Toward the Dream

On those moonless nights
the silence so loud
that it keeps me awake,
my thoughts
streaking across
dark fields of midnight,
playing tag within the
empty spaces reserved
for dreams and moonlight,
sleep eludes my grasp.
And I can but toss and turn
trying in vain to find
the elusive off switch,
to quiet those voices
so loud in their silence.

Until finally . . . .
in those moments
I reach into the darkness
for those words that
dance at the hour
of midnight dreams
finally joining in
their play until
the music begins
to change and
they begin to sing
a sweeter tune,
with words I hear
as they call to me
"Move in the direction
of your dreams," they say.
And into the night
my thoughts finally drift
sweet dreams of night
replacing deafening silence
once more.

(c) bak 11-20-10
barbara kausteklis

Written for CPC (Creative Poetry Corral)

"Wisdom From a Cookie/

Saturday Roundup Corral."

(The idea was to choose a fortune cookie saying

and incorporate it into a poem.)

The following links will take you there:

Boomer Link:

https://myboomerplace.com/user/blogs/view/name_TheCreativePoetryCorra...

MySpace Link:

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=7127...

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Across the Miles

Two unlikely souls
brought together,
you and I,
in what couldn't
have been an accident,
but simply meant to be.
You cheered me up
and made me smile
when I could have
cried all day;
you motivated me
when I just
didn't feel like it;
you made me hum a tune
when I didn't feel
much like singing.
You inspired me
to get out of myself
and to find who
was lost to me.

And across the years
as the time has passed,
and across many
unspoken miles,
I'm still blessed
by your words,
by your encouragement,
by your smiles,
by your laughter,
by your tears.

We cry together
in our sadness and joy,
friends brought together
in a most unlikely way.

(c) bak 11-24-10
barbara kausteklis

For Flexwriters "Wednesdays Muse/Friendship"

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The Wind Whispers

Breaking the silence of darkness
just before dawn,
muted whispers call to me,
and I'm drawn once more
to the edge of the day,
that magical canvas
of early morn.

I'm drawn to that place
where the stars still shine
and last night's moon,
still suspended in a dream,
is but a memory
in these precious moments
before the rising of the sun.

And as this muted darkness
meets the lavish break of dawn
I listen carefully to the wind
as it sweeps across the waves,
welcoming the morning
and heralding the day
as on the brink of this new day,
the same ocean breezes
that cradled my weary soul
and rocked it to sleep
as the day bid good night,
awaken me now
to this day and the dawn.

And renewed once more,
I listen well
to the whispers
of the wind
as I hear them
calling me.

(c) bak 11-22-10

The following link will take you
to yesterday's Flexwriters

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Me and My Shadow

Me and my shadow,
oh the fun we have,
my identical twin
looking back at me.
We dance under the sun
and sing songs
with the wind,
running free
in poppied fields
of springtime
and listening together
to the sounds of the ocean
on a summer's day,
sea birds carrying us both
to places far away.

We dream together,
my shadow and me,
for I have no better friend
than my shadow I see
right in front of me
who takes my hand
each and every day
and is my own best friend.

(c) bak 11-22-10
barbara kausteklis

Written for Blogging For Fun/
"BFF #74 - Me and My Shadow" on MySpace.

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Casting a Wary Eye

I cast a watchful
and wary eye
at those out there
who seek to know
just how I spend my time
both night and day
and try to put me
on display
for all to see ,
with bars of steel
to keep me in
and artificial lights
that bother me.

I cast a watchful
and wary eye
at those who
seek me out
for the trophies
they'll bring home;
their sport,
their pleasure
at my expense
an unconscionable
tragedy.

In the jungle
I seek to remain,
to be myself
without fear or pain.

(c) 11-21-10
barbara kausteklis

Written for CPC "A Simple Sunday"

Featuring Darrell's "As Always":

The following link will take you to the

Boomers "Simple Sunday" Challenge:

https://myboomerplace.com/blog/view/id_11441

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Return to Paradise

I can but just imagine
what this world must have been,
a paradise beyond compare,
a memory lost in time.

I can but just imagine
how it must have been,
a time when life was simple
and all creation sang
a simple song of beauty
perhaps never to return again.

I see the way it must have been
and imagine myself right there
as palm trees sway in
tropical breezes so very long ago.

And ocean waves lull me to sleep
and captivate my heart

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My New Middle Name is Me

"Random" is my middle name,
I'm sure it must be so,
maybe not the one
my parents had in mind
when I was born so long ago.
But "Random" it must surely be
because as I look back
at all the things I've ever done
they sure look random to me
(and in the very best way).

For the things I've done
are all over the place,
at least the ones I remember,
the ones that were most fun.
Spur of the moment
and off the cuff are what
"random" mean to me.
Spontaneous and
multi-tasking
have always been
the way for me
to be myself
and no one else.
always quite random to me.

I suppose if there's
another name for this
condition that I have,
it might be called
"eclectic" for eclectic
is what it is,
a bit of this and
a bit of that;
here and there
and everywhere,
it's all quite
random
to me.

And I love it!

(c) bak 11-17-10
barbara kausteklis

Written for CPC "Thematic Attic Thursday/Anything Goes"

The following link will take you to

the Boomer Thematic Attic:

https://myboomerplace.com/user/blogs/view/name_TheCreativePoetryCorra...

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Within My View

My senses alive,
I'm awakened once more
to the dawn of a new day
and what is in store
as morning begins to exit
the darkness of night
and welcomes me
to her first breaking light.



And as Dawn meets Day
coming into view are
colors golden and red
beginning to splash
across the first page
of my day as I open
it carefully and savor
the first illustration,
eager to read the next.

And as I begin to read
the pages as they unfold,
brilliant illustrations
gracing each page,
the mountains rising
out of the darkness
and into the day,
the second illustration
gifted to me as I
treasure each one
with every page
of the day.

And with each page
more details of my day,
the brilliant hues of
the flowers in the garden
the birds and butterfly wings,
the autumn leaves dancing
in the afternoon breeze.

Until finally the very last page,
the sun setting and retiring
for today on the way to
tomorrow and a new chapter
to be read,
another day,
another story
as I'll read
and treasure
each one.

(c) bak 11-17-10
barbara kausteklis

Written for Flexwriters "Wednesday's Muse/
It's All In the Eyes."

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http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.viewcustom&friendId=290319804&blogId=540713126&swapped=true

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