journal – Page 14 – Artistic Apathy

Snowfall Residence

Today is a special day for those who don’t know. Today marks the one year anniversary of my blog.

I remember reading a post that stated 90% of bloggers don’t make it past their first year. Well, I’m glad to say I am part of the 10%. I can’t wait to see what else is in store for this blog.

I started it in 2018 with a friend of mine. His name is Cool & Soul and we started our blogs on the very same day. Not only is today my anniversary but it’s also his. Without further ado, I introduce to you my friend the writer, Cool & Soul.

They say there’s a place

Where lovers can go

Shy from prying eyes

A retreat of their own

Snowfall Residence I’ve never been

But I long for everlasting winter

Just one more excuse for me to remain in your arms

This will be my first love

And this will be my last

After waiting for what feels like an eternity

A thousand times around the sun

You are mine and I am yours

Snowfall Residence I’ve never been

Wherever you are I call it home

I’m no longer a romance nomad

I’m settled in you

Together

We two

These words take on a new strength

Now that I know you

Snowfall Residence

I’ve never been

But I yours

I’ll always be

Meet you

At our usual place

Then together

We’ll embark

Snowfall Residence

I’ve never been

But I’ll go

With you

Cool’s Blog

Life (working title)

This is a poem I wrote a day I felt particularly good.

Life is indescribable

In one word I could never describe it

Life is many things

But most importantly, life is me

I AM life

I am the trees, I am the children playing in the street, I am the birds fluttering their wings, I am her and I am him

Thinking any different is the cause of great division

We are one

When she smiles at me I can feel it in my soul.

The melody of the song reaches depths unknown and permeates my once tough exterior

When they are happy, I am too

I feel like I’m walking on air

Everything is so easy

If only everyday could feel like this

Wait a minute… what if it can?

Born Free?

More than anything I just want to be free.

Free me

Free from pain

Free from scars

Free to explore

Free to conquer

Free to love

Free to fail

Free to forgive

Free to do nothing and just be for a minute

Free not to feel alone

Free to be with someone and feel a oneness

Free to live

Free to be

Sweet Middle

Unplugged but not off the grid

In love but not attached

Curious but not confused

Lost but found

High but down to earth

Alone but not lonely

Consume but not be consumed

Sad but happy

Indulge but not self-indulgent

Thoughtless but not empty-headed

Sure of himself but nothing is certain

Dead to self but more than alive

Restrained but not hesitant

Forgiving but not fooled

Spirit yet flesh

Music but a single note

A fortress yet a meadow

Travel the world but still never leave home

Surrendered but not captive

By the River~

There was something enchanting about the river…

As I strolled along I found myself in a state of near bliss as I was accompanied by a gentle breeze and a magnificent sun.

The autumn weather is setting in and it is starting to get cool.

After a long day of stress being heaped upon me, I take solace in my companion, the river.

What it would be like to enjoy this brief retreat with a flesh and blood companion?

Something I can’t quite imagine. I continue on with companionship found in the trees, the weather and mighty long river. They are all mine and they fill me with light and tranquility.

God, I’d like to stay in this state forever but sadly I can’t. There are things that call to my attention from the man-made world.

I wonder what it would be like to be in nature all the time and live off the land.

I recall the post I made about us being inheritors of the Earth. It couldn’t ring more true than now. A paradise a stroll from home. My own personal paradise.