This is the personal writing site of Barry Hurd- online consultant, designer, writer, marketer, entrepreneur, and father.
Some choose, to be different
glancing across the street,
watching people walk on by.
Others find themselves sedated,
failing to realize where they are,
or even where they are going.
I find myself moving along,
sometimes fast, sometimes slow,
often waiting for a signal that never comes.
I find myself waiting with hope,
failing to protect my caution,
as I step into traffic I cannot see.
In five seconds I forgot to mention
The way you saw me standing in awe
as we both found we knew nothing
the lifetime I would remember you
in the blink of an eye, so fast
the day my hopes were so grand
Do you recall that moment?
the second you lost yourself
in a mere glance across the room
from the quiet heart […]
Dreaming***************
I think to myself
is the air I breathe
something of me
I try to believe
as I focus on if
a soul can be free
I wonder of things
the need to see
a reason to be
as I ponder
Your words
subtle yet strong
they make me belong
Your eyes
reaching deep within me
in search of destiny
Your heart, so strong
I realize,
is not yet gone
as I hope
that […]
I trusted myself, more than I should have
There was deceit in my mind,
burrowing in my thoughts
My hands were corrupt, covered in soil and hate
And my words, my words…
.
They were simply venomous
So sharp my own tongue bled as I spoke
Every word was painful,
Fueling the anguish in my soul
Leaving me a taste so foul, that I could […]
In the absence of darkness
I stand almost unnoticed
A shadow of hope
Cast aside by society
Until I am needed
Barely holding myself
As I am cold and hidden in view
But when I am whole with purpose
I shine with everything ounce I am
Flickering against the night
Caring for a world I cannot see
A world that hardly knows me
Touching it with my […]
Upon midnight’s glow to these dreams you should know
To be adored, would you never hear it evermore
And while I thought my words became entwined with this heart
As if no one could hear the gentle beating missing
No this heart was not fleeting nor would it be lost in lore
Upon these dreams I heard the sound, gently […]
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 […]
Reflections, tell me
What do you know
Tell me now
What secrets do you keep
I have your dreams
I’ll give them to you for a price
I have your dreams
Do you know what makes you weep
Simply tell me all your secrets
You know them all so well
Simply tell me all your secrets
Is […]
Subtle words
Shouting in my mind
I feel this phantom
Whispering wind and rhyme
He is not quiet
Nor absolute in tone
He cannot stop his screaming
Is this wanting dreaming
Who can hear this voice so shallow
Do I have a choice to listen or delay
Does this echo voice my thoughts
Why do I choose […]
This is about having a thought or belief that you realize it wrong. Something you held value in and later realized wasn’t worth the value you gave it. I named it Witches Thought because it refers to how Witches were often burned for being something that couldn’t be understood.
Witch’s Thought
This thought I held so […]