To the Point

I don't want to know your story

I don't want to comprehend 

I want to share some observations 

Based on where we stand.

Kelly Write Away

Celebrity of Spring

The tree stood before the stormy sky

Dressed in vivid green lace

The spotlight of setting sun

Lighting her with orange and gold

Like a celebrity of spring

A hostess of those who migrate and sing.

-Kelly Voelker

Old Cement Sidewalk

An old cement sidewalk

Narrow and rough

Leads me between flowers

I've planted and loved.

-Kelly Voelker

This Quiet Moment's Bliss

When I was entirely full of life

I could entirely occupy large spaces

Large spans of time 

From theirs up to mine

Improving the wear 

Embellishing with joy and vitality

Creating depth in my reality

Now I occupy the smaller and simple

Cleaning the past out

Who shall no more ripple

Through my present time tense

During this quiet moment's bliss.

-Kelly Voelker

My Spirit Trespasses

So familiar yet not mine

Like someone else's Valentine

A memory I didn't have with a

Place I could have made my stand

A place which isn't tame or nice

But beautiful and rugged rough

Only hooves and paws are meant to tread

Let my spirit trespass in awe instead.

Kelly Voelker

Who asks the question?

Who asks the question of "Why can't I feel?"

Who has vacated perception's tether

Is life just a breeze and a turn of the page

Outcomes indifferent; my wisdom from age

Distanced from hurting; a hand in my fate

A confident reading of my current state.

-Kelly Write Away

Escort the Morning

I'll escort the morning

Before nighttime ends

As seamless as the soul

Breathes through the mind

Existing long after

We run out of time

Dreaming and wondering

It's way even now

Obeying routines

While it seeks the profound.

-Kelly Voelker