The Heart Beats All

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Part One


Take a picture of a heart that you would like to see on a collage... Lighting is essential ...


I used Photoshop instead of a tripod or flash...


Part Two

Paint a heart, draw or sketch a heart, colour a heart, be creative...

The heart that beats in time with music
And echoes through the lands,
The heart that reaches up to the sky
And on firm ground still stands,
The heart that gives all and then some more
And never asks for pay,
Is a heart that flies to the heavens
And shows a better way.

Nothing More Besides

Only a distant sun remains to shine
On an empty open hand,
Only a shadow remains to echo
An empty open hand,
Only silence remains to hold
An empty open hand,
Only time remains to touch
An empty open hand,
Only memories remain to live
And fill an open hand.

Ghosts and Echoes

On a mirror held up to the past,
A green ghost train now silently runs,
Cold echoes billow around my feet,
And the ground welcomes the memory
That rolls over the rails,
While trees weep a waterfall to wash away regret,
Will the cyclist now passing see the water flow?

Ugly is in the Eye of the Beholder

Martha's A-Z Photo challenge has arrived at the letter U

U is for Ugly Duckling

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U is for ugly in feathers of brown,
That will be unwrapped for snowy white down,
U is for the ugly word and deed
And underhand from where those slights lead,
U with an umlaut I learned is a Mac.Smile,
Understanding can take me quite a long while,
U is for until we shall meet again,
In an unknown country where the future is lain,

Run, Fly, Dream

Run, run away, run back and run free,
You should not have come anywhere near me,
My touch is death; my heart is cold stone,
You would do well to leave me alone.
I am like quicksand; no firm footing here,
I am like water falling over the weir,
I will only bring sadness to you,
So leave, as all who get to know me do.

Fly, fly away, fly far and fly free,
I am already dead; that’s my grave not me,
I have nothing to give and nothing to hide,
There is absolutely nothing worth anything inside,
I’m not the ring I’m what it holds,
Like a black hole that space-time eternally folds,
Do not look back; speed on your way,
Fly to tomorrow; forget yesterday today.

Dream, dream away, dream on and dream free,
And when you wake you may remember me
For a fleeting moment before memory is lost,
And back into this mad world you are tossed,
Or suddenly you may feel a faint touch like a breeze,
Then this crazy world that surrounds you will freeze,
Once more we will dance; once more we will sing,
Once more we will hear the joy music can bring.

A Dream Remembered in the Morning

Let my soul see through,
Briars like a black lace veil,
Drawn over a dead memory,
Into the light of a new day,

Let my shaded path,
Be bordered by tall guards,
Reaching with a living strength,
Into the light of a clear sky,

Let my heavy heart sing,
Through the depths of cold winter days,
Echoing spring with colour and dance,
Into the light of a secret stage,

Let water hold me,
Between weaving banks of earth,
Wending a way beyond knowledge,
Into the light of greater wisdom,

Let my thoughts spread out,
And touch those of another,
Raising a canopy so both may easily see,
Into the light over the horizon,

I Will Not Lie

Don’t ask me to promise you a walk tomorrow,
Don’t plead with me to go that way,
I let you down and I will again,
You’re just a dog and can’t understand my pain,
It rose to murder me today,
And the best of me died to my great sorrow.

Don’t ask me to forgive when sorry’s not been said,
And mistakes are covered by corruption and lies,
Don’t expect me to be an angel of peace,
When the torture I’m left in doesn’t cease,
Don’t look to me for one who always tries
To help when for truth my heart lies dead.

Don’t look at me with those soft brown eyes,
I’m a human being that will frequently fail,
All I can do is say sorry to you,
All I can say is I’ve tried my best to do
What’s right but today I drove another nail
Into my coffin fashioned by others’ cruel lies.