***THE RAPSCALLION***

He once had the stealth of youth
hiding in all manner of places
walking down a dark hall
might leave a trace swipe of claw

We had a difference of opinion
I felt it was my own domain
it was I who owned the turf
he glared at me with disdain

His yellow eyes and red brick nose
his white socked feet dancing
he drank with his paws
reclined royalty struck a pose

We did not ever become close
until he became frail and thin
I became his only caretaker
the rapscallion and I friends

© August 2016 Renee Espriu
I didn’t think I would miss him but I do.

Image My Own Photo of Kipling aka Kippy © Renee Espriu

Resized Kippy

Fire Station

horse drawn fire truck

Image/Photo Online From Engine # 9 Restaurant

an old fire station now
a restaurant serving up
delicious food and drink
to share with friends
only antique pieces
remain to remind one
of another day and time
horses and the trucks
they pulled now gone

© January 2013
Renee Espriu

This is for the Small Stone Challenge January 2013. You can find them at http://www.writingourwayhome.com . This is Small Stone #19.

Apologetic Sighs

The distant thunder of
apologetic sighs
creeps unheeded into
our days and nights

giving us pause to
consider again
how much it means to
have family and friends

pulls at our hearts to
correct and make right
the ills of all wrongs of
sufferings and plights

The distand thunder of
apologetic sighs
creeps unheeded into
our days and nights

© March 2012
Renee Espriu

Tragedy and Freedom

Fresh Desktop Wallpapers

Summer days blossoming with
pine scented air while youth
come together in the belief
freedom prevails and accepts

Darkness heavy with twisted
knowledge of rising to lead
all people down a new path is
seen in the guise of justice
offering a hand to safety

Summer days heralding warm
sun, camp fires with song and
swimming with friends, family
believing in love and diversity

Evil watching and stalking to
create tragedy in taking lives,
disrupting lives to reveal a
mind lost in a maze disguised as
normalcy of friend and neighbor

Summer days blossoming with
pine scented air while youth
come together in the belief
freedom prevails and accepts

© July 2011 Renee Espriu

I would like to dedicate this writing to my friends in Norway , who although  were not touched personally by recent events there, are the epitome of those beliefs that prevail throughout their beautiful country.  People choose to call this country their home due to the belief that freedom and accepting all those who long for it, is what continues to give rise to opening their doors to  all ethnic groups, religious beliefs and diversity in all its’ forms.   Thank you for being who you are and for all your country people my heart and prayers are with you during this difficult time.

http://dversepoets.com/category/catastrophe/

This is something I posted after the killings in Norway of so many young people whose life was taken simply because someone else decided, based on their own twisted way of looking at the world…calling them personal beliefs…that they should not live.  There is a fine line between the sane and insane and when it runs over into the lives of innocent people the world does seem a very troubled place indeed.