The Lost Dogs of the Desert Rescue: Homeless Dogs and Homeless people

The Lost Dogs of the Desert Rescue: Homeless Dogs and Homeless people: We went on a routing trip to the market last night and outside sitting on the pavement was an old man and his dog. Not an unusual site excep...

Running

Running

Why

are you running so quickly through life?

Climbing every mountain—

Fording every stream—

Looking for every opportunity,

Chasing every dream.

Disconnected from passion

You hurl people like obstacles

And look to the safe side of life

In your self-serving world.

Breathless from perpetual motion

Like a mouse on a wheel

You scurry after every promotion

Always looking for a better deal.

Relationships are kept distant—

Convenient and superficial,

Heartfelt emotion is nonexistent

In the world you’ve shaped.

But,

life is much more than running,

And chasing every dream

One day you’ll wake up—

To realize all is not as it seems.

So before the sand in the hourglass

Slips from your being,

Slow down and look at

Life’s deeper meaning.

Copyright2012©Carla Iacovetti

The River

The River

Bouncing over rocks,

The river moves in rhythm

Pushing obstacles out of the way,

While remnants float at the sidelines.

Silent, these bruised artifacts slowly drift—

Downward they go, lost and alone

Forever roaming far away from home,

As memory fades to black.

The river does not apologize

Nor make exceptions, but

Runs its course, rushing as

If it is ruled by time,

And ever-increasing rapids ensure

The impending drop—

As whitewater gurgle

Bends us through life.

Copyright2012©CIacovetti