Okay, here’s the deal.

Me Ra is still looking at the 100’s of 1000’s of water contest entry’s and she asked if I, her supportive, loving and handsome husband, would write the blog fer her this morning so she can focus on trying to narrow down millions of amazing images to 5 for us to vote on.

Me Ra asked me a while back if she could post one of my poems. I’m not really a “writer”, but when I write or journal it tends to be more of a poem format than prose. They never rhyme though and there’s not much rhythm, but maybe you’ll agree. All that said I thought, posting a couple of my poems for Me Ra’s blog would be an easy way to write her blog for her today as we patiently wait for our 5 finalists!

Disclaimer: If you don’t like reading poetry of any sort, today’s post may bore you to death. So don’t worry. Me Ra will be back tomorrow or maybe even later today.

I’m going to share two, but PLEASE be nice with your comments. I’ve never shared my writing with anymore than 1 or 2 people, so I’m feel a little vulnerable and I know you don’t want to read tomorrow about a grown man crying. That really would be embarrassing for me. (Even more than my underwear shot. We remember how embarrassing that was don’t we? If you don’t, you’re going to have to find that one on your own). 🙂

This first, one let’s call “To Dream.” I was thinking that maybe I’d give some background to each of them either at the begin or end, but what do you think? Is it interesting to hear about a poems background, or is it more meaningful on its own? Anyway, here’s the first of two.

To Dream

I Need Not to Need
I hate hate
I’m desperately independent
I need to loose to constantly prove I can’t be beat
Like a boxer needing to be punched
My soul longs to be shamed
to know my place
to know what to do
How to be
What to want
without doubt
know I was meant for more
to Dream

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Me Ra can just sit down and write and write and write for hours. Me I can write for 1, maybe 2 hours and end up with 1 – 2 words per line for 1-4 pages. I usually spend as much or more of that time sitting and feeling. Other times my mind is blank, I’ve got nothing to say, but remember how much I enjoy the feeling of my pen touching my paper. I enjoy watching the lines, then letters materialize from nowhere, like witnessing God issue forth creation with a word. With his breath.

So I pulled out my pen and pad and in about 30-60 seconds I wrote this next one, which 10 minutes ago didn’t have a name. 9 minutes and 30 seconds ago I thought I’d call it “Warm up” and after reading it about 9 minutes ago though, I think I’ll call it “Reveal”. (Hey, Blaze got to name the dog. The least I get to do is name my own diatribes. And this is actually kind of fun naming them in front of you. I feel like I’m sitting on a stage and this audience is hanging on my every fascinating word…I know…now I’m DREAMING)! 🙂

Reveal

The pen rolling over my pad
words issuing forth
Living ___ Breathing
Dieing ___ Hating
Loving ___ Birthing
Changing the world
wasting ink
chopping down trees
Starting wars
Saving souls
Entertaining
Boring
Depressing
Inspiring
Unburdening my soul
Releasing my heart
Revealing Your Spirit
Ahhhhhh…..

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Well that’s it from me. I hope this was an okay change from my wife’s beautiful voice and charming words.

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