Thankful to have flown to Tulsa tonight instead of drive. I love road trips when you can stop and look and linger along the way, but it’s not so practical when you only have two days.
E.A. Fussell
12/6/2019
Tag: poet
2020 Handstand
I do better at balancing life’s oddities,
than trying to stand upside down with my body. Regardless, a handstand is still going back on my list of goals for 2020.
E.A. Fussell
12/6/2019
Power to Decide
Some mistake my quietness
Regarding the political realm
As dis-interest or
Ambivalence
When in fact I hold
A very solid stance
Political power
Like many other things
Is a double edged sword
Your vote
Is your personal defense
Against those things
Which you don’t agree with
Or your personal offense
For those things
Which you do agree with
Or vise versa
But the world is tricky
It can easily
Manipulate your mind
And before you know it
Someone else is using your vote
As part of their offensive plan
Accurately educating yourself
On important issues is difficult
In the current fake news
Ever screaming wolf
Finger pointing and accusing
Stream of
Never ending negativity
Displayed in every form
Visual, audible, written
It’s easy to hear
The loudest message
It’s difficult to invest
Precious time
Sifting thru the barrage
To determine what is real
And what is garbage
Try to find the time
Shut out the world
Educate yourself
Exercise your power
Or keep your sword sheathed
Either way
The power of your vote
Can end up
Disempowering you
E.A. Fussell
12/6/2019
What’s your passion?
Note to self:
Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to live the life you were created to live. You’ve only got a few years left. What is your passion? Do that.
E.A. Fussell
12/5/2019
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7 KJV
Thanksgiving Day 2019
It was a quick trip
But well worth it
Great food
A new friend
Precious family
Crafts with my niece
Playing checkers and Chess
History lessons
Great discussions
And a lovely piano concert
Topped off with delicious
Home made pies
Then it was time
To say our goodbyes
Until next time
When into Tulsa I will fly
E.A. Fussell
Thanksgiving
11.28.2019
Getting Ready
“Slap some bacon on a biscuit and let’s go! We’er burnin’ daylight!”
I think of this quote sometimes when I’m getting ready for work early in the morning and I silently reply to the character Wil Andersen that John Wayne played in The Cowboys (one of my favorite movies), “What you talkin’ about Wil, ain’t no daylight bein’ burnt around here, it doesn’t come up for two more hours!”
E.A. Fussell
11/27/2019
Nosy People
Best you worry about
Your own sins
And stop eyeballing mine
When judgement day comes
I’m certain you will find
As you stand before God
He won’t ask you
One single question
About mine
E.A. Fussell
11/23/2019
Stillness
Little bird
Perched on a branch
Surveying the countryside
Like you own this ranch
What’s running through
Your tiny bird brain
How are you so comfortable
Just sitting there
In the snow or in the rain
I wish I could be so content
Sitting peacefully still
Instead of flitting around
Until my energy is all spent
E.A. Fussell
11/22/2019
Photo by Traylor-Photography
Star Diving
Diving into dreamland
To awake among the stars
I don’t know where they’ll take me
Or even where they really are
Just bring me back by morning
A new song in my heart
E.A. Fussell
11/21/2019
Variety
If variety is the spice of life
It looks like 2020
Will be a spicy year
Diving into new markets
Is always fun
It makes my world colorful
And brings me lots of cheer
Building dreams
For people young or old
They want a home and
I’m looking for “SOLD”
E.A. Fussell
11/21/2019
