”
I plucked it from among its friends pushed my fingers into the frigid stream felt among the hard, rounded forms blanketing the bottom and wrapped my hand around one that just felt right baking in the summer sun toes dangling tingling in icy water my mind studied the stone taken from its ancient home how many years how many millennia had passed to wear away its imperfections grind down its edges how much time tossed against other stones before all were worn into oneness how long will it take to wear away my ego how much time grinding against life to smooth out arrogant delusions until I am humbled into oneness smiling I toss the time traveler home splash! tio stib You might also enjoy: “If”; Life Journey Poems & Prose
in the darkness left by death as tears flow with sobbing breath bereft and broke a light shines through because once I was loved by you your love our life was Everest a dream fulfilled a noble quest a memory that guides me true Because once I was loved by you now standing on my road alone no idea where I’ll find home but my heart smiles my strength renewed Because once I was loved by you tio stib You might also enjoy: “Our Deepest Fear,” Life Journey Poems & Prose
Travels with Tio 