Part II

Work in Progress (Part I)

Bare Bones

The bare bones of the earth are exposed when it gets cold.
The trees look like skeletons and the bushes deformed corpses.

With the winter comes the necessity for the basics.
The need for warmth.
By the fire, by the comfort of a loved one
The need for shelter.
To brave the chill, to take cover from the harshness of the season
The need.

When the first frost dusts the ground,
When the last leaf falls from the last tree's arm,
The earth sleeps more soundly.
There is a calm in the air.
With the season comes an all-around understanding that the world is brutal.

The bare bones brave the winter - without the leaves, the insects, the buzzing of other beings to keep them company.
They are stripped down to the very core.
To the heart.

Our needs are stripped down to the bare bones when it gets cold.

Sculpting Castles; Burning Down Kingdoms

Constructing intricate imaginings founded on whispers and insecurity
No basis.

Elaborate castles with hidden doors and secret pathways
Nothing - as it seems.

Entirely complete ideas are just that
Ideas.

Proven wrong; proven incorrect; burn them down.

People are overwrought with finding purpose.
A reason to live.
A reason that sets them apart.

They want to believe they were meant
fOr something.
Intended to fulfill some destiny.

The fact of it is
We are here.

Refuse to waste away.

Love Affair with the Moon

Late at night, when the moon is at its highest,

When I am at my highest,

I confess my secrets.
I say what I do not say.
I acknowledge what I can not
in the brightness of day.

The night is honest.

The night keeps me honest.

The loneliness it can bring is welcomed.
It is a stark reminder that, in the end,
all we have is ourselves.

One self.

How we choose to live
Who we chose to spend life alongside
comes down entirely to that self.

So I will choose to have a love affair with the moon.

A Crisp November

A crisp November chill can cure a multitude of ailments.
The whistling waves of air wash through to the core -
Wash over the skin -
Dance away.

The gusts take a multitude of worries away with them.
They wrap around the mind and renew -
Erase the problems -

No longer numb.
Fully aware.