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[cthomasself]

Inspire me readily With the power of your soul, Condensed like the oceans Into pools of liquid gold. Touch me lightly With a feathery stroke, And stoke the fires As my heart’s coals smoke. Open my eyes to see more, What has never been seen before. Lift my hungry heart Higher than it has ever been, With your laughter and smiles Melting away my chagrin. Speak each words simply, Untangle my tangled heart, And I will forever Imbue love to never depart. Surrounded by so much beauty and creativity, it has been such a gift to be #inspired by each of the #FeaturedWriters... and so many others. I don’t have an Instagram feed big enough to show how much I appreciate each of you, but thank you all. #beach #ocean #wave #🌊 #Sunrise #BeginingOfDay #🌅 #dawn #sky #SkyPorn #PaintedSky #JekyllIsland #Georgia #nature #reflection #landscape #collaboration #FeatureAWriterSeries #PhotosOfTheDay #PictureOfTheDay #📷📆 #PoemOfTheDay #Poetry #poem #📝📆 #ctself (at Jekyll Island)

[cthomasself]

In a mere moment of solitude Spent within nature Sipping tea amongst the trees I sit back and ponder how the weight of my anxieties have be lifted Whisked off into the distance Drifting into thin air As if the forest is God’s natural opiate to despair And how unlikely it must be to seek self discovery sitting at the base of the trunk of an old existing tree Thoughts spontaneously lead to how quizzically fascinating I found it to be As if almost habitually the proverb manifested before me Like a song from the forest A prevalent gift from the trees Softly singing reminders of exactly how painstakingly patient a tree must be to transform from seed into a strong rooted tree Learning to dig yourself out of a hole Rising to the surface only to weather life’s storms To stall tall on your own building a burly backbone Not succumbing to circumstance living to prevail all of life’s dips Enjoying each bliss Losing myself amongst the trees Will forever remind me That what ever life throws I am still a seedling sprout without a doubt eager to grow Knowing that soon enough it will be tough to break the bark I’ve burrowed ~ With such an amazing ability to express feeling and emotion with her words, it was an honor to have her poem accompany one of my images. Thank you @ms.hbee for such a wonderful gift. #trees #forrest #🌲🌳 #hike #sky #SkyPorn #clouds #sun #🌤 #Mountain #RedLodge #Montana #nature #collaboration #FeatureAWriterSeries #OneOfThirteen #1of13 #PhotosOfTheDay #PictureOfTheDay #📷📆 #PoemOfTheDay #PoetryOfTheDay #📝📆 #ctself (at Red Lodge, Montana)

[cthomasself]

The tree stands alone and bare, but it’s still living.  This is how I stand, with a damn worth giving.  The tree is sustained by water, oxygen and sun.  I, too, need to sip, breathe and feel warmth from someone. Not from just anyone,  but from my Beloved One. Saturated with richness, this good earth; Having had the same necessities since birth.  I am no different and need love all the more. For with love I’m sure to bear fruit sweet to the core. So please, love me with sunsets, a gentle breeze  And rippling water in melody among the trees. Nourish me in simplicity of basic needs. Watch me bloom and stay close to see where this leads.           ~ I have been a long time fan of @__got2haveit 🍒 and you will be too after visiting her feed. It was such a gift to have her words accompany one of my images. Thank you. #dock #pier #ocean #Waves #🌊 #tree #🌳 #Sunset #Endofday #🌅 #dusk #sky #SkyPorn #PaintedSky #HarveDeGrace #Maryland #nature #collaboration #FeatureAWriterSeries #OneOfThirteen #1of13 #PhotosOfTheDay #PictureOfTheDay #📷📆 #PoemOfTheDay #PoetryOfTheDay #📝📆 #ctself (at Havre de Grace, Maryland)

[cthomasself]

And though we’ve all felt our thunderous defeats, one bleeding into the next, and fed our mottled dreams, once shiny, to the gluttonous, pointy toothed yarrow, And though we’ve all a raped will, naked and weary, which quivers in this cold, malignant world We’ve all also a choice, Shall we die the death of the poet? Romantic, but alone, tragic, but resigned? Or shall we choose to feel the whimper of our pulse, calling to us from within, “I’m still here,” it says, “ready to rise again from the turmoil of my tangled weeds.” ~ What a perfect pairing of @scarletspoem words along side one of my images. With such a talent for the written word, you all need to go check out her feed. #flower #waterlily #🌸 #pond #lotuspond #TheKampong #CoconutGrove #Miami #Florida #nature #ColorPop ColorSplash #collaboration #FeatureAWriterSeries #OneOfThirteen #1of13 #PhotosOfTheDay #PictureOfTheDay #📷📆 #PoemOfTheDay #PoetryOfTheDay #📝📆 #ctself (at The Kampong)