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Captivated

Captivated

Shoulder, breast, hip
Exquisite curves and lines
In soft subtle beams

Smooth silk flesh
Caressing my eyes
As perfect as it seems

If I was a sculptor
I could create my masterpiece
inspired by this sight

If I was a photographer
I would capture this image
in classic black and white

If I was an artist
I would interpret this vision
framed with last night

I am a writer,
captivated by your beauty
in this perfect morning light

A poet,
preserving this moment
in the words that I write.

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by ggreentree on May 6, 2018 • Permalink

Posted in Inspiration, Love

Tagged artist, beauty, black and white, Captivated, capture, caress, classic, create, curves, exquisite, flesh, image, inspire, interpret, Light, lines, Love, masterpiece, Moment, morning, night, perfect, photographer, Poetry, preserve, sculptor, sight, silk, smooth, vision, words, writer

Posted by ggreentree on May 6, 2018

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Affecting

     An influential soul can affect a life.
     If we are lucky, someone comes along when we are lost or misplaced and makes an impression that lasts a lifetime. Sometimes all we need is a boost or a new direction to get us going on our way. It is those people who realize that their influence has possibilities – and who realize that possibilities are endless — who affect lives.
     Quite often, it is a teacher who is that influential soul. Your life path may be altered by their inspiration, motivation, imagination or subtle persuasion.
     The right person at the right time.

Affecting
It might be only one simple gesture
that changes the course of things
One turn of phrase, or turn in the road
One solid notion that a teacher brings.
An influential soul, who can affect a life
The extra yard, that goes an extra mile
The ability to inspire a want to aspire
That singular soul, who finds the smile.

Positive thinking, meets untapped potential
Opening a mind, by opening a door
Initiating the urge to take on the world
Lessening the less, to motivate the more.
Noticing that possibilities are indeed endless
Giving more of yourself, despite the clock
The right person at the right time
You’re welcomed in, yet you always knock.

Making a difference in their world
by sharing what’s unique inside of you
That place where experiences live
and understanding comes into view.
Where your common sense prevails
Expressed, in uncommon ways
Where your perception turns a page
and affects their future days.

Every year brings renewed opportunity
with a new group, beginning anew
Fresh influences and malleable clay
Shaping character with what you do.
You matter in these impressionable minds
It’s the substance that’s in your style
Asking only for an honest effort
You make it worth their while.

Inspiration found, with subtle persuasion
Motivation, to where you shine the light
Imagination, in the eyes of tomorrow
The vision to see the higher height.
Encouragement and understanding
Providing balance to their uphill climb
An unselfish stamp on an emerging life
The right person at the right time.

Making a difference in this world
by sharing the life inside of you
That place where experience lies
and humility comes into view.
Where your common sense prevails
Expressed, in uncommon ways
Where perception turns an important page
and affects their future days.

For all the right reasons,
you affect the rhyme.
The right person
at the right time.

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by ggreentree on September 9, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Inspiration, Life lessons, Lyrics, Random Thoughts, Society

Tagged Affecting, balance, character, climb, clock, difference, effort, encouragement, experience, extra, future, guidance, honest, Hope, humility, imagination, important, impression, influence, Inspiration, life, Light, malleable, More, motivation, notion, open, Perception, persuation, Poetry, positive, possibilities, potential, prevail, Respect, right, shaping, sharing, shine, singular, soul, subtle, support, teacher, Time, tomorrow, understanding, unselfish, View, vision, worth

Posted by ggreentree on September 9, 2016

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Charleston2

Charleston2

Scanning across your silent waters
Your beauty caresses my eyes
Every colour calmly reflected
Tall trees touching the skies
Crystal view of your possibilities
What an awakened mind sees
Contemplation and inspiration
Your enormity and your ease
Charleston Lake, reflective
I find myself in your mirror
Charleston Lake, you get me
I was meant to be here

Scanning the scope of your horizon
Contemplating your every layer
Exploring the complexity of your landscape
And picturing myself there
Creviced shapes and weathered faces
Sculptured images along your rocky shore
Tempting ledges and curious places
A short paddle to discover more
Charleston Lake, affected
Your essence draws me near
Charleston Lake, you’ve got me
I’ll see you every year

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by ggreentree on September 22, 2015 • Permalink

Posted in Inspiration, Lyrics, Random Thoughts

Tagged affected, awake, beauty, Charleston2, complexity, contemplation, Discovery, essence, exploration, lake, landscape, picture, Poetry, possibilities, reflection, reflective, sculpture, vision, water, weathered

Posted by ggreentree on September 22, 2015

https://ggreentree.wordpress.com/2015/09/22/charleston2/

Ours

Ours
I sit at the end of the dock
Alone, on the edge of a new day
I scan our horizon, and smile
Content, about thinking this way
It just feels like it belongs to us
That it’s all ours, and therefor mine
That we have our own entire lake
And our own sprawling shore line

There is a definite sense of self
A fulfillment, based on our decision
Circumstances, that brought us to now
How I got to this position
As I breathe in our fresh air
and feel our cool morning breeze
My heart embraces the moment
My mind notes all that it sees

I see our fence and our fire wood
I see the garden we need to weed
I see our house that we are renovating
into the home that we need
I look up to see our deck
I see just how it’s positioned
I can picture our awesome view
Even more than we envisioned
I see our tall, imposing hemlock
Our kayaks that lie in its shade
See the route we’ve taken to our place
I see all the choices we’ve made

I see the end result to our patience
I see the fruits of this past year
I see the promise in our future
I see exactly how we got here
I see all of our perseverance
I see the challenges that we’ve met
I see how we’ve faced them all together
and I am as content as I can get

Content with this life for our family
Content with how this all came to be
Content with this time that is ours
Content, and smiling, at all that I see

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by ggreentree on July 28, 2015 • Permalink

Posted in Inspiration, Life lessons, Random Thoughts

Tagged air, awesome, breathe, choices, circumstances, content, decisions, edbe, fulfillment, garden, Heart, Home, horizon, lake, mind, mine, morning, Ours, patience, perserverance, place, Poetry, position, promise, route, self, smile, together, View, vision

Posted by ggreentree on July 28, 2015

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SAME

SAME

Eyes wide open
Looking over at me
Awake in the wake.
        More beautiful
        More expressive
        More than I can take.

That same dream
The same image
just as clear.
The same realities
The same memories
find me here.

Still you are gone
Never coming back
Sadly taken away.
        Hard to accept
        Hard to understand
        Hard to even say

The same nightmare
That same vision
of the very end.
The same horror
The same memories
to comprehend.

Shock and disbelief
Second-hand news
First-hand pain.
        Taking my time
        Taking my sleep
        Taking me back again.

The same heartache
The same dream
of once was.
The same nightmare
The same memories
The same just because.

(more…)

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by ggreentree on March 30, 2015 • Permalink

Posted in Life lessons

Tagged acceptance, awake, Beautiful, death, disbelief, dream, gone, heartache, horror, image, memories, news, nightmare, painful, Poetry, Same, shock, sleep, vision

Posted by ggreentree on March 30, 2015

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Charleston

Charleston

Looking out at the lake
Stretching my tired arms high
Shaking out the morning rust
Roused early and appreciating why

A view of your possibilities
What an awakened mind sees
Contemplation and inspiration
Your enormity and your ease

Compelling me to paint with words
Charming me with all you’ve got
A mind with renewed purpose
An expansive canvas to open thought

I am filled with the day

Charleston Lake, you got me
Your essence holds me near
Charleston Lake affected
I was meant to be here

Glancing out on the lake
Your beauty caresses my eyes
Every colour calmly reflected
Tall trees touching the skies

Scanning the scope of your horizon
Contemplating your every layer
Exploring the complexity of your landscape
And picturing myself there

Creviced shapes and weathered faces
Sculptured images along a rocky shore
Tempting ledges and curious places
A short paddle to discover more

I am struck by your way

Charleston Lake, you got me
Your essence holds me near
Charleston Lake reflective
I find myself in your mirror

Charleston Lake, you get me
I’ll see you next year

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by ggreentree on October 24, 2014 • Permalink

Posted in Inspiration, Lyrics

Tagged affected, awake, beauty, Charleston, complexity, contemplation, Discovery, essence, exploration, lake, landscape, picture, Poetry, possibilities, reflection, reflective, sculpture, vision, water, weathered

Posted by ggreentree on October 24, 2014

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Steady

Clear ahead with the awakening dawn
One last kiss leaves me with you
Freshly made coffee warms my way
Freshly made memory in my rear view

An internal calm so long in coming
A tranquility inside with room to grow
Beams of light are in lucid sight
Waves of wonders I want to know

The snow dances in my headlights
My destination beyond the misty haze
More accustomed with every turn
More familiar with both our ways

Heading home on this winding road
The same path that led me to you
Content in knowing I will be back soon
Holding steady, at ten and two.

Even more vivid on this perfect morning
The sunrise illuminates nature’s ease
Every nuance greets my welcome eyes
I feel the silence and embrace my peace

Another beautiful day lies straight ahead
Trees sway as a gentle breeze drifts by
I can see patches of blue in the distance
As the horizon rises to meet the sky

Something is certain in either direction
This unclouded vision whether from or to
A picture framed in my front windshield
An increasingly clear vista of me with you

Finding perspective on this winding road
Following the path that led me to you
Secure with my solid grip on today
Holding steady, at ten and two.

Certain of this route I have chosen again
And with the love for you I always bring
Knowing anticipation hastens my return
Though I am in no hurry to miss a thing

Sparse towns have become rich in meaning
They seem so different since that day we met
Houses and stores and hillside fences
Each one more significant the nearer I get

Music accompanies me as I make my way
Energizing and inspiring as it fills my car
I find you in the words that accompany me
Heartfelt reminders that we are never too far

Finding harmony on this winding road
Confident path leading back to you
Feeling safe with a firm grasp on today
Holding steady, at ten and two.

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by ggreentree on June 7, 2013 • Permalink

Posted in Love

Tagged Certainty, Confidence, Distance, Familiarity, Growth, Harmony, Love, Memory, Path, peace, Purpose, Roads, Security, Steady, Sunlight, Travel, View, vision, Weather

Posted by ggreentree on June 7, 2013

https://ggreentree.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/steady/

Vanquish

Cerebral images pervade your night
Eye locked visions in mind’s eye sight
Blank pages with much to write
A tapestry of perception in black and white.

Wish it all away…
No candle or magic star.
Just you, and yourself
And experiences of so far.

Wish it all away…
Wipe the slate clean.
Put hope into words
And say what you mean.

Task at hand     Sample portions               Fifteen minutes
Everyday life                Food for thought    National stage
Real emotions                What to consume             Bad timing
Sharp as a knife              And what to not     Turn the page

Harsh words      She the suitor        Student athlete
Six year grudge             He the sought                   Next step school
Lost time friend       Too blind to see        Many distractions
Be the judge       Lost a lot             Played the fool

Jaded gentleman                          Convenient comfort
Could not care                               Tried to feel
Put up walls                   Broke her heart
Stayed right there                          It was not real

Wish it all away…
Give wings to all is well.
Lift up with mighty means
And fly out of your shell.

Wish it all away…
Let dreams take flight.
Grasp for what you want
And hold on with all your might.

In this moment                Reach for more              Share the wealth
Years remain    Easier it seems               Enrich together
Cherish the now               Realistic goals                Find the sun
Vanquish the vain          In lofty dreams              In every weather

Healthy core                     Beautiful girls          Places to see
Keep it fit                           Reflective light                  Worlds to share
Staying young                   Keep you strong                Minds like clay
Grind and grit                   Reasons to fight                Shape them there

Hidden love                    Rhythmic existence             Final scene
Ready to find                  Music of the heart               One act play
Seek and enjoy               Drum pound beat                Be the hero
Body and mind               The guitar part                    Save the day

Project an image                 Open to anything
Set the stage                                Brand new lease
Build a legacy                           Broken no more
Enliven the page                         Found my peace

Cerebral images shine some light
Life time lessons in mind’s eye sight
Blank pages with much more to write
A tapestry of perception in black and white.

Wish it all away…
My place is right here.
Stay true to myself
And be crystal clear.

Wish it all away…
The past is in the past.
The future really is now
And we are here at last.