Shift your energy
Smile at yourself
Sing a happy song
Skip around the room
Pray for a friend
Think of God’s light
Filling your heart
Cleansing your thoughts
And before you know it
You will be feeling
Uplifted and bright
E.A. Fussell
5/25/2019
Tag: choices
Love & Passion
Love
Passion
Some of my
Most elaborate forms
Of self-harm
E.A. Fussell
5/24/2019
Pearl Snap Heartache
I saw him standing there
Watching the dance floor
Propped against the bar
Sippin’ whiskey
Long legs, boots, and hat
Too many times I’ve fallen
For a man like that
Cool, and crisp, and lean
Hands rough and calloused
From workin’ cows or
Runnin’ a heavy machine
My heart has a weakness
For that look
It will fall in a minute
Regardless of the risk
But my mind knows better
Knows the pleasure
Is never worth the hurt
Tells my heart to be careful
He’s just another heartache
In a pearl snap shirt
E.A. Fussell
5/17/2019
Missing the Beachi
It’s been a while since I was able to stroll on the beach of southwest Florida. I would go for sunset walks and try to capture a picture of the sun as it kissed the Gulf of Mexico goodnight…..Oh don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining, I’m thankful for my work and wherever it chooses to take me….but sometimes I miss the beach….and I wonder if the beach misses me.
E.A. Fussell
5/11/2019
Wakeup & Workout
I set my alarm for 4:20am
Out the door by 4:30am
On my way to the gym
I just do it
Ignoring the excuses
My mind tries to present
Disengaging from
The internal argument
That more time in bed
Would be well spent
I wake up and work out
One day the results
Will be evident
E.A. Fussell
5/9/2019
Hope
Drugs ruin
Alcohol ruins
Political stance ruins
A closed mind ruins
Religiousness ruins
The ruin is a hardened heart
Eyes that don’t see
Ears that don’t hear
A tongue that speaks froward things
But I still hold onto hope
Hope that the drug addict will be
Completely healed
Hope the alcoholic will overcome the urge
Hope political stances find common ground
Hope that closed minds will be opened
Hope that religiousness will give way
To the truth
Of unconditional love
From God
Who dwells within us all
If we believe
E.A. Fussell
4/27/2019
Patience
Got my rose colored glasses on
Ignoring my sore muscles from
Weight training week one
Ignoring my scale
Trying to anyway
Chilling on my sofa chewing kale
The pain will get easier
The scale will get lighter
The kale will get swallowed
Patience girl
Patience
Just show up for yourself
Every day
E.A. Fussell
04/25/2019
Protect Yourself
Stay away from people who don’t pray.
Your energy most certainly they will drain away. Take care of yourself, find a quiet place and pray each day; for a feeling that is Divinely Heavenly.
E.A. Fussell
3/17/2019
Words
Words
Attract
Or
Attack
Choose wisely
Speak carefully
To others
And most importantly
To yourself
E.A. Fussell
3/16/2019
Crows Feet 2
Crows feet
Prancing
Dancing
On my roof
In the trees
On the street
Smart little birds
Communicating without saying a word
Scavengers
Messengers
What omen to impart
Are you telling me
To open up my heart
Or keep it closed
Locked down tight
As you take your flight
Will you return
Or leave me here to burn
In speculation
What is your destination
What is mine
I’ve lost all sense of time
Yet time marches on
Crows feet
Prancing
Dancing
On a more sensitive surface
The surface of my skin
Smart little birds
Communicating without saying a word
E.A. Fussell
3/16/2019
(2nd 5 minute poem exercise with topic crows feet)
E. A. Fussell 