Beautiful Consistency

Beautiful Consistency

By:  Adrielle R. Bollin

Like the constant breeze that refreshes my cheeks

And the soothing sound of water kissing the beach

Or the hot sun blazing in the summer's heat

Like the constant buzzing of the honey bees

Like the sweet smell of life awakened by spring

That great expectation as winter ceases lingering

Like the first sight of birds as they return to their summer homes

Followed by chirping chicks who will soon spread their wings

The joy and peace that consistency brings

I am reminded of it when I think of these things

For you are the sun, the water and spring

You are that beauty who consistently sings

A Love Like Ours

The thing with love, is that sometimes it leaves you tongue tied...

"A  Love Like Ours"

By: Adrielle R. Bollin

How can I explain a love like ours

That is deep and wide 

That is full and empty

It gives and it takes 

 It is rich and poor

Utterly human and perfectly divine

Perfect harmony with splitting discord

Poetic and beautiful 

Then choppy and uneven

Patient and kind

Intolerant and selfish

Close together and far apart

Like a rubber band or a flexible glue

It is thick and thin

Macro and micro

It's dramatic and then mellow

Passionate as fire and passive as sleep

Frustrating and exhilarating

Deeply knowing and completely missing

 Filled with laughter and saturated with tears

 Like a Monet and like a photograph

It's nothing I had dreamed yet everything I want

...Yet still you find yourself smiling anyway

A Season Or So Ago

A Season Or So Ago

By:  Adrielle R. Bollin

You know I have been in your shoes

I was there for a time in my life too

When I intently and intensely focused in

When I ached for meaning and release from sin


I was there

 A season or so ago


I have danced your dance before
When the world gave all I asked for and more
A time I danced with all the sunshine on me
Once upon a time my smile refused to ever leave


Once upon a time

A season or so ago

And I have cried your tears time and again
You know how they refuse to cease or to mend
When the flood is relentless and never ends
So it creates a river that twists and bends


Yes, I swam that river

A season or so ago


You've been where I am before I'm sure
Wandering the shores of rest and confidence pure
When you know who you are and what you are not
And you refuse to be shoved into any melting pot

You've been where I am

A season or so ago

The Three Brothers

The Three Brothers

By:  Adrielle R. Bollin

Struggles and trials mark your road well traveled

A lifelong wrestler with the world  and its gavel

Your beautiful heart often hidden by pain

Yet still you have managed to thrive and to gain

Expressing your love like a silent firework show

Your piercing blue eyes say more than you know

A leader at heart though you take off the cape

But soon you will find it's a role you will shape

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Your road has been quiet through mountains and timber

Your gentle brown eyes like the soft snow of winter

The wisdom you gain from whispering hills

Settles your heart, your mind and your will

Yet your laugh and smile is full and rich

You live out your life like it's your last dying wish

Observing the tides of life's ebb and flow

You keep close the secret to your spirit's glow

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Your road has been like the hills of Duluth 

Your smoldering brown eyes with mischief and truth

You brave the new world with your voice and your tongue

Holding accountable the old and the young

A man with a mission and still much to learn

You take what you can to grow and discern

Your vision gets stronger as experience expands

As with great leaders, your resolve helps you stand