Shades of grey

Shades of grey
I’ve seen you before
Been you before
Written about your mere complexion

Gone you sometimes seem
Replaced by a view of white and black
All white or all black
Seen is nothing else
Those are the moments most monsterlike

In the darkest times…

The world can be a scary place
Even when things are fine

It‘s important to keep hope alive
Especially during the darkest times

No (more) rest

Always something

Something to do

Lives full of endless tasks

The world made possible by human work.

Work with connection is a must

Always online

Always in touch

Always connected

Spy on you they just…

But without work

Life’s not a gentle breeze.

Storms of self doubt

Futures looming

Beyond the horizon of right now

Thoughts of will bees

Will be bosses

Will be partners

Will be hardships and will be troubles

Would they care

For what I do

And what I strive for

Sometimes there’s no rest

Even when

Nothing is to be done

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Life’s hills and valleys

Up and down our lives do go
From financial stress to getting scammed
Life just throws stuff our way
Mental health can be a burden too
Not getting out of bed or seeing enemies in all

Things just haven’t gone our way
We’ve had good times too
But material success just isn’t ours
We’ve been happy
Though the circumstances might not be the best
But inner peace depends not on wealth
It’s there for us
We lucky few
Who’ve found some peace within our mind
Temporary as it may be for me sometimes*

edit 14-5-2021: small alterations to both poem (*added line) and layout

Connected

The minds of all

Scattered around the world

Closer and closer we’ve all become

No longer are international friends just for the rich

Maybe soon we’ll all feel as one

A night by the red car light

By the red car light

I huddled close to the one I held dear

The car was stuck, the front lights broken, just the warm backlight remained

How long will it last, this long long night?

Until we finally return home and get some rest

A run through the morning cold

The cold was seeping through my gloves

Monotonous counting of numbers in my head

Counting how long I’ll run and how long I’ll get to rest

One more lap around the park

Just one more and you’re done

Playing in the water

We played in the water
Like the Children we were
Happy just to play

We didn't yet realize what a gift it was
To play with a future love just now

I wrote this poem while watching Touched with Fire. I found the scene, where the main characters were playing in the fountain and the woman was narrating a poem over it, very inspirational for me.

Returned at last | A Guild Wars poem

A long long time ago

I played some Guild Wars 2

Played the first game too

Was quite exhilarating

Many fond times were had

It’s been a long while now

But I’ve returned to it for now

Finishing up the story

And I’ll do some PvP

Quite a special time to return

Wintersday is upon Guild Wars 2

Presents are to be had

And fun times will surely come

After all this time it’s quite nostalgic to return

Now I’m glad I’m back and going to have some fun

(Not part of the poem but this is what my character looks like)

No blogpost. Just a poll on the design of my blog.

I’ve noticed that most other blogs are a bit less cluttered than my blog. Without things like the tag cloud or a list of blogs they follow. I think my blogs clutter could turn off some people, so I could remove some of these things. I’m not sure if it’s a good idea though since I don’t really care either way, so would you prefer my blog with less clutter?