tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28989072373125361852024-03-20T04:53:00.809-07:00Chasing VisionsThe future is a crazy place. See you there! - Colleen YorkeChasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-79801475587352356702021-09-24T13:13:00.021-07:002022-03-21T15:25:41.320-07:00Chess Gambit<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you're going to try, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Go all the way</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In time and space </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Make a choice</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You started the game</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Leveled the field</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">According to strategy </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Made your move</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Telling me to go all the way.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On a warm summer night</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our stars forever aligned</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Crossed for a moment</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Imperceptibly.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And I chose.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But it wasn't the choice you wanted me to make.</span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(C) Colleen Yorke. All rights reserved. </span></span><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br /></p>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-27986440805094625112020-03-10T12:24:00.004-07:002022-03-21T14:05:33.368-07:00If we're on thin ice, we might as well dance.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">You say I touched your soul</span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Believe me, in my darkest dreams</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I would have liked that role. </span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">But nothing is what it seems.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">All the ways we keep<br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Everything you would like it to be </span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But that is not me.<br /></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">If we are on thin ice, we might as well dance.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Wandering through collapsing corridors </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And bewildered strips of land?</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Totting its feet across the Boxhagener Platz, </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Leafing through the dog-eared books </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Outside antique shops, </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Trying to find her social agenda? </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Calling out to the youngsters on their skateboards, </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ripping up the pavement ahead. </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Hey you!"</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They are too busy to notice.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Finally whispering</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In a voice that nobody hears, </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Has anyone seen Father Time?"</span></span><br />
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<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> © </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.chasingvisions.com/">Colleen Yorke</a>. All rights reserved. </span></span></span></span><br />
<br />Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-75212939164387409532020-02-23T14:10:00.005-08:002022-03-21T14:06:11.175-07:00Shooting Star<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial", "helvetica", sans-serif">Like Ikarus she flew way up high in the sky.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial", "helvetica", sans-serif">She chased the wind and the stars at night</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial", "helvetica", sans-serif">Unfazed, she saw the heavens ablaze</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial", "helvetica", sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial", "helvetica", sans-serif">Some say her laughter sounded like silver bells. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial", "helvetica", sans-serif">But, she ignored the warning signs, </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial", "helvetica", sans-serif">Trusted somebody else.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial", "helvetica", sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial", "helvetica", sans-serif">She risked it all</span></span> for a stunning and fast fall.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial", "helvetica", sans-serif">A child looked up and pulling his mother's hand,</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial", "helvetica", sans-serif">He said: "Look, mom, a shooting star!"</span></span><br />
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<span><span face=""arial", "helvetica", sans-serif">(C) Colleen Yorke.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-86956469566470509782020-02-14T00:25:00.002-08:002022-03-21T14:06:27.840-07:00Two Weeks Notice<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>The clock strikes once</span><br />
<span>The clock strikes twice</span><br />
<span>The echo of words</span><br />
<span>And the shadows</span><br />
<span>Flickers of cuneiform </span><br />
<span>Spanning thousands of years </span><br />
<span>Panorama of a day </span><br />
<span>Whispers of a heart</span><br />
<span>Vacuum of time</span><br />
<span>Holding you and me</span><br />
<span>The fleeting moment </span><br />
<span>Of love.</span><br />
<span>Eyes of a storm</span><br />
<span>Faux pas</span><br />
<span>The lost spark</span><br />
<span>Of an illusion?</span><br />
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<span>© Colleen Yorke.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Every day he enters a war zone</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Fighting the fight no one wants to go alone.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Gazing on many truths</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">From a thousand prisms and mirrors</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">A millennium in a smile,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Tiny heart beats when he walks into the room.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">A small hand in his.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Butterflies are free, and so they fly away.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">He lives his life that way.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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</style> Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-70072085644032542162018-10-03T12:19:00.004-07:002022-03-21T13:55:51.243-07:00Private Property<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is the city</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Of angels and broken wings.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Lost souls and too many things. </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There is no world</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">With windows wide enough</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">For what they see.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There is no future good enough</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">For what they can be.<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> </span></span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">A crumpled piece on the streets</span></span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">This is private property</span></span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Do not trespass</span></span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">This niche in between</span></span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Worlds of what is and what can be.</span></span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">A heap of a life</span></span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Folded underneath.</span></span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Every day they are trying</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">To beat the odds.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Looking for shelter</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Underneath the tree of gods.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> Lost souls holding on</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">To what is already gone</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Finding a place</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They can call home</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A space amidst</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The cracks</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They can't walk back. </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Finding comfort</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In what they are afraid of</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They go and live there.</span></span><br />
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<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">© <a href="http://www.chasingvisions.com/" target="_blank">Colleen Yorke</a>. All rights reserved. </span></span></span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-85121171589459759592017-09-23T03:00:00.006-07:002022-03-21T14:03:23.019-07:00Like East and West<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Like east and west</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Together things seem impossible</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And without each other even more.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The wind tugs from both sides</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Sometimes more on one</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Sometimes more on the other.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And when the wall falls</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The west has to let the east go</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Although the east never leaves.</span></span><br />
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<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">© <a href="http://www.chasingvisions.com/">Colleen Yorke</a>. All rights reserved. </span></span></span></span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-5372580625114825432017-09-16T13:06:00.002-07:002022-03-21T14:09:28.702-07:00Ignis aurum probat<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><style>
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</style><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I keep coming back to you.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And it seems that you do too.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">That’s the easy part</span></span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ignis aurum probat</span></span></span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Take the moment as it comes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The souls we freed </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In a single whisper.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The fire we keep between us</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We got history</span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And we got now.</span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We both know<br />
The roads may close<br />
Between your life and mine<br />
At least to say we tried</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And yet</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My heart won’t shut that door</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We got history</span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And we got now</span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Life’s edge</span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dancing on a ledge</span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The heart does not forget.</span></span></span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We're older but none the wiser</span></span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The dreams are still the same.</span></span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I keep coming back to you.</span></span></span><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And it seems that you do too.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">© Colleen Yorke. </span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-30867544313486225992017-03-10T17:01:00.005-08:002022-03-21T14:09:47.713-07:00The Door in the Floor<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There is a road.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>It carries quite a load.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Some have traveled here before</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Hoping to find the blue door.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>She is all the great heroines</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Of the world in one. </span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>She holds the secret of their lives,</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Vivid and obscure at once.</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>They are smitten</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Something lives there </span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Their story is written</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>But nobody knows where.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Somebody got close.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>He claims he saw his soul.</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>How far do you want to go?</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>The young man - although</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>He was close</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>He was not ready</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>To let go.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Could he give up</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Everything he knows</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>To see what the blue door shows?</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>And what would happen </span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>If he got back on the road?</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Most have lost their way. </span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>So close!</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>But for what price?</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>She smiled as you smile now</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>They have gone down into the depths</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>You led them there.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>The door in the floor</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Shows herself to only a few.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>© Colleen Yorke. All rights reserved. </span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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</span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-28232125044945452882016-12-11T23:34:00.005-08:002022-03-21T14:09:38.071-07:00Unengaged<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There was a stranger without a name</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cramped between the pages 23 and 24, </span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He was quite aware </span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He harbored feelings of something more.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He tried to reason with the author,</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Even told him he would play the engaged protagonist.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He said it in French and shook his wrist.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The author stared,</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And then the corners of his mouth formed a grin:</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">“Being engaged is out of fashion, I am afraid.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Your place is amidst 23 and 24.”</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The author had just crossed the T’s and dotted the I’s</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And went to drink a beer, get maybe even some pie. </span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The stranger without a name didn’t wait, </span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He grabbed his one line on the fly,</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Took the ‘c’ for a hat, added more as he hurried out </span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As fast as his little legs could carry him without a sound.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Surely, there was another novel around. </span><br />
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</span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-69112203667177949732016-09-23T21:50:00.004-07:002022-03-21T14:10:01.970-07:00Way North<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Ultraviolet, red, green a</span>ll these years</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And the answer couldn't be more clear</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"The soul would have no rainbow</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Had the eyes no tears."</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A thousand white doves in the sky</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Back and forth they fly</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Which way is north?</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Fluttering wings, a lot of noise</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They settle on the wire with poise.</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One g<span>iant</span> moving force </span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>We</span> <span>can't </span>balance or test</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Is what <span>ultimately decide<span>s </span></span></span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>How</span> the heart beat<span>s best</span>.</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So many gods, so many creeds</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>And<span> the weight of centuries</span></span></span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">When just the touch of one</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Is what the heart needs.</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Walking the full circle</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">D</span></span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ancing</span></span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">on the edge of <span>t</span>ime </span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Some things get under your skin</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In the end, we are</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Back to where we begin.</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>© </span>Colleen Yorke. All rights reserved. </span></span><br /></span></span>
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</span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-75227694563033372522016-08-13T08:20:00.003-07:002022-03-21T14:10:18.379-07:00The Night Belongs to Someone Else<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I was up all night last night<br />Looking for the man in the funny hat<br />I asked him to give me back my dreams<br />He looked at me intensely.<br />You're mistaken, he said softly,<br />For they are no longer yours.<br />Vandalized castles in the sky,<br />A question mark on a calendar,<br />An empty seat on the long divide,<br />A foreign language on the screen.<br />Your soul is on fire,<br />A drawbridge closing in,<br />Narrowing the gap of two points<br />You believed in.<br />Change has come and gone.<br />Do you still believe in the midnight sun?<br />A shimmer beyond the lake.<br />I can not let you keep your dreams,<br />When you awake.<br />The night belongs to someone else.<br />You saw the ending,<br />When they turned the page.</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-43295850207620720012016-06-02T04:12:00.001-07:002022-03-21T14:10:47.281-07:00Hairy Issues<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I
have always wanted to write about hair. Tales, myths and legends have
been spun about hair. They are trademark of rebellious children's heroes
such as Pippi Longstocking, the Red Zora or Struwwelpeter, inspirations
for songs and fairy tales such as the golden hair of Raputzel, the red
glowing hair of Ariel the Mermaid and the black, shiny hair of Desdemona
or document social upheavals such as the bob or the long hippie hair.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Hair
shapes and transforms us, gives us reassurance and the feeling of being
in the “in crowd.” Anything is possible, anything goes: Nowadays, men
wear their hair short or long; they have a pony tail, some are bald. The
spike of punk scene crowns the heads of office employees. Hair trends
establish social conventions: African-American rap stars cultivate their
iconic dreadlocks, some Japanese youngsters wear wigs, dye their hair
pink or bleach-blond. There is probably no culture that is completely
indifferent towards hair.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Those
with straight hair want curls, the color gray triggers a mid-life
crisis. And what about people who have natural curly hair? When
I wake up in the morning and moan about my disheveled and shaggy lion's
mane, my sister shakes her head. Her smooth hair, carefully combed and
fixed into position each morning, does not fare well with wind or rain.
The visit to the hairdresser, a thorny issue: Only one person is allowed
near Vanessa’s hair, and every move is watched through the salon
mirror. For me, however - whether rain, sun or snow - my hair is
dancing in smooth curls around my head. Even the hairdresser is looking
forward to cut my curly hair, he proudly presents his work to his
colleagues: "This is how a perm should look, but never does."</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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</span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-22920406742245984902016-04-13T00:53:00.001-07:002022-03-21T14:11:27.879-07:00Cute Meet<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I
am sitting in a cozy theater café on Santa Monica Boulevard, drinking
coffee and writing reflections in my journal. The door flies open, and
in marches a colorful and cheery fellow wearing a Hawaiian shirt, beige
shorts, sneakers and a matching crème colored hat. His blue eyes scan
the room, taking in the vibrant murals and decorative accessories before
curiously settling onto me. “Are you a writer?” </span><br />
<br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I
tell him I keep a daily journal just for fun, dabbling in observations
of life. He gently takes the book out of my hands and admires my
cursive handwriting. “I want to hear something you have written. Read it
to me.” So I do. He looks at me, his eyes are soft and full of emotion.
“That was beautiful. Can you please write it down? I want to frame it.”
Surprised and flattered, I copy down my little paragraph on the back of
his program, signing it with my name. He grips my hand firmly: “I will
treasure this, Colleen.” </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Later
I see him again. Seated in the front row of a black box theater, he
excitingly points at me and exclaims: ”This is Colleen. This is the gal,
I told you about, she wrote the poem.” Around me, heads turn. The
lights go out, and I sit down. If you are reading this, Richard, thank
you for making my day and night. </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Here is what I wrote on the back of a program today:</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>On the road of life, every once in awhile<br />
You meet a stranger who asks to walk with you.<br />
He doesn’t want to know where you have been,<br />
What you do or where you are going;<br />
He doesn’t want directions, <br />
A commitment or a place to stay…<br />
Go on, you are in <br />
For maybe the best conversation of your life.</i></span><br />
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</span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-9542849155806521782016-04-11T11:57:00.002-07:002022-03-21T14:04:41.486-07:00Frederick<div class="copy-paste-block">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Growing up,
my parents read the story of Frederick, the mouse, to me. </span></span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Winter is near and
all the field mice are busy preparing and gathering food for the cold months
ahead - all except for Frederick. Always the daydreamer, Frederick sits on a
rock soaking up the sun rays, much to the dismay of his fellow mice. However, as
it turns out, when darkness sets in and winter has come, Frederick has stored
enough sunlight to warm the hearts and feed the spirits of his fellow
mice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His radiance carries them through
a dark and cold winter.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While I am certainly not a daydreamer, I aspired to be Frederick, full of
light and radiance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I studied film and
moved to Germany to direct theater plays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Today, as I drove
home from a long workday, I thought about Frederick, the mouse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I reflected that the one thing those
hard-working mice do not realize is that artists wake up to a blank canvas
every day. By evening, there is the expectation that it is filled. The artist
goes to bed and wakes up to a white canvas again 24 hours later, week after
week, year after year, however long they manage to color in the void. A decade
of highs and lows, I certainly had my share of vacuums.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The few occasions I did
complain about not being valued adequately (as in not getting paid for the
work), or described how I had lived in the basement of a theater for three
months, the general response was the same: “Some of us have to do real
work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I had the time to write
poetry and make movies like you.” </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The fear of losing
our moxie, the loneliness and the isolation become a part of life. Some of my
friends reached for the stars and actually caught one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They live their dreams and trust that when
the dream fades away, they will find another one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But for the majority of us the dream factory
Hollywood is exactly that, a factory with assembly lines. Cast and crews work
together side by side, contributing their part<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. Day after day, these dream workers <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">check back in<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. They <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">take pride in the fact that their contribution is an important, essential part of th<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">e whole<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">As for me, <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I consider<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> myself lucky to hav<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">e <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">seen</span> both sides, <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">and blessed to have found my dream along the way. <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Someday I hope to be <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">the</span> lawyer, who can shine her light on others and help those in need to find justice.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Making art</span> </span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">is a job, and an important one. </span></span>And until we have
been there and done that, we should be grateful for the Fredricks in the world
who warm our hearts and rekindle our spirits.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-68581454875457366252016-03-13T11:14:00.004-07:002022-03-21T14:12:26.826-07:00So Many Miles From Home<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">What kind of life</span><br /><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Is it in a
war zone?</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">What kind
of life</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Is it so
many miles from home?</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">What kind
of life</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Is it alone
with so many demands?</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">What kind
of life</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Is it when
no one understands?</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The person
I met, </span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The person
I can't forget</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Is living
without a net.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The person
is not a myth,</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Somewhere
below hidden</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Lies a
beautiful soul</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I know he
exists.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">What kind
of life</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Is it in a
war zone?</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">What kind
of life</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Is it when
he comes home?</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Will he
come home? </span></span><br />
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</span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-49477143551909890472015-12-22T15:11:00.001-08:002022-03-21T14:12:59.870-07:00A, B, C - Always Be Closing<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Death visited Irene
last night and took her swiftly, without warning or as much as a whisper. News
of the passing of a loved one travels fast in today’s global world. I
feel vulnerable. Devastated. I suppose in the grand scheme of things we
all think we are doing what we should do and can do and then when tragedy
strikes, wonder if we really did. What are we doing? We spent a lifetime
trying to define the purpose and meaning of a life, but what is the purpose of
death? And why does not everyone get the same amount of time to live?
It is dark, and all things seem distorted in the shadows of the night. In the
morning when daylight breaks, perhaps the light will make things a bit clearer
- and things easier to understand. Death is as much a part of life as birth -
but right now, it is impossible for me to understand.</span></span><br /></span>
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</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Yet,
the show must go
on. The world keeps turning. Bills come in like clockwork.
Deadlines still stand. And we make it through our day, physically
present and
mentally somewhere else. I thought about a 9/11 call I listened to.
I reflected on the clarity, the tone, the seemingly
tranquility of that incredible Georgian elementary school accountant who
talked a gunman who “was willing to kill” and “that he knew he was
going to
die” into disarming and getting on the floor. She certainly did not
plan on coming
to school that day to make a 9/11 call while being held hostage at
gunpoint.
She never mediated before. How did she build “rapport” with the
troubled 20-year
old man, and what did she do or say to talk him into surrendering? She
talked about her divorce after 33 years of marriage, and the “roller
coaster”
of opening her own business. She told him that he was going to be okay.
If she could recover, he could, too. </span></span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Those of us with some
mediation experience and training know that everything we do in mediation is
tactical. We are intuitively
aware of our surroundings, pick up on things seen, and on things unseen. We
monitor the conversation closely with the goal in our mind. ABC. Always
Be Closing. We are in charge. We probably took on the case
voluntarily and/or received compensation for our time. Ms. Tuff did not.
She followed some 900 people fleeing the gunman when he took her and another
administrator hostage. </span></span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">We
talk about
maintaining a sense of self in conflict. We all had our share of
mediating ‘silly’ disputes as well as unusual or even oddly foreign
ones.
We have feelings and emotions too, but for the purpose of mediation, we
are
careful to share them. But what about those days where we are grieving?
How do we conduct a joint session or caucus, actively listen, validate
the
parties’ respective positions and focus on closing the deal? Do we
react
differently? Are the stages of grieving different for some of us? </span></span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">When
we look at other
people’s lives – how do we stay positive? Through life’s struggles?
Trials and
errors? Can we find strategies? I
imagine that if I were to have a mediation today after hearing about
Irene, I would not be able to push thoughts about her out of my mind.
Yet, I would not
share my emotions with the parties to the mediation. Why would I? To
garner their sympathy? Or make them uncomfortable? Or both? It is not
about me. My job is to close. </span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-63633383846586874612015-07-22T16:44:00.004-07:002022-03-21T14:13:35.036-07:00Sincerely, yours.<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #454545;">He wrote a letter to explain. </span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #454545;">He wrote he wanted to explain but explained that </span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #454545;">Explaining it would not explain it at all</span></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #454545;">And that things were better left unexplained.</span></span><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #454545;">© Colleen Yorke, </span></span><br /></span></span>
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</span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-80995798204183391192014-10-01T22:19:00.001-07:002022-03-21T14:14:11.463-07:00The only way out is -- in<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Seen a lot of ghosts sailing by</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Phantom islands lost at sea</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One of them was mine.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">An empty house is not a home.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We cannot do it alone.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A love that cannot be taken</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Memories that cannot be forsaken</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">By ration or reason</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Storm or season.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And when darkness sets in</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">For better and worse </span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The only way out is -- in.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Colleen Yorke. All right reserved. </span><br />
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Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-69458927859145086822014-09-01T22:36:00.002-07:002022-03-21T14:14:52.112-07:00Jack, where have all the flowers gone?<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Jack, where have all the flowers gone?</span></span></span><br />
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There is a patch of grass</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">With the most exquisite flowers</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">That I know one can grow.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They are exotic, their smell tropic.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The colors hypnotic</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The array without logic, but definitely erotic.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I stood there awed</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">When Jack said</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They are all flawed</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They are too much work</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He would smirk</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And cut down two,</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They were too blue.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He picks up more seeds to plant</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He has a good, steady hand.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He gets them all to grow</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Just below the meadow.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I am delighted,</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But Jack is frightened.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You can't trust any</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They are all alike, and there is plenty.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They are beautiful, but empty.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He tramples across the field</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">With a shield.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One by one they fall</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He kills them all.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Now the patch is flat and bare</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The grass beyond repair.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jack, Jack</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: 24px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Where have all the flowers gone?</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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</span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-16805756739268212422014-08-02T18:27:00.002-07:002022-03-21T14:15:25.065-07:00It is a Chase With No End<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Published in the 2010 Anthology of Poems:</i></span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span>
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It is a chase with no end.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He is faster than she.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And she is tired of running.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He runs on, faster and faster.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Feet pounding in the sand.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Not looking back-</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">She becomes smaller and smaller.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The distance larger and larger.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And when he does turn around,</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">When he is out of breath,</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">She will catch up and</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">She will outrun him.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The rules always change.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And suddenly before he realizes</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He is chasing her.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But she doesn’t stop running.</span></span><br />
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<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">© <a href="http://www.chasingvisions.com/">Colleen Yorke</a>. All rights reserved. </span></span><br />
<br /></span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-14688801048485259602014-06-13T06:04:00.002-07:002022-03-21T14:15:56.620-07:00Between the Doors<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st"><span><i>"There are things known, and things unknown, and in between are the Doors."</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st"><i>-Jim Morrison</i></span><br /> </span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">At
the beginning of this year, I saw how seemingly solid plans can
disperse in the wind in matters of seconds. Over the course of the next
months, working through hills of pain, I've learned that in my personal
life I am not someone who embraces uncertainty. I like things to be in
order. But in my professional life, I have learned to accept and
adapt to uncertainty. </span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br />
</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Kafka wrote a parable "Before the law" about a man who waited a lifetime in front of a door, hoping to gain entrance. Right before his death, he questions the guard why although everyone
seeks the law, no one has come in all the years. To which the guard
answers: "This gate was
made only for you. No
one else could ever be admitted here. I am now going to shut it." Too
often we wait in front of doors, thinking someone else surely will take
the lead. For the last few months I found myself stuck with what
probably will be a life-changing decision. Flip-flopping, probably
tugging on some heart strings too much, and hoping
that a previously formed plan will be back in play, it was a close
friend who finally persuaded me. "Colleen, for as long as I have known
you, you never let an open door close on you, without walking through it." </span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br />
</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The shift from
thinking "I'm not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that - and
I'll learn by doing it" takes us to new doors. We meet it with some
measure of trepidation, some fear.
Are we on target? Do we have what it takes to finish strong? Will our
training
be sufficient? Are we prepared for the obstacles? Maybe part of why I
run is to find
out what I am up against.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I
love new beginnings, second
chances, springing forward and falling back on the clock, accepted
apologies, personal records, and journals full of blank pages. I love not knowing and the
curiosity of wanting to find out: Moments that change a finish line into
a
starting line. </span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-35646144203924536422014-02-28T21:25:00.002-08:002022-03-21T14:16:25.006-07:00Butterfly dreams<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dreams are butterflies </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Floating the skies</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">She's been collecting all her life.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">From close and from afar </span></span></span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Pressed into words they are</span></span></span></span>. </span></span> </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He wants to know where they go.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">What if someone only dreams of you?</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I know I do. </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">She holds another butterfly</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In the palm of her hand</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Someday you'll understand</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We both already are </span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Pressed words.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Two names, two lives</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Floating high in the skies.</span></span><br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span>
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">© Colleen Yorke. All rights reserved. </span></span></span></span>Chasing Visionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201766634929394221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898907237312536185.post-69504367449945885712014-02-14T13:59:00.003-08:002022-03-21T14:16:55.323-07:00Meeting Point of the World<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Sparkling high risers made
of glass, steel and reflections of concrete: Is this New York? Downtown
LA? No, it is Frankfurt on the Main, meeting point of bankers, lawyers, brokers
and traders. With the exceptions of the few tourists strewn here and there,
conversations circulate around equity markets, banking and capital investment.
Since Brexit, foreign banks have relocated Frankfurt. Compared to London,
the city reminds one of a provincial outpost. The license to operate in
Germany (and elsewhere in the European Union), is attractive to non-European
banks: Instead of negotiating 27 bilateral agreements to do business in Europe,
they would only have to negotiate one. </span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">
<span>Engulfing the main train station is the
Bahnhofsviertel. It is by far the most diverse district in the
country. About 58% of the population are migrants from other cultural
backgrounds and upbringings. 156 nationalities live here side by side.
Yesterday I wandered through the streets, lost somehow, but also open eyed towards
the life around me. One discovers the Persian grocery store, the African
hair dresser, or an Indian cleaning lady at the Turkish bakery, chatting to the
owner about her family in German. </span><br />
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<span>In the city center, a Syrian family sings a
song from their old homeland with joyful and resounding energy. Their
journey was a remarkable one. Like many others, they made it to Germany
by bus, train, ferry, but mostly by foot. When they arrived in Munich, they were
greeted warmly and ushered to Frankfurt, the meeting point of the world.
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<span>There are problems here -
as there are everywhere in the world - but Germany's approach is not to isolate
people, but to toss them right into the colorful life. Yes, we can say plenty
about the German rules and laws, the petty bourgeoisie and the narrow-mindedness,
but I also feel a certain pride... Germany like no other country in the world
has accepted more than a million of refugees
and is working hard to integrate its new citizens into society. (Source: Amnesty International)</span><br />
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<span>Germany certainly has its
dark sides, but if you look closely you can see humanity - once lost during
the Second World War - sprouting from the cracks of the past.</span><br />
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