The Sandstorm
Time ticks on in this weary head
At the end of another day.
The weeks and months drag endlessly
Muddled by thick storm clouds of gray.
It’s like living in a sandstorm,
Seeking shelter among boulders.
I’m blinded, tired and beaten down,
Weight of the world on my shoulders.
Let me go where the eagles fly,
High up in the cornflower skies
Let my heart roam, forever free
Until I find eternity…
I’m worried about the future
And yet I’m living in the past.
I am haunted by dark nightmares
And shackled by long shadows cast.
The past is only wind and sand;
I set those heavy thoughts away.
Tomorrow waits beyond the storm,
I need to live now, for today.
Let me go where the eagles fly,
High up in the cornflower skies.
Let my heart roam, forever free
Until I find eternity…
Colleen Keller Breuning © 2026
March 7, 2026
Happy Saturday! I wrote this poem/song iteration in about 30 minutes this evening. I kind of had an idea of how to start, but wasn’t sure how it would end up. That’s the thing about poetry, sometimes you just let the words take you on a journey!
This afternoon I learned that my Uncle Carroll passed away. I’m so sad hearing this news… he was such a sweet man, my Dad’s brother. One of 14 children in the Keller family, which now has dwindled down to just two sisters – my dearest Aunts Jean and Mary Helen. It breaks my heart what the family is going through right now, and I am holding them close in prayers. Uncle Carroll was a kind, sweet man who carried on the tradition as “emcee” of the Keller family picnic/reunion, until he passed it down to his son Charlie in recent years. I was fortunate to see him last summer at the picnic, but sad to see him so frail and suffering from dementia, the absolute cruelest disease. His health declined, and I learned he recently went into a nursing facility. I’m sending prayers and love to the entire Keller family as we mourn their father, husband, grandfather, and our uncle and friend. May God comfort them and keep them.
Perhaps this is what actually steered my poem in the end this evening. I know that Uncle Carroll is now free and at peace, surrounded by his loving family in heaven. If anything is comforting, it is knowing that they are together again…. Love you all, my dear Keller family! Xoxo
With Love,
Colleen
Inspiration: “Hjem” by Leef Kjos
Ecrits Blogophilia Week 36.17 – Where the Eagles Fly
Hard Bonus: Include the phrase “live for today”
Easy Bonus: Incorporate a boulder or big rock
Colleen Keller Breuning 