Beyond the Walls

Beyond the walls
Freedoms roam,
Rage and content collide,
Liberty Waves.
Live in or beyond the walls
breath and choose.
B. 8/01/01

When I started this I was thinking about
the walls we all put up in our lives we
become comfortable within our own worlds
(walls if you will) content in our life motions.
Yet there are people in the world who
make a point to break down our walls (our comfort)
to bring harm to us. We have to choose
to stay within our comfort zone or to join
the world in motion. I had the first few
phrases in my head for several weeks
then at the end of August I thought of the
Liberty waves, it seamed to say it all
when thinking of freedom.
I thought nothing of it until 911 happened then it all seemed surreal.

Changing Paths

The path you leave behind
is not the same as the one

you took just days before
changed by intent, presence

and memory.
B. 7/20/01

Your Future

May the path to your future
be your destination.

Paved with cobble stones
laid by your own hands.

Winding,just, through your eyes.

Widened by your spirit.

Lead with your head at the forks
along the way.

Blinding with joy are some days,
yet others darkened, dismal.

When traveling through the forest
don't stay to long in the shadows
to cool from the heat of the open meadow.

Give to the unknown

Touch those you love.

Our Children

The faces that grow on us
change before we see the child inside

before us stands another face
that grows on the world

they are with us but a
brief moment in time

they remain in our
hearts forever giving
us glimpses of the past
and stretching our dreams
to the future.

Remaining still the familiar
face in the crowd

the gift they bring to the world
is all that we have instilled in them

May you see yourself as a gift
to be loved and cared for.
Be all you can
Strive to succeed to fulfill your someday.

I'm not sure this all flows together,
but it was all on the same page.

untitled(for Zelda)

The earth will open,
see her future among the, waves
the colors bright,
of freedom granting life,who's
gloom begins another day, of thought
thought leaves us paralyzed, alive
alive we wounder why, today
today ends only briefly, we sigh.
B.
untitled,undated written after spending time
with Rowdy's mother Zelda Monroe
she was stricken with Alzheimer's and past away
in May of 2007

GIFTS

FACE THE DAY WITH YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH-

No matter how longit takes to get that first cup of coffee

SMILE WHEN YOU MEET PEOPLE-

Even if they just took the last parking space within sight

of the building

SAY I LOVE YOU TO THE ONES YOU LOVE, AS OFTEN

AS YOU CAN-

Hope that they remember you on, or before your birthday

LIFE GIVES US MANY THINGS

IT'S ALL IN HOW YOU TAKE THEM

B. 2003

Time Awaits your Step

Time amends all yesterdays and makes tomorrows history

Time can not erase the unthinkable or negate the massacres

Time can unveil a long awaited question

Time will bring the wrath of man and nature to our lives

Time will rip the land of meaning and beauty

Time will not wait for you to decide, it never stops

Stand today, not on yesterdays promise

Time will reveal your destiny, don't rush past it, create it

Step into today, time is your challenge, a challenge to live now,

to be known, bring your name, time awaits your step.

B. 4/19/07

Pieces of the Puzzle

As I find my words left in journals, incomplete, I also find my thoughts and motions in life to be the same. All but fragments of days past, without thought or vision toward the next. Pieces of a never ending puzzle, yet they seem to run in a circle some how connecting together to remind me that somewhere there is a purpose for what I do or what I strive to be, even though, I not knowing what that really is, continue.
10/13/2004 B.

On the Edge

On the edge... of day
light releases portraits
and reflections of life

On the edge... the water ripples
like the sun, rise to greet you

On the edge... to see
beyond the blue grey water
is to see the present

On the edge... receive the gift
of peace and family
8/1/03 B.

all inspired by a visit to Edgewater

On the Edge
Spring awakens you
Summer excites you
Fall renews you
Winter calms you
Life is different on the edge.

8/03 B.

Edgewater,
the opportunity to seize a new day
the girl awaits a new journey
the trees tell a story from the past
the water refreshes you
body and soul.

8/03 B.

Tennesse

Trees of green I see
like waves in the ocean
blowing in the breeze

Trees of green
along the roads

rivers and fields

Seas of green, I see...
Tennessee
6/2003 B.
On the way to
Hurricane Mills Tennessee
Loretta Lynns