Time...

by me:  Wendy M. Z.  (wmz/TalaWenZee)

Seconds. 

Minutes.

Hours. 

Days. 

Weeks. 

Months. 

Years. 

Flashes.

Passes.

Stands

Still.

Frozen.

Muted.

Veers.

Heals.

Hurts.

Teaches.

Takes.

Changes.

Steadies.

Grows.

Tests.

Tells.

Follows.

Leads.

Remembers.

Forgives.

knows.  

©Wendy M. Z.

wmz

TalaWenZee

2013

Portrait of Moments in Time...

by me: Wendy M. Z.

(aka:  TalaWenZee)

November, 2013

A still life

a life stilled.

A self portrait

strong willed.

Stubborn, smart

stupid and willful

Determined, desolate

bleak, bright, cheerful.

Expressive, impressive

unimposing, weak.

Bold,  colorful,

understated,  meek.

Right, wrong

left of center.

Nothing, everything

student and  mentor. 

A contradiction?

An easy read?

A mystery?

A heart on a sleeve?

Snapshots and paintings,

answers and questions.

Truth, distortions,

surreal suggestions. 

Periods wasted

or patches  well spent? 

A realistic view

or twisted and bent?

Painting  in time

future, present and past.

Portraits  to remember,

of moments to last.

Wendy M. Z.

(2013)

Two chapters end, two new (bigger and better) chapters begin...

CONGRATULATIONS to my two (god)children

 (they certainly were and are heaven sent)

on their 2013 graduations!

My niece, Bre,  who  graduated from Spring Hill College  (in Alabama) on May 4, 2013  and my nephew, Jude,  who graduated from 8th grade ~ at an undisclosed  school,  somewhere in southeast Louisiana ~  on May 15, 2013.

Both graduated with honors.

I'm so proud of them!

Soon, they'll both start the next phase/chapter of their lives.

Bre will begin her (true) adult life and her teaching career ~ at an undisclosed school, somewhere in southeast Louisiana ~ in August;  and Jude will begin his high school experience and his ascent into young manhood.

Bold new adventures await them both. 

Bright days and sunny skies.

New friends, opportunities and  (self)discoveries.

Untested waters and stormy seas.

Battened hatches, broken rudders and windless sails.

But, they have been given the  materials and the tools they'll need to make it through any storms they encounter.

They have anchors to steady them.

Faith to steer  them.

(Moral) compass to guide them.

Confidence to propel them.

Hope to warm them.

And, 

Love to secure them.

They have been given a solid foundation to build upon.

I have no doubt they will both build well and wisely!

I love you Bre and Jude!!!

Much Love and Hugs,

Nanny

(aka: 6/Wendy/TalaWenZee)

The Unknown

by me

Wendy M. Z.

TalaWenZee

Old friends, warm smiles, welcoming arms...
shared memories, shared laughs, shared pain.
The past, the present and the future.
Entwined, intermingled, unrestrained?

The future is always a question.
The past is written in stone.
The moment to live is now.
Not for then or the unknown. 

March 2013 

A Wish To Continue... again

A Wish To Continue... again

By: Wendy M. Z.

(TalaWenZee)

The man behind the mask

with eyes as dark as night

which sparkle  of the devil

and  yield to inner light...

The heron on the shore

long awaiting flight

looking down upon the sea

reaching for new heights...

The ship full of ghosts

all dressed in white

blinded by the past

searching for their sight...

The heart  full of passion

beating with all its might

flowing with electricity

fueling all delight...

The “I” in the wIsh

the  “IF”  only”  of a life

the promise of continued...

a chance to get it right.  

©wmz 2013

Here's to You

Here's to You!!!

by me:

Wendy M. Z.

(TalaWenZee)

Here's to friends, old and new.

 Smiling faces,

erasing traces

of bittersweet goodbyes

and things that went awry.

Here's to fresh starts

and happy hearts.

Making peace with the past;

Filling moments with emotions fondly unsurpassed. 

Sweet embraces,

loves’ good graces,

loaded bases,

no time wasted.

Laughing eyes,

contented sighs,

words wise,

hopes’ reprise.

Here’s to  the present and to the past.

The birth of the new,

the shades of blue

 the “to be continued”...

to life renewed.

Here’s to  the new year.

Here’s to you!

©WMZ January 2013