Summation of me

by ZacharyWGilbert

I am the summation of many,

A mother.

A father.

People I have met,

learned from, heard from,

hurt, by some.

Age grows in my bones, like a swelling river,

under the rain of time…

each drop falling, every moment,

captured, experienced, held…

in the summation of me.

…

Copyright © 2017 Zachary W Gilbert

Offered Light

by ZacharyWGilbert

Writing and teaching

for the sake of the reader

for the benefit of the student,

is a golden act.

…

Ideas forged, molded, and perfected

may one day take flight,

like a million butterflies,

made of soft yellow light.

Drifting in the blue air,

between minds.

Eyes, and ears,

feast, and soar!

…

The final and true trill,

a buried treasure,

hidden in a held breath.

as readers, and students,

understand, and thus

conquer the moment.

…

Understanding becomes a trophy,

held in an glassy orb,

with a swirling metal bottom,

plugged in,

glowing a brilliant yellow,

over the worthy heads,

of the educated.
…

Copyright © 2017 Zachary W Gilbert

 

Ears in Heaven

by ZacharyWGilbert

The great controversy,

of how to deal with woe,

is challenged

by the whispered wake

of my dancing pen…

…

Solids Management Program

for the soul.

Emotions, can not be extracted,

diluted, purged, or burned.

Orange fire cannot lick away,

a charred brain.

…

How then, does one,

unburden, a soul buried

beneath, hot sticky tar?

…

Talk to God,

as if you were,

talking on your cell phone,

going for a ride in the car with a friend,

on a long walk, sharing your woes,

to a sacred friend,

under the moonlight.

…

Ask to be forgiven,

ask for the strength to forgive.

Ask to feel forgiveness,

under the deep marrow of soul,

where hurt lodges deep.

Ask for answers,

Ask for humility to accept them.

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God is listening…

Are you willing,

to talk?