Dreams can come true

A photograph

Is like a dream

 What we deem

Should come true

If what we've seen

In the eye

Of our mind

Is brought to fruition

By brushes on canvas

By words upon paper

By cameras poised

digitized

To create and record

 What we wrestle

And wring

From the heart

Of our heart

To bring it to life.

Copyright © 2012 by Lowell A. Anderson

All rights reserved

The owner of this photograph is unknown.

The Shape of Things to Come

Ev'rybody's talking 'bout

A problem in our land

It's big and getting bigger

It's almost out of hand!

They say I'm eating way too much

Junk food, snacks and sweets

My heart is working overtime

My system overheats!

The problem is I'm spreading out

It's called obesity

I shouldn't be all that surprised

When all I do is eat!

So, I'm going on a diet now

I'm down to eating crumbs

'Cause looking in the mirror I saw

The shape of things to come!

Poem copyright © 2006 and 2012 by Lowell A. Anderson (aka Ansohn)

Image copyright © 2006 and 2012 by Lowell A. Anderson and its licensors.

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The Mystery

There are times

When it would seem

A mystery hovers in the void

To make its presence known

In ways both banal

And profound

 Before my eyes of stone.

I have found it 

Quite impossible

To believe

In magic or in mystery

Or in the grand delusion

Of gods up in the sky

Their nosy noses poking

Knife-like, carving up the lives

Of the people of the earth --

The sons and daughters of

A spartan evolution

A momentary birthing

Which all too soon

Collapses into mystery itself --

The uncomprehending

And uncaring, often cruel

Universe.

© 2012 by Lowell A. Anderson.  All Rights Reserved.

Growing Old

Growing old

Does not

Necessarily

Make you
A sage or

Wise.

Growing old

Merely means

You somehow
 Managed

To stay

Alive!

Copyright © 2006 and 2012 by Lowell A. Anderson
All Rights Reserved.
Image copyright © 2006 and 2012 by Lowell A. Anderson and its licensors.