Travertine Images

Travertine images
carved with features
etched lovingly in
musical sweetness

guarded by a
treble clef                                           
a song melodious
as an Angel choir

the day dusk as
barely candle lit
the flame wavers
we all walk

the path of our
memories knowing
we are never
alone in our

twilight hours as
solace is found
in travertine
images

© February 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.

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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.

Specter of the Wolf

The specter of the wolf
follows her wherever she
walks, a shadow to her
every waking moment he
waits until she stumbles

Waiting, Waiting, Waiting

Falling prey upon her as
she struggles to find
her escape, to continue
upon her path the wolf
only vanquished in sleep

©July 2011 Renee Espriu

This is dedicated to my oldest daughter who is living with Lupus. Her particular kind of Lupus is  Systemic Lupus Erythematosus where the body’s immune system attacks internal organs. There is no cause and no cure.  The term lupus is Latin for wolf.  I have posted a site to all who want to learn more.

Path of Spirit

Queries reminiscent,
searching fragmented,
timeless paths across
multitudes of soul
troubled landscape
destination of
Spirit unknown

                                         © July 2011 Renee Espriu