Thursday, August 27, 2009

The Poetry Project: Day 7

{image via Restart my Heart}

The Expedition

by Leigh Hewett

Like a brave explorer
heading into uncharted territory
I went on a quest for words.
I packed my provisions
and pointed my compass toward
the poetry from my past.
With a mission to find the poet
I had lost along the way.

Somehow in my search,
I learned to quit looking
and decided to call off the chase.
A silent gap between thoughts
echoed until my brain
settled slowly into a blue calm.

With a deep awareness
I detached myself from poetry
and had zero doubt that
the words lived within.

An effortless ease took over
and my deep desire
brought the poem to me.

{8/26/09}


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Visiting from SITS! Hope you all feel better!! Love the name of your blog. Today is the day I told myself I HAVE TO tackle the 7 clean loads in baskets that need to be put away!

Val said...

It's nice to read your beautiful poems. I'm not surprised though, you've got a poet's sensitiveness! :)

http://www.poetic-chronicles.org/moments.php

From another fellow mom/poet

Valerie (Poetic chronicles)