This is the personal writing site of Barry Hurd- online consultant, designer, writer, marketer, entrepreneur, and father.
For a moment, the suspension of belief
The desire of never looking back
Leaning towards the future of tomorrow
Yet so exposed to history
A poet, a soul waiting to find itself
Lost in a maze of nature’s madness
The deception of a human soul
and the questioning loss of forgiveness.
An absolute passion for the truest faith.
The first embrace of a meaningful […]
I wonder about you, standing still.
Feel the wind as it touches the tree.
Here is a moment of serenity.
Ask me, beg of me, to have permission to sway.
The heart you have breathes, listen and it speaks.
No two beats sound alike, kindred to nature’s rustling leaves.
Never lost, you know where your roots are.
When you find yourself, in […]
Sweet, distant
Oblivion
The last place I found myself
And the only time I knew nothing
I stood there,
Alone
Wondering if my shame
Had been given to me when I was born
I felt myself
Lost
Trying to find a place no one
Could fathom
or realize
But it was in me
an emptiness
A lack of caring for anything
Even myself
A friend, that I never said good-bye to
Was so far away, perhaps so lost
That they never heard my apology
the sincere regret I heard in my heart
or the loss I felt when my faith was questioned
I never said good-bye
Because I knew who I was
Every time I took a breath, I knew myself
Better than I wanted to […]
If, for only a second
I could look into your eyes
the tragic minute of my death
I would cry, for not needing tears
But of knowing beauty had not escaped me
and the soul I had would be at rest
My slumber, would not lose me
as yet only my heart
would live again, yes it would live
Forever in the moment of […]
I held her, against my body
Like a lover, an amazingly sensual spirit
Her touch burned me, made me writhe
Yet I would not let go, entangled in our passion
Our lips touched, pulling my sanity into bliss
I could taste her, no, I could only lose myself in her
She held me down, like I was powerless
My soul could not […]
There I was, just trying to be me.
Who I needed to be, the person I tried to believe
I wasn’t remarkable, nor very special
Just a person, on a fateful day of significance
Where I could choose, to be more
I did not know much, and I often didn’t care to
My stature was tall, but average enough to often […]
Cupid Surrenders
I was a simple, honest paladin of emotion
Crawling through a minefield of destiny’s tears
The soldier of a passion crucified upon my desire
And lost to the eyes of those who would deny me
I was not blind, no
My vision could span years of life,
From here to there, beyond the horizon
Across this land, and over the sea
I […]
I don’t work, like the rest of the world
I am, simple
Divine in nature,
Only because I breathe, not because I need to
But as my heart wants to
It draws me forth, as if I was a simple artist
A painter with every color to create from
I am the shadow and the light
The cause and […]
If you could dream, slowly
Could you touch me?
If you could taste,
Could you satisfy yourself?
If you could dare hold on
Would you?
If you could take me, anywhere
Would you carry me with you?
If you can say yes,
If you dare to believe
If you can confess
If you care to be with me
Close your eyes, fall into your desire
Touch me slowly,
Dare […]