Month: March 2013

Farewell for now

Posted on by Carey S. Clark, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, RYT, FAAN

I look at you

Laying there on the worn green couch

And I am filled with contempt

For you and you alone

~

You are worn and stained

Old and shabby

Though you have only been through 2 seasons

You may be useless in the near future

~

So pretty and purple

Not that long ago

And now you weigh me down heavily

You are simply too much

~

Too much for the sunshine emerging

The green returning

The birds soon chirping

Changing of the seasons

~

You get to go away now

Go back to the attic

Folded into a pile

Stinking of moth balls

~

Perhaps you will be replaced

next year maybe

But for now you can rest

folding in on yourself

~

Farewell my winter friend

Purple, stained, and warm

Farewell for now

Purple down coat

 

 

A cold and sunny day

Posted on by Carey S. Clark, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, RYT, FAAN

It should be spring, a few days away

Bright sunshine burns

Through cold air

And lands on brown earth

~

And she lays on me, beside me

Breathing

Not breathing

She won’t be here on the equinox

~

But on this cold and sunny day

She lays quietly on a bed

In the sun

Covered in a towel

~

On this cold and sunny day

She is more then a cat to us

She is our baby, sister, daughter

She represents love, and cuddling

~

An angel, a messenger, dear friend

Who takes her last breath

And moves somewhere else

On this cold and sunny day.

I am on fire

Posted on by Carey S. Clark, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, RYT, FAAN

Fire

It is burning me up

Synapses firing

On Fire

~

Quench it

Calm it

Slow it down

Fire

~

Feel it flowing through

Feels Good

Lighting up dendrites

On Fire

~

Let’s be on fire

Hot stuff

Minds spinning out

Burning up

~

Fire burning bright

Quench it

Or feed it

Feel it

~

Fire burning

Creates a new path

Fire warms

Grow the Fire

~

Feel the power

Take the challenge

Transform the power

Feel the fire

~

Call Me Darling

Posted on by Carey S. Clark, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, RYT, FAAN

Call me something

I am just over here

Call me Darling

Either now or sometime

~

Pick up now or then

And let it go

Remember how to

Call me Sweetheart

~

Call me now

Or call me then

But call me soon

Call me Darling

~

It won’t take much

And it won’t last too long

It’s not like a touch

But it’s here and now

~

So call me sweetheart

Call me now

Call me Darling

Right here and now

Bottom of the wheel

Posted on by Carey S. Clark, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, RYT, FAAN

Lonely hearted

Read it, once, twice

Down, falling, slamming

Pit of existential despair

~

Know it;  connect

to self and others

Feel it deeply, in your heart

Know it, breathe it, walk into it

~

Can it be done today?

You over there

Me here, emptying out

Bottom of the wheel

~

Aching so deeply

That distance from here to there

And back again, again, againAching at the bottom of the wheel

~

I Miss You Golden Shores

Posted on by Carey S. Clark, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, RYT, FAAN

The light, the air

Golden ray of sunshine

Still I left and ran fast

Searching for what was mine

~

A golden oak, splashing sea

The greenest of the green

Melting in my mind

That long-lost childhood scene

~

That golden land of promise

She whispers out my name

Hearing it from another shore

Missing her all the same

~

A soft breeze

Cooling, too much warmth

The sun she radiates to me

Singing to me, calling me forth.

~

Land of big dreams

Of  light, of love, and of loss

Back-forth, up-down,

Throw my heart back with a toss.

 

 

 

Walking away

Posted on by Carey S. Clark, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, RYT, FAAN

I walked in the door

Knowing I was going to walk back out again

I walked through the door

Knowing I would say goodbye

~

I was full of hope and perhaps even ease

Yet it is hard to say goodbye

She helped me come back to me, my core and strength

And now it comes back to goodbye

~

How do you thank somebody

Who helped you change your life?

How do you thank somebody

Who moved you through and beyond?

~

All I can do is say thank you

And cry a little as I walk away

So great big thank you, my friend

And I’ll cry a little more today