This is the personal writing site of Barry Hurd- online consultant, designer, writer, marketer, entrepreneur, and father.
I dreamt of waking
Trying to lure myself from fruitless ambition
To taste the wine as it caressed my lips
Breathing the nectar of life I had forgotten
But it was pretty pointless
I set my coffee on my desk
As I had done a thousand times before
and my eyes wandered out of my window
From my vantage, this sleek castle of […]
Oh dear lady death,
With hands so cold
So chilling
Does anyone welcome the embrace
You are immortal
A soul forever roaming in search of
The glory of life fading to nature’s whim
Yet you seek to find sustenance
Does it come to you
As you stare into the eyes of tomorrow
Trying to drain our lives with your mission
To be alone, wandering with no […]
As a sign of my faith
My lord, I send this letter to you
For me my liege there is no resurrection
There is only my word, to share this view
Of a battlefield that defines my devotion
This was the story of one life, my own
A savior, a warrior sworn to your crown
To uphold a code of chivalry and […]
Once, in a world of chaotically bright color.
Was a child and his only friend.
They lived in a city of painted personalities.
A urban sprawl of mysterious demands and narrow escapes.
Neither of them knew why they were there.
They simply existed in a community of only two, forever alone.
The child, always inquisitive- always asked questions.
Inquiries that were often […]
I tried once
To become something
Special
To push myself
Farther and harder
Than was possible
I tried once
To become someone
Unique
To evolve
Beyond
The here and now
I tried once
To become more
Than I was
To believe in things
That I couldn�t see
Anywhere
I tried once
To become anything
That someone wanted
To hold to myself
Because no one else would
Care
I tried once
Yes, I tried
Again and again
To look upon life
So beautiful
That […]
A maiden ship adrift in the dark
Rumored to hold the ghost of a true lady
The lazarette of lost love trapped in her death
Lost upon the shore of faded glory
She was the ship destined to steal my heart
To tear away my mooring
Give me no quarter, no mercy
And to carry my soul to new depths
She would move […]
On the open sea
We are what we will be
Some call us thieves
Which is true indeed
A reason we earned such bounty
But let us see
If pirates we will be
On the open sea
We take what we may need
Some of us believe
That we simply need more than thee
But let us be
Well sail oh so free
As pirates we will be
On […]
I was cold, not much more than usual
But my fingers were numb
Enough that I fumbled my coffee
I looked in through the window, on accident
And I saw a dream that I used to know
Yet she didnt remember my name
Was I the figment of imagination
or was I just translucent
as my body surely felt intangible
My breath however, was […]
I do not remember
What I looked like
The way my hair flowed
The brilliance of my eyes
No matter how hard I try
My mind wanders from the truth
I find myself trying to deny
I ponder and question my faith
I look at myself in a mirror
At a face that no one else can be
My soul hiding behind a smile
And perhaps […]
This has nothing to do with poetry…
I am on the front right in the first two, and then middle right on the bottom.