("Splendid Isolation Merit Badge", 2010, original oil)
I was looking
In all the wrong places
Thinking I needed
To do something
With my life
While all along
It was my Life
Needing to do something
With me.
(6/21/26)
Is it hubris or arrogance to write
as if we know it all, but deep inside
the jagged lines of life will interrupt
the smooth edges of our prose, and the night
will cast the shadows of ego aside,
as in the spider’s web we soon are cupped,
entangled in the bravado we spect
to expose in others (that in us denied),
so nirvana is poisoned and corrupt,
unlike the phoenix we will not resurrect
from the ashes of our past.
You Know...
AUTHENTICITY
Is Key When:
Performing or
Observing or
Relating or
...
ANY
GENUINE
Love & Re-Spect.
I Wish People
Would
Say Just A
Little More
Sometimes...
To Confirm.
Like I Would
Need That
Excuse
To
KNOW.
-Gray Squirrel
07-01-2025
J-oy
O-r
S-orrow,
E-very
P-erson
H-as
I-nner
N-ice
E-motion,
B-rightly
U-nderstanding
E-mpty
N-ooks
A-s
V-ery
E-xciting
N-ew
T-ools
U-nder
R-eminiscence
A-spect
©bfa052925
Monocrostic (Birthday of Josephine M. Buenaventura)
E-veryday
L-essons,
Y-our
M-ind
A-ssimilates,
E-xplain
L-ife,
U-sing
N-atural
A-spect
©bfa053125
Monocrostic (Birthday of Ely Mae V. Luna)
M-ysterious
A-spect
Y-ields
G-reat
U-nknown,
M-using
A-bstract
R-ealm's
O-utline
©bfa053025
Monocrostic (Birthday of May L. Gumaro)
.
in retro
'spect
no
mine would have
wait'd
not me
or i
*ménage à trois...
^ ^
PS allowz not "special
characters" in title
A-crostic
I-s
R-ightfully
A-pplied
L-etting
E-xpression
O-f
S-ensibility
A-dvances
L-ovely
A-spect
Topic: Birthday of Aira Leosala (April 02)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-use
A-bout
E-motional
A-spect
N-icely
N-egates
E-very
T-ear
R-apturously
I-mplementing
N-ame
I-n
D-elightful
A-crostic
D-esign
Topic: Birthday of Mae Anne Trinidad (August 30)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-ight
A-crostic
N-ote
D-eploys
Y-ear's
P-oetic
O-ptimism
R-emarkably
O-ffering
S-ensible
A-spect
Topic: Birthday of Randy Porosa (March 06)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
C-reative
A-crostic
R-ightfully
I-mplements
S-ensible
S-entence
A-s
V-ery
E-ssential
N-atal
T-opic
U-ses
R-emarkable
A-spect
Topic: Birthday of Carissa P. Ventura (March 02)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
J-oyful
O-pus'
A-crostic
N-ote
N-icely
E-mploys
M-y
A-nnual
E-xpression's
T-houghtfulness
A-pplying
B-irthday's
U-plifting
R-emembrance
A-nd
D-ivine
A-spect
Topic: Birthday of Joanne Mae D. Taburada (March 01)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
C-reative
O-pus
R-ightfully
A-pplies
A-nnual
T-opic's
E-ssential
N-ote
C-onveying
I-deal
A-spect
Topic: Birthday of Cora B. Atencia (February 26)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
C-heerful
A-crostic
R-emembrance
M-eaningfully
E-xpresses
L-ove
A-s
A-nnual
L-etter's
Q-uotation
U-ses
I-dea's
Z-estful
A-spect
Topic: Birthday of Carmela L. Alquiza (February 26)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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