Best Obstructions Poems

my needs are simple
when isolated 
from my wants
it took a while
to realize
my many wants
were mere
obstructions
preventing me
from
focusing
on my dreams



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~GATEKEEPER~ 2020

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Will you think of me once in a while,
When the tears from your eyelids are trailing,
When they bury me after the trial.

Will you think of...

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Sinew torqued and bowed as he pressed the weight
Of drudge claimed goods to be stacked and stowed.
The lady claimed that his omnipresent proclivities
Would neither build...

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Submerged in thought, my mind flows. 

I'm a majestic river 

with all it's curves and bends

running over rocks  'round obstructions

gathering strength and speed.

Above I...

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Submersed in thought, my mind flows. 

I'm a majestic river 

with all it's curves and bends 

running over rocks  and around obstructions 

gathering strength...

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I can't see past rain and sleet
All's obscured beyond two feet
I can't see a road or trail
Through this harsh and blinding hail

I can't see obstructions...

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Oh look who toils up yonder hill
Of shoulders stooped and slow of gait
Garments hang off a frame once filled
The body drips with yesterday’s fate

An existence...

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Within the confines of the prison
Lies an abandoned soul
He’s looking through the shattered prism
For emotions to take hold

He’s searching for the pain and pleasure
To acquire...

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Rain falls on granite.
Glaciers unwind.
Snowflakes decrystallize.
A murmuring stream collects,
in the confluence of the melt.

A river is born.

Her banks expand.
Nutrients collect in the torrent.
Rocks tumble in...

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He took his place in cassock clad.
The yearning unchecked, her chances slim		
The veil she clasped around her head 
She knelt at the box where light...

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Sudden stops
    and small obstructions
Hinder progress for a bit,
But the vast store of alternatives
Make their presence known.
Unseen entities
    also...

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The journey is infant and the waters are calm
the boat is carried on soft waves as if sailing on a child's palm
as the sounds of...

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I Need Jesus Christ!  

I need Christ and him alone!
I need his presence to fill my home!

I need Christ and his beauty untold!
He’s more...

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this place, such a reprieve
I am held without speech--
heaven's clouds Float aloft
like white Foam Froth atop
Fresh morning cappuccino

my chamber, allows comfort
obstructions lifted like air--
open Windows...

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Rain falls on granite.
Glaciers unwind.
Snowflakes decrystallize.
A murmuring stream collects,
in the confluence of the melt.

A river is born.

Her banks expand.
Nutrients collect in the torrent.
Rocks tumble in...

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