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

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

Confidence

Age doesn’t matter

You are beautiful

In your own unique way

Own it

Trust it

Flaunt it

Walk

Like your hips move mountains

Let them sway

Smile

Like your lips are liquid velvet

Let them tempt and tease

Speak

Like your voice is a symphony

Let it encourage others to dance

Look

Straight into their eyes

Let them see the universe in you

Stand

Like you’re on top of the world

Because you are

E.A. Fussell

11/18/2019

Tempting Eyes

Those eyes

What hides behind them

A kind heart

A jealous soul

A brilliant mind

An empty hole

How did I conjure you

Are you my ultimate fantasy

Or a pending nightmare

There’s only one way to know

Dive into the depth of those eyes

But would I survive this time

The choice is mine

I choose to walk away

Continue on my own

Release you back to the world

Let someone else discover

Who you really are

I am content with who I am

Without you

After all

You’re just a fantasy

E.A. Fussell

11/17/2019

Mind Games

The Internet; it could be a wonderful learning tool advancing society and improving us as people. But mostly it reminds us of how far we haven’t come, tries to convince us of how inadequate we are, feeds us lies as if they are fact, crams the enemies plan into our minds and down our throats, distracts us so that we are thinking about his garbage and speaking his gibberish instead of dwelling in the peace and joy of the Truth.

E.A. Fussell

11/16/2019

Waiting

What are you fishing for

Are you using the right bait

Are you tossing your line

Willy-nilly out into the water

Or are you laser focused

On the spot in the water

Right where you want

Your hook to drop

Are you able to wait patiently

Until you get a bite

Or do you get anxious and

Reel your line in

Thinking

You can make a better cast

When you get a bite

Are you skilled

At setting the hook

Or do you let emotion take over

Jerk too hard

Lose the fish

Tangle up your line

When all you had to do

Was settle down

Take your time

E.A. Fussell

11/16/2019

Photo by Jerry Sargent Photography

A New Song

Life eternal springs

Regardless of what death brings

Some believe

They will generate wings

While others believe

They will return to earth

A new song to sing

Maybe they are both correct

Maybe neither are

I believe

Regardless of what death brings

In one form or another

Life eternal springs

E.A. Fussell

11/16/2019

(Photo by Jerry Sargent Photography)