MELTING INTO FORGIVENESS

  Written by John Bentz and HastyWords ♦ I awoke to hear him on the tractor Golden light caressed my eyes The summer breeze a ghostly life Coming to coax from me a morning sigh   For the bed seemed cold and hard Even summer broke no spell Golden light’s caress so distant And his…

A BEAUTIFUL JOY

Weekly Photo Challenge: JOY When I think JOY I automatically think about my daughter. Look at these pictures and try to tell me you don’t see joy and then you don’t feel joy from seeing her.   Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy | Ese’ s Voice Weekly Photo Challenge – Joy | Chittle Chattle Weekly photo…

LIFE CHANGING GIFTS

Daily Prompt: By the Skin of Your Teeth “There are seconds, they come only five or six at a time, and you suddenly feel the presence of eternal harmony, fully achieved. It is nothing earthly; not that it’s heavenly, but man cannot endure it in his earthly state. One must change physically or die. The…

You’re stuck with me again

Originally posted on Mind of Mine:
Hello everyone! Wow, I disappeared for three months! I hope that’s ok… Anyway, I have a very good reason for why I’ve left, so bear with me here. Anyway, it all started the week I left. I was photographing a rather large and beautiful blue flower. He’s very mean,…

DESTINATION DESTINY

  WRITTEN BY DAVID ELLIS AND HASTYWORDS   ♦ Paris in the night, opaque A glass of wine, on the veranda Enjoying fauna, cuddling a koala On the coast of Australia   Dining on coquetry, cherishing The language of Italian amour Venice, the renaissance So much breath-taking architecture   Get lost in Ireland tiptoeing around…

EXTREME SPORTS – PEN PAL EDITION

I was up awhile last night thinking about people…friendships to be more exact.  I have had a lot of people in my life come and go and some have come again.  My daughter is learning how to be a good friend and learning the woes of it too.  I don’t think we, as adults, ever…

Yes, You Are The King

Originally posted on A Shade Of Pen:
This one hits home…a piece from my own life..a piece from almost all of our lives…! I still remember vividly The sound of my own laughter As it echoed from your face ‘coz it reflected my own smiles Every time I scraped my knee I cried buckets until…

A CORINTHIANS KIND OF LOVE

Originally posted on HASTYWORDS:
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I came across a very well-worn teddy bear the other day.  An eye was missing, stuffing was exposed, and something had been spilled on it matting its hair.  I started to wonder what in the heck had this poor bear been through to end up so battered but I was…

CELEBRATE….JUST DUET

Today is HASTYWORDS 1st Anniversary!!! I am not big on celebrations but I thought what better way to thank all my friends /readers/ followers /aliens /pets /warriors /stormtroopers /divas /royalty /daydreamers /and poets than to have a party.   Seriously folks…you deserve a party.  My OCD rarely allowed me to pass a weekday without barraging…

LOST CONVERSATIONS

“Excuse me?” she questioned.  He had been talking for the last 5 minutes but she didn’t hear anything he said.  It’s been like that for her lately.  Phone calls missed and not returned.  Texts she means to answer but forgets.  Plans she lets fall through.  Emails piling up. Parties unattended. Dinners rescheduled.  He had just…