Blood Moon

Colleen Keller Breuning © 2015 Blood Moon Crickets harmonize a rhapsody in August, sweet background singers Pregnant clouds hover in crisis of confidence, summer rain debate. Warm wind blows gently, dissolving clouds to fine mist; light shines through its haze Earth casts dark shadows, aligning with sun and moon in black velvet skies. Raging withContinue reading “Blood Moon”

Gravity Falling

Gravity Falling The sun has gone missingheld hostage by defiant cloudsheavy skies aching, stripped of lightwhile the dark matter pulls us down… We are blind to our own blindness thinking inside narrow boxesafraid to color outside the lineshiding within our own shadows… Falling for fools, falling in lovewe fall out of favor with ourselvestrying toContinue reading “Gravity Falling”

Gravity Falling

Gravity Falling The sun has gone missingheld hostage by defiant cloudsheavy skies aching, stripped of lightwhile the dark matter pulls us down… We are blind to our own blindness thinking inside narrow boxesafraid to color outside the lineshiding within our own shadows… Falling for fools, falling in lovewe fall out of favor with ourselvestrying toContinue reading “Gravity Falling”

Night Hawk

Night Hawk I have been one acquainted with the night… When shadows masquerade in fantasy. Like vagabond angels, emotions take flight, Dancing far outside the realm of reality. When shadows masquerade in fantasy… Kindred spirits soar across blue bay. Dancing far outside the realm of reality, Feel the morning madness drift away. Kindred spirits soarContinue reading “Night Hawk”

Shadows of My Father ~ The Poem and The Book

Shadows of My Father As a child, I walked through the park hand in hand with my father. Brimming with energy and innocence, I played a game of hide and seek, jumping into his enormous shadow. My elfin figure was gobbled up by his lumbering adumbration, stretching long across the path illuminated by the springtimeContinue reading “Shadows of My Father ~ The Poem and The Book”

Lifeline

Lifeline The veil of sadness fell down upon me, invoking dark shadows and shades of melancholy. Crimson tears trickle, scarring and burning. The world tilts and spins, the pages of life keep turning. The mind grows weary, witness to brutal violence. It longs for quiet sanctuary, seeking justice and penance. The lifeline has been castContinue reading “Lifeline”