Well, it took a week before it happened, but I missed the first day. When this happens, for those of you who have been playing along, you, the readers, get a TWO-FER day!!! Sometimes, you even get a three-fer, because stuff happens, but hey, there we are! So today, there are a couple of things of note that sort of inspired me: The first is my dad's birthday. He's a fantastic gent, who's taught me a lot over the years, and I'm sure he's got a lot more to teach me, yet, and I am looking forward to it all. So if you know him, feel free to give him a shout-out. He needs it. Anyway, he inspires me - so it's only fitting that a poem comes from him.
Looking Through Your Eyes
it was a long time ago
when i looked through years of photos
to put them together
as a present.
the hardest part was finding pictures of you,
because you were always the one behind the camera,
but i saw the life you built,
through the eyes of your camera lens,
and saw the way you looked at family,
at life,
at God,
at all things on this earth,
and through it,
came to know the man
i looked up to then
and still do today.
The next one is a bit strange. In truth, I don't know what's behind it. I can't point to a thing and say, "yup, that's it." Some poems are like that in this challenge - they get written because that's the challenge - to write every day. There's no inspiration in particular, but then, when I sit down to write, suddenly there's something. Sometimes, it's a good something, and sometimes, it's just words on a page. For me, these are sometimes the most fun, because I do not know what I'm going to get at any time.
Late Nights
sometimes,
i like to stay up late and
listen to the quiet,
the gentle breathing of the world as it sleeps.
i wonder what it dreams,
what hopes and fears it has,
and if, in the silence of those nights,
it talks to the few
who are awake enough to listen.
Thanks for reading,
Me
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