trauma – Page 2 – Ryan Bowser

Weathered and Beaten

Once a young seed Storm after storm raged on Winds howled Sun Beat down Trampled under hoof Nests made and hollowed out Used up for all I’m worth I’m weathered and beaten My age has shown.

Don’t you know? Can you not perceive? Are you so unwise? Do you lack such insight? Do you not look into my eyes to see? Do you open your ears to hear? My Great Love for you! My Great Love for you! My Lord, Adonai I have refused to hear I have refused to seeContinue reading “Poem – Great Love of Mine”

Poem – Believing in the Shadow

This was a prose poem I wrote a few years ago after a long summer waiting in Yellowstone National Park. I was often alone and wondering where the next glimpse of hope would come from. I feel much the same way today and I hope you will enjoy! Did You know? When you created me…Continue reading “Poem – Believing in the Shadow”

Addicted to Success – World Mental Health Day 2021

Migrating with the Seasons

Some of us are migratory. The creative spark, It doesn’t thrive in in monotony, No matter how wonderful the monotony. Taking off to new lands Where the foraging is fresh Where the fruit is in season Where standing still is never an option.

Roaming Among the Berries

While his mother was foraging, this little cub was stumbling around through the bushes and downed trees picking berries as he was able to reach them. At times succeeding, and at other times failing and falling back into the bushes. Little bear You are so cared for Your mother never losing sight of you NotContinue reading “Roaming Among the Berries”

Mental Health and Artistic Expression Part II

Falling into Eternity

Changing Seasons Colors no longer rhyme Stark Contrast Between what is and what will be.

Falling From Great Heights

When we fall, we think that we have come from some great heights. If we look more closely, we’ve merely been shed of what was an unsustainable moment in time. We cannot push to make good things last forever. Sometimes all we really need to do is let go, let God, and move on toContinue reading “Falling From Great Heights”

Taking Your Breath Away

Stunned. Taken Back. Where there is pain, Washed Away. Where there is sorrow, tears tenderly wiped away. Unfathomable Your Love. Mystery in Your Grace. Hope in Your visible Glory. Faith in our own unknowable future.