John Richard

Stunning silhouette dancing in the evening light A flawless #phantasm wrapped in black and white She moves like a whisper a shadow set free spinning through twilight in silent symphony A breathless moment frozen in time where the dark and the day perfectly align #vss365

Lost without wonder she controls my mind Bound to the #illusion twisted and entwined Drift across the darkness where the stars align Woven into fabric timeless and divine Dawn arrives to steal her from my aching sight Leaving me a prisoner of the fading night #vss365 #illusion

Catching her breath the pup began to cry Looking for her mother in the starless sky The wind was a whisper the shadows were deep The great snowy forest was falling asleep A low gentle rumble broke through the despair Mother #wolf had answered her lost baby's prayer #vss365

#Exhilaration in her heart began to fade and die Midnight painted lonely stars across a hollow sky above the promised land guarding the quiet shores of some forgotten sand Awake to greet the night with sorrow in her chest she yields to the ghosts that never let her rest #vss365

The shadows grew long in the quiet of the night The #ravenous silence devouring the light She closed her heavy eyes To spin among the ghosts softly where love never dies Each echo in the dark was calling out her name The path is ours to keep that used to hold a flame #vss365

A ghost in the daylight a shadow in motion drowning out of sight in a motionless ocean The clock keeps ticking the world moves ahead leaving my spirit #elated where the old feelings bled Morning will break shadows will fade healing the wounds by the progress I've made #vss365

My dreams pull the curtains tight The restless wind begins to fade Wrapped in the velvet of the night Losing the fears the daytime made #Cheering as the cosmic river flows To carry me away from shore Lost in the deep where starlight glows Where I am overwhelmed no more #vss365

Love is a tricky game of give and take I seek her eyes to know that I exist Lowering a fragile anchor in a heavy mist Tracing the hallways of my quiet mind Fleeing shadows I left far behind A broken compass spinning in my chest Finding a new #start so my pain can rest #vss365

Healing waits where honesty begins Facing the fractures of a haunted past Under the surface where the spirit wins Scars remaining lose their bitter sting Silent truths rewrite the final page And from the dust, a bolder voice will sing To #travel outside the gilded cage #vss365

Even when the rainstorms rise shaking the shelter in the morning light A sudden calm will clear the skies To guide me safely past the night Sunlight will #taper through the green To warm the places once so cold A tranquil, unexpected scene where new horizons now unfold #vss365

I walk the path I feared to tread With steadier steps and clearer sight The ghosts of yesterday are fled Dissolving in the morning light We soothe every rising fear And find our peace in gentle grace All the #miles have been mended here Within this calm, redeeming place #vss365

My morning #doubt begins to trace the path that we will leave behind A gentle, slow, forgiving space to mend the fragments of the mind With every step, the roots take hold Where shadows fade the light has grown The future story, yet untold Is the one I do not walk alone #vss365

The storms that raged inside my chest Are hushed into a gentle breeze The racing pulse is put to rest Beneath the shade of quiet trees #Commitment is a winding road Where shadows whisper of the past The mind still checks its heavy load And wonders if the calm will last #vss365

Slowly the #nervous mind resets No longer parched, no longer drowned #Fueling all the old regrets On quiet, newly softened ground The static fades, the tremors cease The heavy air begins to clear As trembling thoughts give way to peace And quiet replaces stubborn fear #vss365

My soul is brittle, cracked and dry Worries weigh heavy in the rain #Training stubborn fears to cry Releasing tension down the drain The storm inside begins to break As dismal clouds give way to light With every breath and step I take The somber shadows take their flight #vss365

Sporting only #sneakers There were attention seekers The public called streakers Dashing across the grass shocking the onlookers Nothing on their feet but those Chucky T sneakers Thru the neighbor's lawn decades have flown by Wild memories gallop on beneath a summer sky #vss365

The peaceful rivers begin now flowing into the sea This #unexpected #lottery win gave us joy, strength, and glee The heavy clouds clear out washing away the doubt The tide has finally turned and the waters now run deep With quiet peace of mind and gentle dreams to keep #vss365

They slip away from the #unexpected fight Where the storm-tossed waters finally rest A gentle fading into softest light Like evening settling in the quiet west The sudden silence is a peaceful grace A quiet healing for a weary soul Leaving warmth within this empty space #vss365

For the #dead there isn't always a roar Of battles fought beneath a burning sky But in the quiet mending at the core Where healing lets the heavy spirit fly No trumpets sound to a long release Where weary souls are laid to rest Just the unfolding of a perfect peace #vss365 #dead

Among the valleys deep and wide Find the #bravery quietly sought A stillness where the scars can hide To buy the peace so dearly bought The wind will soothe a weary mind And wash away the shadowed past Leave all the bitter, broken days behind To find a gentle anchor cast #vss365