This is the personal writing site of Barry Hurd- online consultant, designer, writer, marketer, entrepreneur, and father.
Subtle betoken
My veil has dropped
Was this dark life so dim
Feeling this ice within my veins
This darkness resides my brethren
Windows tinted with malicious spirits inside
Can you hear these noises
Feigning voices this screaming resides
My own depth wanting so shallow
This pain suggest I die
When dim thoughts harrow my mind
My […]
A few drips
Amazing what they do
Mixing with water
Something to brew
Bitter like life
Warmed with compassion
Best mixed with friendship
And simple conversation
If I could tell you how simply beautiful you are, if there was a way for a moment, a fraction of a second…to let you know how perfectly graceful your soul is…
I would ask myself ‘Do I think you are beautiful’
and I would answer, without pause or hesitation-
‘Without a doubt’
I watched a sunset on Edmonds beach last evening. It is one of the best places in Washington to watch sunsets. It got me started on a whole set of thoughts which led to writing this poem today. Something about the hues and colors of a sunset has always brought something to my heart. Maybe […]
Have you ever had one of those days when everything you is questioned by yourself? I have and sometimes do. This morning I thought about it and jotted the idea down. Nothing like trying to argue with yourself.
Turmoil
I did it
No I didn’t
I followed you
No you are lost
I came from here
[…]
This was written specifically with the feeling of chance wondering. The type of feeling you have when you are sitting on the fence and not knowing which way to go. I often feel that way to the last moment.
Maybe
Sometimes I wonder
In life and who I am
I see the glory of feeling
Maybe […]
Some people are born quiet. Every action they take is toned down. The real them is hidden by a veil of silence or simply muffled under a flurry of noises. I used to be like this. To the point that I often didn’t share my voice with anyone. I occasionally see it now in other […]
I realized one thing I really used to like about being close to someone in a relationship- breathing. There is something so calming to me to hear a restful breathing not my own or the steady heartbeat of someone you care for. There is a very peaceful effect of feeling and hearing the rhythm, to […]
Sometimes there are so many things to question. In any type of relationship there are things to question, but I purposely try not to think about them. Sometimes there are decisions that you can look at and think how it would all change if someone felt different or had made another decision. I thought back […]
I hadn’t seen her for days. I felt somewhat lost about it. I mean really, why should I be so wanting to find out about her week? There wasn’t much going on with her, but I just wanted to hear her voice and see her smile. Hearing about a simple week would be so invigorating […]