This is the personal writing site of Barry Hurd- online consultant, designer, writer, marketer, entrepreneur, and father.
Once, when I was younger, I imagined myself flying above cold ocean.
Gale wind carried my soul like a flurry across the waves,
holding myself as if nothing was tangible.
I remember it as if my heart had pause, as if I could no longer live,
hoping and believing for something warm, some mythical destination,
to where I would […]
When I fell into wonder,
there was a moment when I thought of you.
Your eyes shining light through the darkness,
piercing the shadows covering my heart,
the very essence of who I am,
helping me believe the truth,
of who I need to be.
Your truth, the essence of beauty,
the illusion of life dispelled,
by knowing what perfection is,
the knowledge I care […]
Character has no path, except for the moment when one becomes aware.
As if life, the evolution of desire and hope, cares not for being average.
Tomorrow may need to find this body surrendered and cast down,
Yet I will find the improvement, here and now, as I build my soul’s abode.
Character is the effort we take […]
In a lonely place, I said farewell
No longer could I dwell,
And I left no sign of personal relation
As divine words, became my hope of salvation
No trace on these crimson skies
Just thoughts chiseled within the question why.
Days of failing memory,
Distant things I cannot convey.
The stemmed roses in a field of dream,
Reminded me of things no one […]
Some people, are amazing.
Simple flames in the darkness.
Calm voices in a chaotic world,
the serenity of silence within a storm.
Some people, perfect life.
Breathing in the beauty of today,
of escaping yesterday
and dreaming of tomorrow.
Some people, never believe.
In nature, how wild life is,
or the way we all evolve,
changing ourselves with the season.
Some people, amazing, perfect, believing,
know how to […]
Once, when I was little,
I remember hearing voices.
Chaotic and playful,
perfect,
friendly.
When I was older,
I had become deaf,
slowly losing myself
to the murmur of indifference,
that we call society.
Now I know,
that I am far more,
than what other people see,
I am, without doubt,
listening.
I’m sure, that you may agree,
That our dreams may hold the answers.
The memories of our life, the notes of all our desire.
Every phrase of care, of loving words that we have spoken.
The moments in the fire that defined our lifelong yearning,
and of cherished times laying at our feet that feel so broken.
These dreams are the […]
I have never known, anyone.
More beautiful, than you.
Hearing the sound of summer
escape your lips, heavy breathing.
Now I have dreamed,
feverishly throwing my desire,
into a moment that can never be trivial.
Yet the passion gone,
lost in a moment of serenity
with only your eyes watching,
Do I understand myself, of you and I,
as my heart becomes steady and strong.
I am […]
In our childhood, we are told
to dream of things that will never be.
Embrace the sentiment, the sub-conscious
and all the desires we have never spoken.
These are the lost moments of our wonderland,
the deep echo that thunders in our infancy.
Yet it is our world, the moment to be recalled,
as the birthday passes and our life becomes familiar.
It […]
One would remember this time of year, not as a time of brilliant imagery
but of lucid memory falling fragrantly into moments of sight
As my eyes would look upon the sun high above, as it touched heaven
and as my eyes looked upon a field of nature’s bloom
I would not be able to detail my vision, my […]