Jam Session

The Sunday Muse

Photographed by Dennis Stock ”

An impromptu set

as we sit and beat

thoughts of nothing

thoughts of what was

thoughts of what could have been

friends gone

friends here

unknown friends

love

hate

the music

the rhythm

the beat

melodies

capturing the Love of the world

No barriers

Togetherness

Love

Music

blending us all

One Love

Music bringing us together

©Regina Phillips 8/Jan/22

 

Cleansing Inside Out

The Sunday Muse #169

The absolute freedom of relaxation

No thought of the here and now

Moving forward to what awaits

Expectations of nothing

The newness of everything

Beginnings and end

 

Regina Phillips ©July 2021

On Edge

The Sunday Muse #168

Photography by Artist, Jasper James

Gazing out beyond
looking but not looking
seeking and yet to find
the path that brings me
off the ledge

Trapped in a myriad of closed doors.
Shouting for help
Please 

Hear my cry
See my sorrow
Heal my heart  

Seconds, minutes, hours…days pass

One step backwards is progress

Alive and off the ledge

© Regina Phillips 2021

 

  http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/

Photo credit of Emily Soto

Lace, lattice of mahogany leaves entwined

as one to travel upward.

Thoughts of emerging from invisible to visible.

Vibrantly awakened, dazed yet not confused.

A journey continued from days long passed.

Searching to find what was once mine,

in hopes to be the betrothed once more.

Longing, desiring boldly to be...

© Regina Phillips 2019

                   

The Road Ahead

~"Seeing Black & White" photography by the lovely and talented Susie Clevenger~

I'm Linking with The Sunday Muse #116

Journeying life’s highways and by-ways

Releasing past transgressions

Looking forward to new possibilities

Gazing in the mirror at what once was

Separating the gray to black and white

In hopes of a new tomorrow

©Regina Phillips 2020

The Road Ahead ... My Journey

The end is near but not to close

Miles ahead lie the unknown

Willing and ready to dive in head first

Success or failure both a learning game

From dusk to dawn ready for the world or Not

Here I come driving up the road to the new me

                   Be it rain, snow, or potholes

                   I am destined to climb the hill

                   And raise the victory flag

                   Defeat is not an option

I look back at how far I’ve come

And continue to press onward

                   © Regina Phillips June 2020

Escape

"Rocket" by Brad Phillips

Linked with http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/

Today, yesterday, tomorrow

Chaos reigns

Cities, States, Continents and Countries

Planet earth no longer safe

Escaping to the stars and stroids

to live amongst that which is alien

to be free of judgment

No roles to play, just a life to live

Human; one race, red blood

One nation under God, but never justice for all

Escaping to the beyond to find acceptance

in the abyss of unknown

© Regina Phillips

No Shelter

Linking with The Sunday Muse #83

"After the Rain" by Cyril Rolando

As I stroll the spacious terrain of emptiness

That once was clustered with a myriad of greenery

I look around and weep at the vast amount of loss

to mankind and animals great and small.

©Regina Phillips 2019

Trapped by Sound

The Sunday Muse #81

Photography by Sarolta Ban

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The still of the morn

The call of a melodic tune

Brings creatures great and small

Subdued in the fog of daybreak

To rest reassured that perhaps they are safe

A picture of questions

What is this?

What’s that sound?

Are we indeed safe?

Ears alert eyes transfixed

Waiting in anticipation of what’s next

Paralyzed by a cacophony of rhythmic sounds

Will you help us?

Can you help us?

Help us please!

©Regina Phillips 2018

Beyond the Light

The Sunday Muse #75

Photo Source Courtesy of Alastair Magnaldo

What is it that I see, could it be a playground?

No swings nor slides just ladders and ropes.

Brightly shines the ball of light, should I dare hope!

Where does it lead?  Up and Up some children go;

before me others dare to see the mystery.

They climb and hoist themselves up ropes and ladders.

Shall I too escape the sand and dunes of nothingness,

to be filled with the light of wondrous joy that

 lifts us up and out of this despair.

I to shall follow the light of a new future that

SHINES BRIGHT.

©Regina Phillips 2019

Good Morning

The Sunday Muse #74

Although withered by time

we commune in silence

seeking Grace and Mercy.

At peace with nature

searching for a tune

to cleanse the spirit.

©Regina Phillips 2019