Daddy

To walk with you

holding hands

lifted by the strength

of your love

To dance with you

on top of your shoes

lifted by the strength

in your pinky fingers

To learn from you

filling your shoes one day

lifted by the strength

of your legacy

Patricia Spreng

Joining today with d’Verse Poetics to honor the memory of all the victims of 9/11

Ever so gently, carefully .. instead of reliving the atrocity, describing the carnage, or abhoring the evil that led to such an act ... I simply felt drawn to the loss within the home after losing a beloved.

Head down

knees bent…

pressing in hard

to the presence of God

when the faith forecast

is partly cloudy

with a chance of tears

Patricia Spreng

To see other words of the faith-full, click on this site right here: Jam With Me Thursdays at Faith Barista, hosted by Bonnie Gray

Dragon fly

far away

never to return

etchings

paper thin

transparent truths

carried on wings of love

      

     

 landing

     

 hovering

               flitting

blown by wind

blown dreams

spinning promises

golden hair treasures

a fairy tale

of heroes

and champions

slay the dragon fly

far away

Patricia Spreng 

Submitted to open link night at d’Verse Poets …  where you will definitely find the wonderful words of poets.

I stole a day…

I stole a day this morning

pajama clad and all

sleeping in

me, my Lord, and I

'til jays' loud calling

sent me pointing lens upon the world

with coffee brewing just for one

sending  gentle wake up chimes

flowing softly through my veins

I stole a day this afternoon

pajama clad and all

no calendar, clock or phone

chores that called remained undone

reading still and writing more

napping on the sun room chair

‘til little dog who came to play

took me out of doors

that way

(pajama clad and all)

I stole a day this evening

still pajama clad

eating breakfast then dessert

leisure drinks so tall

pages filled with letters

truth and tears

smiling at baby doves

momma warming feathers nearby

I stole a night tonight

prayers adoring, begging,

wrestling, resting

reading read

ready for bed

content beyond all measure

pajama clad and all

Patricia Spreng

When was the last time you stayed in your pajamas all day…  and you were not sick at all?

Joining Laura Bogess at Playdates With God, and L.L. Barkat at In, On and Around Mondays.

Smile

silent laughter

of wordless tongues

softening sadness

cheer delight

knowing look

thoughts align

spirits soar

gift sublime

welcome home

anywhere

entered through

the front door of a smile

Patricia Spreng

Charlie Chaplin wrote the song, “Smile” in the 1950s.  The video is a tribute to his work in silent movies and his beautiful, sad song recorded by one of my favorites, Nat King Cole.  Today, you will find the wonderful words of poets over at d’Verse Poetry  where the prompt is silent movies.