Etiology The source of all my troubles is comparison Comparison always leaves me wanting Or it leaves me full of pride It has never placed me in the streams of peace Never has it put me in the fields of love Never has it let me sleep the night away In dreams of wonder and…
Author: songsfromtheriver
I'm a poet, a photographer, a physician, and a patriarch who loves the great outdoors and all of the beauty it shows us. I live in a great valley between the mountains of Northern California, and I love it.
Rose Garden
Rose Garden There is a real hope And it hurts. To lean into it, No, to dive full on into it Is the destiny of humanity But there within its living form are so many thorns Painful, hideous thorns Disappointment, disillusionment Failure, rejection These are the thorns on the roses of hope And they are…
Great Ones
Great Ones There are many great ones on the earth Not because they are known Not because they are wealthy Not because they are influential or powerful But because they care Because they love Because they live life the way a human being lives life Loving one another Loving those that cross their paths Whether…
Winter Blahs
Winter Blahs It’s difficult to write poetry When you’re dead inside Everything is lifeless Everything is irritating I’m not sure how that happens Feeling irritation when you’re dead But that’s when it seems to happen the most Every little thing Is like a huge boulder Dropping on your toes Over and over again In some…
Beautiful
Beautiful Life is beautiful Whatsoever is beautiful is life Transformation is seeing the beautiful In the mundane I love eagles soaring Hawks seeking Falcons diving All of these are majestic and powerful All would agree to their beauty in the skies Yet today the raven Drifting in the wind Falling, dancing, flying In all of…
The Rushing
The Rushing Let’s just sit here and stare at the screen, shall we? Let’s just sit here and stare Thinking nothing, going nowhere Life seems to be nothing But a series of distracting interruptions Destroying any sense of creativity A giant ocean trapped by a dam of crumbling earth How ridiculous is that? Maybe that…
Authentic
Authentic Just be yourself Think for yourself Don’t be an amalgamation of many people But aren’t we all an amalgamation? Our DNA is the very display Of thousands of others But where did that all begin It is there we find our answers Of who we really are Made from dust of sun and star…
Destination
Destination I want to go somewhere Exotic, beautiful, wondrous But the problem is I would have to go Travel, drive, fly Hours of monotony Mounds of money Time Isn’t this the modern dilemma? You are told life is all about an adventure But there is a price to be paid So I get to choose…
Eyes
Eyes Listless, wandering ship Deep and darkened ocean Infinite in its mystery Forever in its awe Sails limp and ineffective Outside of the trade winds I am nothing but a drifter I cry out for help within I hear nothing but the swells The call of the depths For just one more soul to devour…
