Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

a voice

  • Upon Grassy Knoll

    Flailing arms In a panicked sea Determined currents Fashioned for me. Are there vessels That purposefully float On meaningful ways Ushered by words God wrote? Should I swim Against icy torrent Listlessly failing All motivation spent, Or calmly believe Life for eternity Is more than existing In trifled monotony. I weep for those In existential… Read more

  • peace begins

    I lose a tear for future times hoarfrost blankets in icy rimes thoughts pervade optimistic stance growing cold my countenance. should I choose life temporally drawn such choice becomes paths soon walked upon and faint becomes the eternal draw as time erodes in restless gnaw then darkened senses wisp away sooner seen on newfound day… Read more

  • optimism

    pressing into better days dreaming of sun’s warming rays dreary darkness failing release when icy winds surely cease and beyond horizon where eyesight ends to God my optimistic heart extends. (c) 2017 rickjstassi Read more

  • binding sorrow

    Do I trust God less in my shadowed day with sight evading ever lighted way I know of good things hoped for tomorrow are here too today binding my sorrow. (c) 2017 rickJstassi Read more

  • He is near

    Calm me, comfort this frail heart at odds with that which would sooner steal joy and watch eager eyes fail, only to winnow places above the horizon for certain clues of the mystery who is God and is always near. (c) 2017 rick stassi Read more