Study everything
Let it be your teacher
How a mountain steam flows
Sometimes gently, quietly
Sometimes rushing, boldly
How wild flowers grow
Sometimes in clusters
Sometimes alone
In the most unexpected places
How the wind blows
As a cool gentle breeze
As a furious hot hurricane
How the sun shines
Without fail
Even when the clouds cover it
Study everything
Let it be your teacher
E.A. Fussell
11/18/2018
The past went that way…
When a new situation in business
Or a new personal relationship
Faces us
On the heels of disappointing ones
We often look into
The rear view mirror of our mind
To glimpse our most recent past
Trying to see where we went wrong
Trying to avoid making
The same mistakes over again
We watch backwards into the future
Creating a distorted vision
Of what might be
Creating unnecessary speed bumps
On the road to success
Note to self:
Keep your eyes forward
Keep your mind open
Keep your passport updated
Keep your heart free
E.A. Fussell
11/11/2018
Dinner at Havana
A Cuban cuisine delight
Then we took two electric scooters
On a daredevil ride
As the San Diego lights
In the Gaslamp District
Glowed overhead
Chassey went speeding by
Laughter mixed with
Glints of fun
Sparkled in her eyes
E.A. Fussell
11/09/2018
“It’s okay to be different”
We all are in some way
When I was very young
I tried to conform
But when I became a teenager
I took a different path
And each decade
Since the
My thought path grows
And the distance between
Conforming and being different
Grows
E.A.Fussell
11/09/2018
A few years back
Life whispered in my ear
Go live on a boat
I hesitated
Life took the boat away
Now I stand here
Looking at this beauty
Wondering where I might be
Had I listened
Took a chance
Rode the wind and waves
Instead of staying safely
Planted ashore
On the side considered lee
E.A. Fussell
11/08/2018
Failure
Is just feedback
On the path
To ultimate success
Learn from it
Let it go
And keep moving
Forward
E.A.Fussell
11/8/2018
I begin to believe
In love again
Then
Like jagged shards
Of broken glass
Your memory
Cuts through my mind
We were young
So in love
At one time
Unbridled passion
Magnetized
Drawn together
Your voice
Your eyes
Your touch
Heaven
We had such big plans
We knew what we wanted
And we went after it
But we didn’t realize the cost
When we had very little
We still had each other
When we had everything
We lost ourselves
We lost each other
We lost everything
Hearts shattered
So badly broken
Now
When someone whispers
Passionately in my ear
Of how much they love me
And want to take care of me
All I can hear
Are distant screams
Of what it sounds like
When passionate whispers
Turn to hateful insults
And the sweet soul
Standing in front of me
Professing to love me
Wanting to share life with me
Cannot understand
Why
One moment
I am embracing them
As tightly as I can
And the next
I am running away
As fast as I can
They cannot hear
The ghosts from my past
Haunting me
Tauntingly
Questioning
Maybe I’ve never
Really been in love
I wonder
If we were really in love
How could we
Have hurt each other
So much
E.A. Fussell
11/03/2018
