What Lies Ahead

The Sunday Muse #53

Photo by Josiel Miranda from Pexels

Lying here with thoughts of

how have my steps led me to here

I see myself dreaming with my eyes open

Longing for what could be

Plans of escape do not escape me

the howling winds and pitter patter of rain

help to formulate my plan of escape

I see my departure along the dock

ready to weather the storm and

return to a life of pleasure and peace

that has escaped me thus far

To regain a childhood lost and

become a woman of free will

with ease of voice and one

who makes her decisions

as she so desires

The choice is now mine

what shall I do

escape or stay

Years of fear and control

have clouded and altered my mind

a spark of will has ignited and refuses

to be extinguished

I shall sail to freedom 

©Regina Phillips 2019

A Fall Tree

The Wednesday Muse #5

 Let’s Dance:  A quadrille with your choice of word

A gift from God

To sustain our life

Providing oxygen to live

And beauty to behold

While driving to destinations

Some known and unknown

Occasionally you will pass

An area of destruction

Trees decimated oxygen depleted

Vibrant colors of fall

Lost, no longer visible

©Regina Phillips 2019

We are One

The Sunday Muse #52

Another day on the grind

Playing the role, Regina or Reginald

Who am I?

I am Me!

 A being, striving to be seen and heard

A person, neither male or female

On a journey to succeed at living as I desire

Watch out, for whomever you encounter

Is a force to be reckoned with.

Beware!

©Regina Phillips 2019

Finding Peace

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Linking with the The Sunday Muse for Muse # 51

I stand outside these beautiful stained windows

a frail and tortured soul

Reluctant to enter and find solace

In need of a word of guidance to free me from the

turmoil that sets me on end

I stumble up the stairs and into the foyer, a breath to behold

Beauty abound, more color in than out

Enough to lighten my heart and reawaken

The emptiness that has engulfed me

A message from above:

          Fear not, for I am with you   Isaiah 41:10

          Your strength is in you through me 2 Corinthians 12:9

©Regina Phillips 2019

The Exhilarating Feeling of Rain

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The Wednesday Muse#3 - 50 Shades of Rain

Jogging along the highways path

Kosame drops quicken my steps to sprint

home before ooame drenches me

©Regina Phillips 2019

I Wonder

The Sunday Muse #50

Photo by Lukasz Dziegel from Pexels

A beautiful sunny day, a treasured find.

Serene country life with

green pastures as far as the eye could see.

Oh to relish in this fresh open air, stress free.

I stumble upon closed doors,

I peer inside the locked barn doors and

wonder what is it that is hidden.

Perhaps Bonnie and Clyde have hidden their ride

Or Secretariat is secluded from roaming eyes

Whatever the case, the mystery remains.

I shall continue my stroll and not become a sunter,

While daydreaming of what could be, should be or would be.

What story befalls these closed locked doors,

This city girl shall never know.

©2019 Regina Phillips

Brighter State of Mind

The Wednesday Muse #2

Bluebonnets, Daffodils, Water Lilies, and Mutant Ground Orchids

Just name a few springtime blooms that add a bit of wistfulness

and pleasure to the peaceful existence of my everyday

A beautiful scene and sinfully scintillating garden of flowers that

At times put me in a melancholy state of mind

of remembrance of the days where I muddled through

Today I choose to smell the flowers and push forward

To a brighter, more colorful state of mind

A place of euphoria, to feed as the monarch feeds on the azalea

To break free and emerge stronger, lighter, and shining brighter

©Regina Phillips 2019