Author: Justin Farley
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The Meeting of the Stoic and Romantic – A Poem
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The Meeting of the Stoic and Romantic – A Poem The stoic spoke to the romantic As they crossed paths in the Roman Forum. “How can you be so weak, so feeble, so helpless? Have you no shame to show the world your heart, to wear emotion on your face? Have you no fear, no…
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Rapunzel – A Poem About Fighting For Love
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Rapunzel – A Poem About Fighting For Love “Rapunzel, Rapunzel,Let down thy hair.”Neither sleet nor rain,Darkness nor pain,Cold nor iceWill suffice to keep me awayFrom your tower of solitude.You can ascend spiral stairs of stoneInto the sky’s recesses,But I will follow your tresses,Clinging and holding on despite your wrongs.The song you sing is without equal,And…
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Stars
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Stars Tears fall. Shooting, streaming from the sky. Stars that used to shine Are extinguished in seas of pain and die. Endless black covers heaven’s rooftop With no signposts or signal fires to light and guide the way. The moon mourns in solemn tunes, Refusing to reflect the sun’s rays. Dreams of desolation Devour the…
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Patience – A Poem About Waiting and Trusting in God’s Timing
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Patience – A Poem About Waiting and Trusting in God’s Timing The agony of waiting, watching the hours Drains my power and leaves me bitter Filled with battered pride and endless angst. But just as it takes a season to cultivate a flower, I must keep a steadfast heart and wait. My deepest failure is relying…
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“What’s Brewing Next Door?” – A Childrens Short Story Ebook Free
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My children’s short story, “What’s Brewing Next Door?“, is free through Monday only on Amazon through the Kindle Store. “When mysterious neighbors move in next door in the middle of the night, Katherine and Josh are sure there’s something not quite right about them – no one has ever seen them and their garage door is always…
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Second Star To The Right – A Poem About Losing Childhood Innocence
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Second Star To The Right – A Poem About Losing Childhood Innocence My sanctuary of sanity Dresses in new robes everyday. Joyfully furnishing new rooms of solitude Only to find the door locked the very next day. The storm clouds gather, grow like weeds – Stubborn and unable to be wrought out. Their rains fueling,…
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The Siren’s Song – A Poem
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The Siren’s Song – A Poem Standing in the shadow of sullen memories My mind rocks, crashes, splashes Like the roaring waves of the open sea, Bound within chambers of emotion – Locked within the prison cell in which my heart has sentenced me. My heart moans, mounts up upon scattered fragments of possibility But…
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Stutter Step – A Poem
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Stutter Step – A Poem Like a quick, passing glance The foot falls of our dance Stutter and come to a halting screech. Not through random chance, Nor matters of unforeseen circumstance, But because you refuse to leap. Leave matters of the heart to faith. Believe and dream in the life that awaits For you…
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The Trouble With Love – A Poem
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The Trouble With Love – A Poem Why do I continually let people into my fragile heart Who have no business being there? Why do I continue to trust in the promise of love When it only breeds deep wounds of despair? “I Love You’s” are thrown around like hellos, Promises given without the trace…
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Unconditionally – A Poem About Hard Love
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Unconditionally A Poem About Hard Love Perhaps we have been prepared to believe that love is meant to be easy. Perhaps we have been convinced we can enjoy the spoils of war without a fight. But true love suffers freely, merely for a chance to behold the light. Perhaps we believe that we can reach…
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Passion’s Answer – A Love Poem
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Come lay down at my feet, Come sweep away the pain that follows me, Haunting me wherever my restless heart roams. Fix your gaze upon my soul, Look in its mirror and see its reflection shows you, And see that its essence is true. Let me tell you my tales of unwritten stories And the…
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INK – A Poem
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INK A Poem Why must you smear charcoal Over a painting that was a masterpiece to begin? Why must you detract from your natural beauty With uncarefully crafted scribbles across your skin? A stamp upon your hide like cattle, Isn’t attractive nor does it make it come alive. For truth lives in the heart –…
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When Trouble Comes – A Poem About Faith and Enduring Life’s Pain
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When Trouble Comes A Poem About Faith and Enduring Life’s Pain Evening’s crippling darkness passes away. It’s distant vigor muted by the beauty of the morn. Hope shines forth from the sun’s mighty rays, A new spirit within us is born. I am not overburdened by life’s troubles. Though painful, they will not shackle nor…
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Hide and Seek – Godly Love of God Poem
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Hide and Seek – Godly Love of God Poem One, one-thousand. Two, one-thousand. Three, one-thousand… Ten, one-thousand. Ready or not, here I come. Just where could you be hiding? Your favorite spots could be endless Across an ever-expanding universe. Are you resting within a crater on the moon? Riding around the rings of Saturn Like…
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The Fight – A Poem About Conquering Fear
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A Poem about conquering fear and not letting fear choose your destiny or get in the way of your dreams.
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One Is Never Enough, Ten Will Never Do – A Poem About Addiction
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Having suffered through the bonds of addiction, I sought in this poem to somehow put into perspective what the transformation of an addict is like. It never starts off as tragedy, but as a solution to all life’s problems – the missing puzzle piece that we’ve been searching for all of our life to make…
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What is Success? What Does A Successful Person Do?
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Success is staying true to ourselves and the core set of principles that we hold dear, always fighting, yet always persisting in the face of opposition. Some days we are more successful than others, but success is not an overnight venture; it is a lifetime pursuit of love, truth, passion, and hard work.
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The Mummy in the Museum FREE EBOOK – A Children’s Adventure Short Story About Egypt and Pyramids
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An adventure / scary fiction short story that centers around Egyptians, mummies, pyramids, and the power of mystery and imagination inside museums. “An adventure of a 9 year old child on a school field trip to their local history museum to visit the new Egyptian exhibit. Trouble strikes when the exhibit turns into a real…
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