Truth before thriving

Fly toward freedom
Fly with truth
truth clears dust
truth has wings
wings expand possibilities
wings brush heaven
heaven is with you
heaven is within
within seeks peace
within is eternal
eternal is the soul
eternal are the stars
stars sparkle the night
stars capture wishes
wishes are delicious
wishes blow out candles
candles start with a strike
candles light your eyes
eyes don’t lie
eyes speak silently
silently rain falls
silently we endure
endure another day
endure what is necessary
necessary is death
necessary is breath
breath gives life
breath on your neck
neck tie too tight
neck covered in pearls
pearls are polished irritants
pearls take time
time is fleeting
time is flowing
flowing love for you
flowing rivers offer life
life is a mystery
life begins with a seed
seed stuck in my tooth
seed the soil
soil needs tilling
soil supports living
living alone is revealing
living is more than surviving
surviving on hope
surviving toward thriving
thriving is a color explosion
thriving means to never stop growing
growing takes courage
explosion of insight

In the spirit of National Poetry Month and trying something new, I thought I’d give a Blitz Poem a try. Goodness me! Felt like a britz brain dump. I wrote the first thing that came to mind, with few edits. I am now blitzed out. Time for a brain break. I invite you to give it a try and to check my work. Thank you for stopping by! Kind regards. Michele

Here are the guidelines for the Blitz poem, created by Robert Keim:

Line 1 should be one short phrase or image (like “build a boat”)Line 2 should be another short phrase or image using the same first word as the first word in Line 1 (something like “build a house”)Lines 3 and 4 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 2 as their first words (so Line 3 might be “house for sale” and Line 4 might be “house for rent”)Lines 5 and 6 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 4 as their first words, and so on until you’ve made it through 48 linesLine 49 should be the last word of Line 48Line 50 should be the last word of Line 47The title of the poem should be three words long and follow this format: (first word of Line 3) (preposition or conjunction) (first word of line 47)There should be no punctuation

featured photo of girl and dog running toward the sun by maxim ibragimov / my recent sunset photo of ducks on a lake

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