Author: Rick Ellsmore

  • Eagle’s Eye

    The drive Anything but methodical Luscious mountains Salt-n-peppered With pine and Recent snow Stealing breath I drive on The road beneath Serving as an Entry point Into the serene Cracking my window Feeling the air Transform my breathing Lighten my load Bringing spontaneous Ahh Spirit quickening I scoot down The hill Towards Nederland A home…

  • Eat of Me

    I love It so Why so much? We are Moving into Virgin territory Somehow untouched We should Be hardened But trust Vulnerability Drawing to The surface Softened butter In this place Rather than The expected hardness Your presence Causing me To melt further Feeling myself Gently running Through your fingers Pooling in Your essence Taking…

  • Anchoring Spikes

    Feeling cool In my hand Grasping it More tightly A heavy piece Of steel Immediately sending Jolting energy Through my system This visual Bringing out What I clearly Feel inside A day A week A month A year A lifetime Of tumultuous living Clearly seeing Experiencing firsthand The calming Of my Internal water Standing on…

  • Crash Into Me

    Waves crashing You Your lovely Essence Alive and FREE Crashing into my Welcoming beach Violence never present Kindness and trust On the leading edge Pushing gently My beach Soft and smooth Harshness removed By storms Long passed Gently created To take on Your waves A landing place Running out To meet you Not content In…

  • My Gift

    Part I: I am learning My instincts Are valid Almost always Right My “gut” Speaking Internally Audibly I’m listening In a way Like never Before An earthly Almost animalistic Movement Meaning Flowing through me A voice Quieted Far too long Bringing joy Living in this Moment Learning I am courageous Tenacious Enough to Follow my…

  • Faithfully

    Faithfully https://ultimateclassicrock.com/journey-faithfully-song/ A song built Into my core Buried deep within My psyche 1983 This song Hit Smacking the mainstream Hard and with substance I was Ricky Back then Journey was Well, they were A massive part Of my music Upbringing My older sister Loved them They were played On all the Radio stations The…

  • Never Too Late

    Never too Late Never too late To start again Never too late Fully embracing life Your life The only  Present life You’ve been given We say… Tomorrow Next week When I don’t Have kids When we retire When, when, when Crippling ourselves In passivity’s embrace Quietly allowing Distraction, numbness The grind To keep us From…

  • Whimsical

    Whimsy Thrives and jives Alive on Softened skin Breathing smoothly Out of her Overtaking the air Surrounding her aura Luxurious beauty Magnified Electrifying my brain Sizzling from Deep within Stirring an Ancient drum beat Beating to A new rhythm Smooth and wild Her whimsy Nature’s whimsical-ness Can’t be helped Bunny trails A must Delightfully following…

  • Boulder Beautiful

    Strolling in Mudrocks name Rolling around Promising myself I would give This a chance Understanding Blind dates are hard As if I was cold-calling On someone’s door The unknown Of what’s on the Other side Causing edgy emotions They were sitting Three people In a booth Anticipating my entrance Needing a fourth To complete the…

  • Through Courage

    20 seconds 60 seconds 300 seconds It’s not The time Spent It’s the Courage embraced The courage to step in To move To say What you want to say What you know Needs to be said To have a chance To move beyond A spark Into flames To speak A gentle tenacity Spoken To invite…