Golden Tears

Golden Tears

My heart bleeds

For thee

Logic concedes

To a stormy emotional sea

Waves of sorrow and passion

Clash in

My head

Till I begin to shed

Golden tears

© Phil Renaud 2016

Artwork titled Larmes d'or (Tears of Gold/Golden Tears) by Anne Marie Zilberman 

Morning Runs

Morning Runs

The inky black darkness

Is pierced by the white light

Of the bloated full moon

The morning crisp

Frigid air freezes lungs

Sidewalks icy

The stillness is broken

By pounding feet

And panting breath

Early morning runs are invigorating

Especially on a cold

Winter day

© Phil Renaud 2016

Snow

Snow

Slipping & sliding

Nightmarish navigation

Obscured optics

Winter wasteland

© Phil Renaud 2016

Morning Walk

Morning Walk

morning azure skies

breeze wafts forest greenery

enjoying my walk

© Phil Renaud 2016

Joy

Joy

The joy starts

In the ethereal awareness

Cupped in my hands

From a small seed

The joy grows

Until like a flower

Pushing out of the ground

The joy erupts out the ether

Radiating outward

Spreading peace, light and joy

To everyone

© Phil Renaud 2016

Pink or Blue

Pink or Blue

Pink or blue

Which color is for you?

Society says blue is for men

And pink is feminine

Why is it like this?

Pastel colors are the bomb

Pure bliss

Good at keeping one calm

So I don’t care

What you think

I will wear

Blue or pink

And I will not shrink

From the ballyhoo

Because I think

Different than you

© Phil Renaud 2016

Great Creator

Great Creator

O great creator

I beseech thee

Let our crops grow abundantly

May our hunts be bountiful

Let us live in peace

And harmony

Rain down your blessings

On your people

Bestowing peace and tranquility

On us all

We ask this in the name

Of the creator

Ayoo-anoshi

Amen

© Phil Renaud 2016

Dreamscape

Dreamscape

Flying fish churning seas

Colorful peacock feathers

Butterflies dragonflies

Colorful leaves wispy clouds

Peaceful doves songbirds and eagles

All come together

To make my dreamscape

A cornucopia

Of technicolor delight

© Phil Renaud 2016
Artwork titled 'Spirit of Flight' by Josephine Wall

An Off Day

An Off Day

You can feel it coming

A rumbling down in the pit

It builds to a churning

That is sometimes painful

The churning changes to a roiling

Like a pig on a spit

Turning over and over and over

And intensifying

Movement causes increased

Churning and roiling

However movement is a must

To get to a safe haven

Movement causes

Moaning, groaning, clutching, and hoping

The movement is too much

The percolating moves to ejection

Which explodes out

With the force of a bomb

Coating everything

The purge is over

Energy is drained

Rest is a must

I abhor getting sick

© Phil Renaud 2016

Aloha

Aloha

Act admirably

Love life

Openly oblige

Humbly human

Appreciate all

© Phil Renaud 2016

God's Footprint

God’s Footprint

It’s in the air

The birds

The bees

The flowers

And the trees

It’s in you

And me

Our family

And our friends

Some don’t recognize it

It’s the beauty

Of the morning sunrise

The golden hues

Of the evening sunset

It’s the blue sky

The fluffy clouds

The red hot sun

Shining down

On our fun

It’s the night sky

Filled with glowing

Dots of light

And the moon

Shining so bright

It is God’s Footprint

On display

For all

To see

Everyday

Give thanks to our God

For his love and generosity

© Phil Renaud 2016

Photo courtesy of and by Elizabeth Gallo

Drudgery

Drudgery

I have a respectable employment

Have had it for a couple of decades

It used to be a joy

To work

Now a lifetime

Of working has passed

Becoming a drudgery

Along the way

I started here

When it was a new plant

Things were viewed

Through rose-colored glasses

The sheen wore off

And the real work world

Hit me

Squarely in the jaw

And then the drudgery

Slowly crept in

So now my working days

Are a chore

So much so that

I don’t want to anymore

Retirement is

A few years away

I can hardly

Wait

My job is humdrum

Monotonous for sure

I will still strive

To do my duty

Each day at work

Until the glorious day

Of retirement arrives

And this drudgery ends

© Phil Renaud 2016

Crushed

Crushed

My mind races

From one thought

To another

With no pause in between

The weight of my life

Rests heavily

On my shoulders

My past

Preys on my mind

My future

Looks bleak

My present

Is grey and dark

I feel like I am being crushed

Like a sponge

By my very

Existence

© Phil Renaud 2016

Desire

Desire

Two souls wandering

This earth

Lost and alone

When they met

It was like a bomb going off

Creating a mushroom cloud

Their desire burned white hot

Like an unquenchable fire

Wild and free

They mated

With a burning passion

That consumed their very souls

Sated, their desire quenched

They parted

To again wander the earth

Lost and alone

© Phil Renaud 2016

Bees

Bees

Bees buzzing about

In the air and in the hive

Glorious honey

© Phil Renaud 2016

Haiku

Haiku

Haiku is nature

Certain rules about content

Made to be broken

© Phil Renaud 2016

Piety

Piety

Penitence prayer

Inspired intercessory

Exalted Eucharist

True tersanctus

Your Yahweh

© Phil Renaud 2016

Rosary

Rosary

Religious rite

Obtestation

Supplication

Adoration

Recited

Yahweh

© Phil Renaud 2016

Night

Night

Black starry night sky

Rest time for daylight creatures

Perfect sleep weather

© Phil Renaud 2016

Jamaica 3

Jamaica 3

Leaving on a jet plane

I know when I’ll be back again

Oh baby, do you wanna go?

Heading to the land of sun and sea

This land is truly for me

I love the weather,

How can you ask for any better?

To say the people are great 

Is to understate

The food is to die for,

Can you ask for any better?

And the beer & rum

Spinnies here I come

I love this land

It could be my second home

This land of reggae bands

Jamaica, the land of the wild & free

Let me come to thee

© Phil Renaud 2016

Inspired by “Leaving On A Jet Plane” by John Denver

Jamaica 2

Jamaica 2

Land of sun and sea

It’s a second home for me

Jamaica heaven

© Phil Renaud 2016

Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamming to reggae

All day long

Meandering along white beaches

All day long

Inhaling the wicked weed

Cuz I can

All day long

© Phil Renaud 2016

Harvest

Harvest

Summer is done

Twas so much fun

The crops grew and grew

All the summer through

Now fall is in the air

The harvest is upon us

Reaping and picking are done with great care

And thus

Our larders are stocked

Locked and blocked

Now let us praise our Lord

For all the bounty stored

In our barns

On our farms

© Phil Renaud 2016

Our Father

A poem/prayer I wrote inspired by and using quotes from the prayer "Our Father"

Our Father

Our Father 

Who art in heaven

Creator of all

Giver of life

Shine your everlasting light

Down on me

So that I may bask

In your glory 

And proclaim thy name 

Far and wide

Give us this day 

Our daily bread

Let us be thankful

For the food we eat

The clothing we wear

The house we live in

Our friends and family

For all these things

Come from you Lord

For your generosity knows no limits

Forgive us our trespass

And lead us not into temptation

For we are merely human Lord

Prone to temptation and sin

Instill in us the strength to resist Satan

And all his evil minions

And when our time 

On this earth is over

Welcome our fractured souls

Into your heavenly glory

We pray for this

Our Lord Jesus Christ

Amen

© Phil Renaud 2016

Inspired by and with excerpts from the prayer "Our Father"

Afternoons

Afternoons

Agonizingly alone

            For four weeks           

Total

Every quarter

Nasty night work

Oh how I abhor you

Oh how I detest you

Nasty night work

Such is a life of toil

© Phil Renaud 2016

I Don't Care

I Don’t Care

Work is such a chore

Bosses being bossy

Thinking they are colossi

I am beginning to abhor

Going in through the work door

Life has its ups and downs

Causing many frowns

Thinking is my downfall

Immersing me in a pall

Forcing a withdrawal

My attitude is changing

Ranging

From laissez faire

To I don’t care

And I fear

That I will never be clear

Of the cloud

That is a shroud

Over my soul

© Phil Renaud 2016

Olympics

Olympics

Only contested every four years

Longing for sports superiority

You compete

Mindfully on the playing field

Putting all of your effort into your sport

Crafting a legacy of

Sports heroics

© Phil Renaud 2016

I Love Yoga

I LOVE YOGA

Inventive poses

Ligament lengthening

Organic exercise

Verily vital for the body

Everyday practice

Yoga is like being

On a

Great

Adventure

© Phil Renaud 2016

Transport

Transport

Pedaling faster, speed increasing

The ground rushes by in a blur

Bugs in my teeth and my hair

A jarring bump rattles

The bones to the core

Two wheels are

The best

Mode

© Phil Renaud 2016

Chiropractic Care

Chiropractic Care

The power that made the body heals the body

Wellness, health, and vitality

Is innate intelligence in the mind,

Restoring life

Expressing health

Keeping the body in tune

Peace and harmony

Expressions of joy

Are the results of chiropractic care

Giving life balance

Creating flow and power of movement

The potential of the body is restored

The body sparkles and glows

Life energy is restored

The wholeness of being connected

Fosters love strength and hope

A pure life of ease and abundance

Gives nourishment to the soul

Chiropractic care reveals the truth

Restores life purpose

Makes one feel alive

Chiropractic,

The power that made the body heals the body

© Phil Renaud 2016