your ways

I can feel you there

watching over

you never left

you’ve always been there

you can so easily consume

I remember your ways

you steal the morning,

the day, the night

I thought I had learned 

how to keep you at bay

Written by Jennifer Fifield

Photo by Johan Rydberg on Unsplash

sapphire thoughts

beneath a blue moon

memories of you and I

live in sapphire thoughts

Written by Jennifer A. Fifield

Photo by Macau Photo Agency on Unsplash

continue to bloom

in times of worry
delicate stephanotis
continue to bloom

written by Jennifer A. Fifield

a new quiet

claustrophobic monotonous days
upcoming respite unknown, out of sight
only the restless rustling
of wispy palm trees above

realizations that to live, is to escape

this new way of life, such as
when snowflakes turn to blankets
and life is forced to stop

realizations that each day is full, but empty

this new way of life, such as
when wet, desert thunderstorms
turn to darkness and candlelight

travels only of evenings’ dreams and days’ dreams
visits in the kitchen, long after death, and the
cooling breaths of a Balinese breeze

madness, to sadness, to contentment
this rainstorm brings about simplicity,
a new quiet
only the gentle rustling
of wispy palm trees above

 

Poem by Jennifer Fifield
Photo by Mitch Fox on Unsplash

hyper thoughts

cool wind on the face
roses’ fragrance in the nose
calms her hyper thoughts

Written by Jennifer A. Fifield
Photo by Amanda Mini on Unsplash

fairytales and promises

after a life of fairytales and promises
a magical acquaintance appears
a prince, too late

Written by Jennifer A. Fifield
Photo by photo-nic.co.uk nic on Unsplash

change of scenery

mystical forest
trees whistle, sing lullabies
atmospheric change
sweet zephyrs erase worries
bathing only in bright thoughts

Tanka and image by Jennifer A. Fifield

shinrin-yoku: forest bathing (Japanese)

bloom

dreams of you bloom, thrive
amidst dazzling, haunting thoughts
a heart overflows;
breaks from life’s disuse, neglect
eager to free tenderness

 

Written by Jennifer A. Fifield
Photo by Mona Eendra on Unsplash

earthy scent

a rain’s earthy scent
memories of safer times
our cool, breezy days

 

Written by Jennifer A. Fifield
Photo by dan carlson on Unsplash

 

reassuring moon

her smile lingers, a
reassuring moon above,
morning to evening

by Jennifer Fifield
Photo by Alexis Antonio on Unsplash