Two Introverts Meet

I rode my bike to get the mail

Then down the street just past the courts

I met a tortoise; my first, if truth tell

Here was a self sufficient being alive

Right near my age I could tell by his size

He was moving quite quickly towards where I had come

We watched each other coyly from the sides of our eyes

I hid my exuberance so as not to disturb

He crouched ever slightly just in case I changed course

We both are survivors with all that we need

He with his shell and me now with glee.

-Kelly Write Away

The Perfect Peach

The end of summer is surely reached

When one can enjoy the perfect peach.

Kelly Voelker

When the Blossoms Fall

When the blossoms fall

We'll drop it all

Go sit down, adjourn, not think

Play some cards, enjoy a drink

It's social time go get a chair

Enjoy the breeze and get fresh air.

-Kelly Voelker

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

Reassured with Memories

We reassure each other by recalling shared memories.

Wild Caught

 I boarded lone and unadorned

The moistened air as heat

Subsided under the boat's canvas

Visiting with Al the captain

As bait I sat awaiting

Any who were taking

This trip into the Peace River

Four others in a named group

Ladies friendly and varied

Boarded and into the harbor

We pushed quickly out and

Under bridges loaded with cars

With conversations out and back

These wild caught friends of mine 

And I were back

Lunching together as friends forever

I opted not to take their names

A catch and release event I claimed

As many as fish in the sea

I'll not foul the new connections

Simply say goodbye and

Defy conventions.

-Kelly Voelker

convention - a way in which something is usually done, especially within a particular area or activity.