Hidden Feelings

It was once funny,
I could laugh about it,
I could brush it aside and move on,
Now it's a rain cloud tormenting my soul.

Imagination goes to far,
It floats high above the atmosphere,
In a canopy of color.

I don't know why,
You have to play with my eyes,
The picture was so perfect,
I never could have created it,
The black horse,
The clouds rushing down from the mountains,
Their fingers about to overtake you,
Consume your ink-dipped horse,
Carry you away into the emerald foliage,
 That surrounds.

Each color was wonderful,
The landscape was your fortress,
Your realm,
One moment I looked,
Though all was unnerving on its own,
You appeared and my heart was gone.

Now I struggle with an inexpiable longing,
The visual aspect of you riding,
Took me somewhere far away,
I am a fool,
But I once dreamed of something as untouchable as this.

Don't come back and spoil my picture,
It might break my thought of you,
The blue-gray mountains caressing the fields,
You stand in the middle,
A black figure on my imagination.


By Cameo Hockenberry

Summertime Wonders

   Ahhhh, it's beautiful. The dark night of winter has fled into the sky. The cold that once held the earth captive has disappeared into the sky. The aspen trees are a brilliant green and Longs Peak makes my jaw drop every day. It seems that the mountains are always changing and finding ways to appeal to one's senses. I love how all the water trickles in small streams around the rocks. The current is like the rich flow of precious stones. Sometimes I just have to stop and stare at the cliffs that once seemed so forlorn and icy during the winter. The Rocky Mountains are changing into a welcome array of visual treats, and the warmth of the sun has left me with a bright sunburn. I love it all.

  So far, this summer is wonderful. It is just the change that I needed. I have moved out, started working 8 hours a day (verses 8 hours of school a day) and my mind and heart are content. I praise God for all the new changes and blessings. As the weather warms, so does my heart. I have discovered so much in just a few weeks and I can't wait for every morning to start (though I do get tired!).