Jonathan Ojanpera's Blog, page 28

In Between

There is a space, a sliver in between

Light seeping from the perimeter

Totality of the sun’s eclipse rendered

Reservation human, all that we feel

Where angels see but will not enter

Only casting a corner eye stare of envy

To the blatant, raw truth of feeling

Where none celestial may partake

The devils long for but cannot see

How love persists among such frailty

Daring not a glance, suffusing eternity

A deserved torment for ancient crimes

If we concentrate all of so many pieces

Concentrat...

Morning Glory

At first light, she is never late
Sips morning dew, her truth
Petals mirror the warming sun
Beauty in exchange for growth

What I love most is her every day
Forest surrounded, open again
Servant to all the passers by
Hope in my nature, another try

Filed under: Photography/Art, Poetic Tagged: consistency, Flowers, lessons they teach, nature, pictures

Karma Blossom

He keepscompassion in the deepest drawer of his heart

Guarded by obsidian shards around aturquoiseveil

Where he draws from his harvest of powerful goodness

Sharing seeds of his bloomto all in need of divine light

A safe harbor from the storms in the blackest of nights

Scent on the breeze drifting from memories of ancients

Leaves newly sprung shoots in the wake of his footsteps

A well long forgotten by the children of earth’s rotting paradise

Giving out freedom to all who break down in pain...

Perceptions

Perception deceives
From heaven above
The savior saves
the drowning
From depths below
The wicked drowns
the savior
Rotate the plane
From straightforward
Two loverscling
Completely sated

Image from unknown source

Filed under: Free verse Tagged: drowning, lovers, perception, savior

The View

stuck behind the glass
sipping on synthetic mud
swimming to a pond

Filed under: Haiku, Photography/Art, Poetic Tagged: catfish in captivity, freedom, perception

The Sea

Stranded on an empty shore
Searching for nothing more

Wishing for gills and fins
To swim off some of the sins

Until I spot a slight disturbance
Troubled waters they churned

Stepping no more than toe deep
Seemed a mermaid greeting me

At first I stammered in a daze
A sight with no way to explain

She appeared to be flailing
Perhaps even in distress

After a moment of pondering
I see she may be drowning

My misplaced desire to swim
Becameher last lonely hope

But will I trade my life for hers
Prese...

Music Theme – Summertime Sadness

It was my turn to choose the theme for this week. It seems that the summer months are difficult for enough people that it has become a part of our culture, even in pop music. I am too bipolar to say whether depression is a problem for me in the summer; I am subject to unprompted depression in all seasons. If I am depressed during the summer, I simply stay inside most of the time to avoid the choking heat that in itself is oppressive and ultimately depressing.

Lana inspired me to pick this the...

The Careless Fairy

My favorite fairy flits about
Landing on marigold seats
Napping in the cleft of a tree
I watch her carefully just to see
How she scratches the lion’s belly
And the way it looks oh so easy

I could be wrong, not so sure
It seems he spells danger
Careful, don’t hover so close
Bend her with the flick of his paw
Even crease her eyebrows
Ground her, pretty wings and all

I may warn her, but I am too large
My steps in her meadows
Signal a scare and guffaws
Despite my explanations
And the lion’s thri...

Discreet

Discretion begs her to keep just one bloom
Attraction lulls her from sleep once more
Not only for the one eye that adores
Her petals will spread for everyone

Filed under: Photography/Art, Poetic Tagged: all eyes, blooms, indescretion, lily of the nile

The Journey

A journey back to innocence calls

The only song the piper doesn’t know

Filed under: Photography/Art Tagged: finding innocence