Web of Spindled Time: A Poetic Point of View

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WEB OF SPINDLED TIME

(A POETIC POINT OF VIEW)

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This book is dedicated to:

My wife, parents, siblings, and friends

My two sons, daughter-in-law, and granddaughters

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And to:

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Ancestry, divergence, and progeny

Fate, destiny, and expectations

A link in that endless chain

The future of man

The seed

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And to:

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The awesome division of now

The evolution of thought

And that bright light

Of

Beyond

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By

Tom Henderson

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Contents

PROLOGUE

SEASONS AND TIME

CASTLES IN THE SAND

I JUST WONDERED

LITTLE BOY WORLD

ANOTHER SUMMER PASSES

SILENT BECKON

ONE MOMENT

TIME WILL TELL

ECHOES OF REGRET

I SIT HERE THINKING

FLEETING THING

PATHWAY OF PROGRESS

SHORT SEASON

RESPECT

JUSTICE CRIES OUT (For Lessons Learned)

PLASTIC FLOWERS

HOW HIGH TO CLIMB

A WORLD LIKE THIS

GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

AS THE ROBIN SINGS

THE EPITAPH

MYTH OF MATURITY

SUMMER THINGS

PRECIOUS RECOGNITION

TAKEN FOR GRANTED

REMEMBER THE FLOWERS

THE OWL

PRISONER OF MY MIND

THE WRINKLED OLD MAN

FREEDOM AS IT TRAVELS

GHOSTS THAT PLAY NO SONG

BURY ME DEEP

TRANQUIL WATERS

REMEMBER IT ALL

OF DAYS GONE BY

TOUCH OF SUMMER

WHISPER IN THE WIND

WHISPER IN THE WIND

ALONE

A BITTERSWEET KNOWING

LINGER IN MY WEAKNESS

OUR RACE

WE MUST AGREE

A PART OF US

YIELDING

MY HEART CRIES OUT

I WANT TO TRUST YOU

THE OUTER EDGES

FRIEND TO FRIEND

ARGUMENTS END

TRICKERY ABOUNDS

THE BOND

TOGETHER

MY WISH

OUR REFLECTIONS

IN THE MORNING LIGHT

I, YOUR FATHER

A TOUCHING

ONLY FOR YOU

IN THE MIDST

SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT

LIKE THE WIND

HOLD TIGHT

TWO BECOME AS ONE

INFINITY FLOWS

AWAKENED AGAIN

KNOWING YOU

WRAPPED IN TENDERNESS

THE WIND NEVER CEASES

KNOWING…GROWING…LOVE

FACIAL

A COMMON REACTION

THIS, I MUST

THE BRIGHT SUNSHINE

SENSING THE UNSEEN

A THOUGHTFUL THOUGHT

A MUTUAL RESPECT

TO DO UNTO OTHERS

MORE THOUGHTFUL THOUGHTS

IF YOU ARE MY FRIEND

EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE

IN FRIENDSHIP

REMEMBER ME

SANCTUARY

EVER LINKING WITH TIME

MINDS’ TENDER EMBRACE

* KARMIC THOUGHT *

UNIVERSAL THREAD

PERPETUAL MOTION

A SONG IN TIME

OF MYSELF

REALLY SEE

ORDER OF THOUGHT

SIMPLY COMPLEX

MY EXPRESSION

I MUST FILL THE NEED

OTHERS ARE AS I AM

WHEN YOU READ

WHERE A MIRACLE IS CAUGHT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

EVEN WHILE, SOMEWHERE

A LOT TO SAY

THINGS I FEEL

THE BECKONING OF ONE’S SOUL

I AM THE SAME

WHERE THE OCEAN RUSHES TO THE SHORE

RECOGNITION SHINES

HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU BEEN

ROAD TO NOWHERE

SUCH A THING

ALL FOR NOTHING

LAST BREATH

ONCE UPON A TIME

WHEN SUNLIGHT BRINGS CREEPING, THE SHADOWS

EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE

SILENT HOURS OF AWARENESS

SEPARATE FROM THE CROWD

STAND BY THE WINDOW

DRIFT WITH THE MOOD

KILLING OF TIME

IF I ONLY HAD WINGS

OF MYSELF

THE BREATH OF HOPE

UNIVERSAL SCALE

SELF-TRICKERY

VISIONS OF GREATNESS

CONSTANT

INSIDE OUT

RELATIVELY SPEAKING

MANKIND, THE WORLD, AND ME

GREAT, SILENT BIRD

WHERE ILLUSIONS COME AND GO

DESOLATE

WHERE ILLUSIONS COME AND GO

A MOMENT ENDS

INSIGHT

SIFT THROUGH YOUR FINGERS

THE SEED

DREAMER OF DREAMS

OF MIND

OF CURIOSITY

LIFE’S TEACHERS

THE DISTANT BECKON

BRING ME TOGETHER

THE MIRROR

TIME SPENT

NIGHT

STAR OF EARTH

PLACE CALLED NOW

FLOWERS BLOOM BUT CANNOT TALK

IMMORTAL NIGHT

ENCLOSED IN FLESH AND BONE

ALWAYS ME

WHERE ILLUSIONS COME AND GO

WEB OF SPINDLED TIME

CONFRONT YOURSELF

INDIFFERENCE

ONE LITTLE BREEZE

RIVER OF COMPROMISE

ABSENT LIGHT IS TOTAL DARKNESS

IDEAS

GHOST OF EXPERIENCED THOUGHT

ILL OF MIND

UNCONDITIONAL

ACCORDINGLY

PAYING ATTENTION

THE PUZZLE

A SOLID THOUGHT

MUTUALITY

A DECEPTIVE OMISSION

MONKEY SEE

THE CONTINUUM

SUCCESS

A KIND OF HIERARCHY

THE CRASH

GIVEN AND TAKEN

ANIMALS

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

RHYTHM OF CHANGE

LIGHT IN THE SHADOWS

THE WAY

TO BE KNOWN

REASON

BALANCE THE SCALES

SOUL IN YOUR QUEST

BELIEVE

THE EMPTY BAG

WEB OF SPINDLED TIME

THAT BALL KEEPS ROLLING

A WARRIORS FAREWELL

CHAMBERS OF THOUGHT

THUNDER OF THE AGES

LIKE CHILDREN

QUEST

THE CHOICE

SOLEMN RESTITUTION

PHANTOM INFINITY

ABYSS OF REALITY

REMNANTS

PRESENCE

SPACE IN TIME

VIBRATIONS WITHIN

ITSELF

OBSERVATION

DARE TO BE DIFFERENT

AS THOUGH A MIRROR

I KNOW

ABANDONED

CONSCIOUS VITALITY

HUSH OF ENLIGHTENMENT

WHAT WE ARE DOING

THEATRE CALLED LIFE

THE QUIETED THOUGHT

SILENT AWARENESS

OF LIKE VALUE

EMPTY OF ANYTHING REAL

DUST TO DUST

A WARRIOR’S FAREWELL

OF HEAVEN AND HELL

MORNING GLORIES SHINE

RING OF REALITY

GOD IS

THE WINGS OF HIS LOVE

FOOTSTEPS OF THE LORD

TOP OF THAT MOUNTAIN

THE FLIGHT OF THE SPIRIT

SOW YOUR SEEDS

HARVEST OF OUR LIVES

THE SCHEME OF THINGS

WHEN THE WINDS OF DESTINY BLOW

WHEREVER I AM GOING

EARLY IN THE MORN

WHEN PARADISE CALLS

UPWARD CLIMB

NONE SHALL BE FORBIDDEN

TOUCH MY IMMORTAL SOUL

THE JUST ARE FREE

TOO BLIND TO SEE

HE WALKS WITH THE WIND

DAWN OF REFLECTION

A God Conversation

MAMA, WHY CAN’T YOU LIVE FOREVER

MOUNTAINS AND HILLS

FOR BELIEVING

THE COOL ACTOR

TRIVIAL SOUNDS

MERRY CHRISTMAS

A PASSING

PRECIOUS ARE THESE

OF OUR MOMENT

EVERY GOOD ANIMAL KNOWS

OPEN DISCUSSION

SYSTEM OF JUSTICE

TRINITY OF THE WISE

NEGATIVE ACTION AND REACTION

MORE RESPONSIBILITY

SILENCE OF SOLITUDE

I BECOME ONE

TO A TEACHER

PARAMEDIC

THE GIRL WITH THE SILVER SMILE

THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE

OF MY PRESENCE

HAPPENING

HENDERSON OF THE HILL

MY PART

SNOWBALL EFFECT

TOUCHED

NOTHING TO LOSE

OF LIFE, OF LOVE

WHO KNOWS

EXPECT TO LOVE

SUM OF ME

DARKNESS

THEY SAY

ALWAYS DECIDING

PETTY PEERS

STRINGS OF JUSTICE

ONE MORE TIME

DARKNESS TAKES THE DAY

THINGS THAT GO WITH FRIENDSHIP

A BREATH UPON THE HURRICANE

SPIRITS IN THE NIGHT

SOUL OF MY MIND

A PLACE

I STILL KNOW

WHO IS WHO

PIECES OF OUR PAST

RAIN ON THE ROOF

ACTING

I HAVE A FEELING

PATIENCE

SPORT

TIC TOC

FLOATING THINGS

WRONG PLACE

REVOLUTION

BROKEN MOOD

A CURIOUS CHILD

THINGS THAT CREEP

SOUNDS OF SEASONS

SPRING

SUMMER

AUTUMN

WINTER

LEARN TO IMAGINE

I DOUBT IT

KARMA OF GOD

SUBDUED

OF SHADOWS AND SEEDS

FREED

NOWHERE TO BE FOUND

SHADES OF GRAY

SECONDS POUNDING

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

A FAILING PROJECT

ONLY A THOUGHT

THE SOULLESS SLEEPERS

THE CHURCH-BELL CHIMES

A PERSONAL DECEPTION

REST OF MY LIFE

THE CORRUPTIBLE

THE GREATEST TO THE SMALLEST

EVEN AGAINST OUR WILL

SILENT REVELATIONS

HOW MANY ARE LEFT?

GROWING SEASON

PLACING SADNESS

WHERE REASON DWELLS

NOT SUBJECT TO IT

TODAY, I HAVE FRIENDS

SPECTRUM

HERE AS MEN

OH, SO BEAUTIFUL

MEDITATION OF PRIVATE LIVES

MUTUALITY OF RESPECT

IT’S YOUR TURN

THAT PLACE IN BETWEEN

THE REALM OF THE UNKNOWN

LET THERE BE LIGHT

INSTINCT

A MILLION SHADES OF GRAY

THE TASTE OF AGED WINE

A MATTER OF CHOICE

ONE SIDED CONVERSATION

COOL WIND’S SUBTLE BLOWING

THAT OF REVEALING

IF NOT I AM

THE SUN WILL SHINE AGAIN

SILENT, UNSEEN

WE BECOME OUR EGOS

THE LIGHTED STAR

SILENT STRANGER

WHEN YOU TOUCH ME

A STRANGE WORLD

WINGS OF BUTTERFLIES

WORLDLY THINGS

SKILL SCOPE

A HAZARDOUS HAVEN

DID YOU EVER HAVE A DAY

WHAT WE THINK WE ARE

THE VOICES OF GOSSIP

ECHOED

RECIPROCATED

DEEDS OF YOUR PAST

OF NO CONSEQUENCE

SAFETY OF THE SHORE

ABOUT CLOWNS

THINGS NOT TAUGHT

AS THEY ARE

A CIRCLE HAS NO BEGINNING

BABIES CRY ALL NIGHT

AS LONESOME IS TO ME

IF LOVE WAS MONEY

DRIFTING APART

WHERE DREAMS BEGIN

NOT SO LONG, AFTER ALL

AS FAR AS I CAN WALK

HANG ON WITH HOPE

TILL SPACE FALLS EMPTY

WHERE I HAVE BEEN

MOST EVERY WORD

SEEDS OF LOVE

HEART FULL OF YOU

DARE YE TOUCH

THE BOXER

EVERYTHING GETS HAZY

PORTRAIT

THE COOL WATER FLOWS

REACH FOR A STAR

A FRIEND LIKE YOU

GIVERS AND TAKERS

IT REALLY HURTS

I BECOME AGAIN

SELF-PRESERVATION

DEMON THINGS

TILL YOU SLEEP

EVER THE SAME

PEACE ON EARTH

CLING TO ME

BEFORE IT IS OVER

THE WEIGHT OF A MOUNTAIN

IF ROACHES WERE

WHEN DESTINY HAS ENDED

EVER THE SAME

THE WONDERER

NEVER TOUCH AGAIN

GOLDEN DREAMS

TO EXALT THE TRUTH

ALL FADES AWAY

BATTLE CRY

SO CLOSE

SPECTER OF FEAR

APPLICATION OF WISDOM

THE WEIGHT OF INDECISION

PORTRAIT OF EQUALITY

VAST SHORELINE

OPEN INVITATION

TO MEASURE A MAN

MAGICAL MUSE

SOMEWHERE

JUST JUDGES

A MILLION MILES AWAY

BALLAD OF YOUTH

WARRIOR’S STANCE

THOUGHTS HAVE WINGS

FAREWELL

THE LAST GOODBYE

DISILLUSIONED

NEON HALOS

NOT NECESSARILY

THE TRAP

RESPECT IS GIVEN

WAKE UP

IN HONESTY

All THE SHELTERS

SILENT LONG ENOUGH

IN THE BEGINNING

PREJUDICED

FORMALITIES

THE FIRST OF MANY

KEEPER OF THE ROOTS

WHETHER OR NOT

SELF-CENTERED

MYSTERIOUS, AS YOU AND ME

THE THINGS THAT ARE

THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT

SIDEWALK ANGEL

BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIVED

THE SILENCE OF NIGHT

ONE COMMON CAUSE

SEEKING EVER

SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN

I BEG TO BORROW

YOUR PRETTY SMILE

MAY I INTRODUCE MYSELF

NO DENYING ITS DEPTH

IF IT NEVER RAINED

THEY ALL HAVE THEIR DREAMS

WAIT AND SEE

IF ANYONE WOULD LISTEN

ON WITH THE BATTLE

A MAZE OF WRONG DIRECTIONS

NEVER LEAN TOO HEAVY

GIVEN TIME AND SPACE

MAKING LOVE WITH YOU

WISDOM CAN BE

NOTHING TO ADJUST TO

AS LOVE BURNS

NONE-THE-LESS

MARS PROBE

THE EARS OF THE FOOLISH

FOLLOW THE LEADER

THE THINKING KIND

I MUST PLAY MY ROLE

ALL THINGS ARE

MAYBE, I’LL REMEMBER LATER

WHERE WISDOM REIGNS SUPREME

THINGS THAT MIGHT BE

DISILLUSIONED

CHERISH THE HOURS

SUBCONSCIOUS LAW AND ORDER

THE COMA

OF PRE-DESTINY

DIMLY

I’M OLD ENOUGH NOW

THOUGHT UNATTENDED

PATTERNS

YOU CAN’T HAVE IT ALL

A LOGICAL CONCLUSION

SIMPLE IS AGAIN

SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE

INDELIBLE MARKS

THAT IMAGINARY SCENARIO

THE BUSH-MAN IS GONE

TO SELF IN THE STREAM

MUCH BENEFICIAL

RULE BOOKS

EXCURSIONS INTO MIND

THE MASTER OF HEALINGS

CONSOLED AND IMPERFECT

FLOATING PEOPLE

PRELUDES TO REALITIES

SOMEWHAT CONTROLLED BY FATE

COUNTER THE STREAM

RELATIVITY

WASHED ABOUT

TWO MORE DESCRIPTIONS

LINES TO CROSS

TOWARD EITHER END

WHERE WE PLACE OUR ATTENTIONS

THE NIGHT GIVES WAY TO MORNING

I TELL THIS STORY

MOURNING ENCLOSES MY SCHEMES

CHERISH THE HOURS

INDIVIDUALITY

WITH ALL THINGS

THE SOUND OF CONSCIENCE

WHETHER WE ARE OR NOT

LIKE SHOOTING ARROWS

SOPHISTICATED LANGUAGES

ARCS IN CIRCLES

TO THE STILL

FASTER THAN THE LIGHT

I HIT THE SNOOZE

MOCKINGLY PRUDENT

GLOBAL WARMING

SPINNING WHEEL

SWEET STALKING SPIRIT

POETIC FLASHBACK

THE POTION

WARM AS LOVE

CHASE YOUR BLUES AWAY

A GARDEN IN THE SPRING

THE PASSING

To The Unknown Poet

THIS COMMON DREAM

A UNIQUE STRENGTH

KARMA

FRIENDSHIP

THE BUSTED BALLOON

THAT SICK PART OF CONCERN

TRANSFORMATION

WITH NO CONCERN

MORE TO SAY

UPON A DOUBTFUL PATH

THE CLOCK GOES TICK-TOCK

THAT SIXTH SENSE

IN MIND

BIBLES AND GUNS AND CONSTITUTIONS

INTO THE SETTING SUN

ON THE EDGE OF BOOM

NEVER FORGET

THE WAY THIS WORD GAME GOES

THE MENTAL GARDENER

POLITICS IS EVERYWHERE

THE NEXT ONE

BREAKING THROUGH THAT BARRIER

THEY JUST GOT AWAY

HOW FAR MY THINKING MIGHT GO

RESOLVED STATE OF MIND

TAG, YOU ARE IT

OUR SORDID PASTS

THE MONSTER GREED

THAT IS OK WITH ME

QUITE DELIGHTFULLY SURPRISED

THE MORE WE ARE INTO SELF

THE WHOLE PROCESS

HOW WE COME TO KNOW EACH OTHER

WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE OUR MINDS

AT LEAST, MY WORDS ARE COOL

SHINING EXPECTATIONS

UNEXPECTED PLACES

THAT FICKLE CONSTANT

A MORALLY DEFINING MOMENT

MY INTENTIONS

Gaze in awe

THE CULTURE WARS OF 2009

THAT CANDLELIGHT KEEPS DANCING

WHAT I SEE

A GRANDDADDY SHORT-LEGS PRESCRIPTIONFOR DAILY LIVING

LAUGH EVERY DAY (A Tommot Fable)

WHAT I SEE

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW (A Tommot Fable)

LITTLE ACTORS YOU MUST DECIDE

TO HUFF OR PUFF OR NOT (A Tommot Fable)