Heart and Mouth

 "The heart leaks out through the mouth."

The Master's Whip

 "The master's whip stings most when you're the master."

Poe-itry

 Edgar Poe of poetry was no serf of only prose, 

instead a brow of distant skies, 

a raven of a crow disguised, 

a light shining in between the lines. 

Edgar Poe of prose he be, 

a man of worth and intelligence he, 

a warmth in cool the passion be, 

a cool in heat the breeze be he, 

the knocking of understanding, 

the waning of unawareness, 

the blessing of knowledge, 

the extremities of exploration, 

the tenderness of love. 

Edgar Poe of literacy was alive his writings be, 

they live beyond the dark grave of hearts, 

outside those limits they shan't depart, 

the colors of both the gray, the dark, the night, 

and the colors of all the roses brave, 

save the blight of time, 

Poe's words - they live another day.

Poe's words - they anchor in to stay.

Time has Constraints

The constriction of time reveals its finite qualities. Scarcity brings  acknowledgement of limits and understanding of value.

Choose Life

When young, life often chooses for us.  The choice brings luck or experience.  It is a gift to grow older and choose instead of being chosen.

Yes and No

 I can say no because I said yes too  many times.

Love is and is Not

 Some people have to learn what love is not before learning what love is.  Not everyone friendly is honorable nor everyone honorable friendly.

God Can

 In those difficult days that no one could possibly understand, God can.

Isolation Builds Integrity

 If you're lonely for a mile, walk two.

Strength

 On days you cannot smile for yourself, maintain the strength to smile for others.

The Masks of Strangers

 Those who unknowingly hide behind masks hide from themselves.

Intuition, Logic and Fools

 Intuition catches it early.  Logic eventually catches up.  Fools never catch it at all.

Intuition and Logic

 Superior intuition outweighs inferior logic delayed.

Salt and Influence

 “Some salts do not hide from water, nor dissolve within it; one truly sovereign does not hide from influence, nor bend to it.”

Know Yourself

 "Know yourself or no one else will."

Thoughts Traversing

by Dewayne Allday
6 May 2026

Thoughts, ideas and emotions

flow like water traversing 

a still and rocky mountainside

as the winter ice recedes

into spring warmth and beauty,

as the temperature increases

each step, each mile downward

until spreading flat and wide

as it feeds the roots of the

flowers, trees and so forth,

creating a living skirt,

around the mountain base -

a breathing perimeter,

a living symbiosis,

giving sustenance,

giving abundance,

giving life itself,

to those in need;

Nourishing the seeds

of the next generations.

Flourishing to precede

a new spring's creation.

Grow and Flow

by Dewayne Allday
28 April 2026

Sometimes we need opposites
to help us grow.
Sometimes we need similars
to help us flow.

We need seasons
to dice it up.
We need reasons
to fill our cup.

We need a cry
to feel ourselves.
We need a “bye”
to bleed ourselves.

Sometimes we need opposites
to help us go,
and we need similars
to help us show,

that we are alive…
and not alone…

that we are alive…
and not alone.

Old Black Wolf

by Dewayne Allday
21 November 2025

Old black wolf,
black as night,
dark as frolf,
snarling teeth,
the boundary wreath.

Ye blocked my path,
the forest's mast;
ye warned me through,
ye warned me pass,
ye knew me too-
ye warned me do.

Sovereign was,
and sovereign be,
sovereign all eternity.

Let it be,
be it may;
boundary stones,
be it lone.

Betrayals teach,
the lessons leach;
the flesh rebuilds,
fulfilment filled.

Promise kept,
promise wept-
at a cost,
nothing lost.

The wolf protects,
the wolf projects.

Be it is,
be it may,
it will be.

Jesus Wept

 Jesus wept (John 11:35). The shortest verse in the Bible. The profundity of its meaning seeps into my soul. Prior to crucifixion, Jesus was there for everyone who crossed His path or heard of Him. After His crucifixion and return, He is here for us all.  He healed the sick and gave sight to the blind.  He enabled the lame to walk and transitioned the deaf to hear.  He restored dignity and smooth skin to the lepers whereas beforehand everyone considered them repugnant. He showed love to adulterers and prostitutes. He reached out to the wealthy, the prideful, the materialistic and the politicians. He showed us that the poor were just as important as the rich, perhaps more so.  Yet, despite being there for everyone and despite healing and befriending thousands; who was there for him as he hung in pain, dripping of blood and dying on the cross? Who would take him down and save Him?  Only a trilogy of Marys and the disciple John remained with Him to the end.  The strongest chose themselves and in similar spirit, chose Barabbas instead of Christ.   Chose convenience and sin instead of inconvenience and repentance.  Thousands of people could have converged on the site, overpowered the guards, removed Him from the cross and repaired his wounds.  Yet, where was one person willing to inconvenience themselves just a little to give Him aid in His time of need?  Maybe they were cowards or perhaps disheartened, not understanding the profundity of why He had to hang there and die a physical death in the first place.  After all, surely God can save His own Son from death?  Surely the Son can save himself and not need help?  Is that not what a King does – save himself so that he may continue to save his people?  An all-powerful king saves who he saves and kills who he kills.  Yet Christ hung there.  When His body went limp with death, perhaps the memory of his miracles was forgotten even more.  God could have saved Jesus.  Jesus could have saved Jesus.  Assuredly, it wasn’t the people’s job to save Jesus.  He died and arose so that WE might be saved and arise.  He went through all of that knowing that we would leave him hanging so that He could be the empowered sacrificed Son that Isaac was not.  The strongest King does not need to save Himself because He conquers death.  Likewise, the weakest kings always die eventually.  Jesus became the last physically legitimate sacrifice for sin in the world.  He became the scapegoat that we cast our sins upon and He carries those sins away so that we might live. A humble donkey carried the King into Jerusalem for this ultimate and eternal sacrifice.  Christ, the humble yet great and powerful King, now carries the burdens and the weight of our heavy sins if we accept Him for His Word.  "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey."  (Zechariah 9:9).

Advice

 "When we are young, we wish we could get advice from our older self. When old, we need advice from our younger self."

Dewayne Allday