OVAD #30

All Hands! All hands to sail and line!
Thunderous might against our cabin roars
Swift rage yearns to unravel all we've wrought
No sooner than we saw the shores of home

Hold steadfast your ground against the beast
Let it break our backs but not our hearts
When the storm has ceased its empty threat
New winds will come to bid us journey on

OVAD #29

For solace' sake we seek a simple space
The sun, the earth, and mother sky above

For sanity we seek a place called home
Forgetting home is where the heart resides

OVAD #28

Under open skies
they held their lives
for a time, suspended.

Then seeing what
had come and gone,
Came back to their senses.

OVAD #26

Lest we forget;
A journey is made with the smallest of steps.

In facing a test;
Let go of worry, and just do your best.

While on the quest;
Remember - to grow we must take time to rest.

OVAD #25

Portents of torments to come,
Flashes of plans left undone,
Visions of battles unwon.

Pay them no mind, give them no time, and spare them no dime.

They are only the whispers of shadows,
Fables fabricated by fear,
That will vanish in the sun.

OVAD #24

 

The greatest vision to ever pass
The full expanse of it I grasped
but for a second, and in that second it was gone
Because I waited far too long

OVAD #23

 

Forget perfection.

Forget about that wicked thing;
A thorn-ed rose that naught but stings.

Realize that in its place,
Our brokenness is full of grace.

OVAD #22

The hungry children stand with open mouths
To catch a drop of wisdom on their tongues

This constant thirst, never satisfied
Is the only thing keeping them alive

OVAD #21

First mistakes give me the shakes,
Seconds cause a welt.
Third mistakes are mere dull aches,
And fourths are hardly felt.

 

OVAD #20

The hammer falls to strike again.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

To forge the steel that will demands.

Clang! Clang! Clang! 

Take pause for breath and count to ten.

Out. In. Out. In

Then raise your arm to start again.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

OVAD #19

A while it took, for me to see
My head is where my heart should be

OVAD #18

The pen is the prophet
Of which we are the profiteers.

Craft spells from ink wells,
Sacred rites on dark nights.

Though my plight is: 'Who am I crafting for?'

OVAD #17

The first mile.
The hardest mile.
The mile of frost and failing will.

Through heights unknown we press.
Through wind and rain, Through sweat and pain
Through doubt and all the rest.

When all is said and done, We’ll stand out in the sun
To look on fields stretched out below;
Our journey’s just begun

OVAD #16

Quiet now.
Let go.
Let quiet go on.
Let now go quiet.
Go on now, let go.
Quiet, on go now:
Go.

OVAD #15

On the outskirts of sobriety he sits waiting for forgiveness
A loyal companion lays beside his feet, panting from the heat
The world -still turning- left him behind years ago
And never thought to slow enough to let him keep pace

For those who think they turn the world or even keep it spinning
Know that we are no different from this soul who fell from grace
The day will come when we all sit at the same table to eat
And find, for our meal, what we get is what we gave

OVAD #14

My mind skips town when she's around
Her call would send me flying
A smile so bright it lights the night
A voice that leaves me trying

To understand what primal power
This muse has over me
For my own good I'll find a way
To make her leave me be

OVAD #13

More.
More, More, More.
Suck it in to bone and skin.
Drink it deep and drink it well.
Hunger for it night and day.
Thirst for it when fast asleep.
Crave it more upon your wake.
Never stop.
Never, Never, Never.

OVAD #12

Stop your worries little one,
Rest your head, the day is done.
Sleep away your troubled mind
Tomorrow will have time to find
The pieces that you left behind
So take a breath and just unwind

OVAD #11

A home that's filled with laughter is the best place you could be.
A shelter from the storm
A hearth to keep you warm
A strength in times of trial
A place to make you smile
A home that's filled with laughter is the best place you could be.

OVAD #10

Hear the pistol shot crack
Burst forth with impact
This dream is just fiction
Now to make it a fact.