Day: October 26, 2025

Never tried skydiving
preferred to play it safe
many do it for years
without incident

some, even experts,
fall to their deaths
from terrifying heights

imagine the horror
of knowing death was
waiting for you
on the hard ground

as you screamed
your lungs out
on the way down

never been one to
throw the dice
gambling on living
and dying

knew just by living
you were throwing the dice
and that was more than
risky enough for me.

Bob Boyd

I’ve often read of sages and holy men
living secluded away from the world

holed up in hidden caves
existing on wild edibles in forests

I suspect some find what they seek in solitude
enlightenment, cosmic consciousness, nirvana

But I suspect others are driven mad
the lack of human contact
the self imposed solitary
the psychological perils of isolation

they are like men walking on tightropes
between worldly and otherworldly structures
some make it across the tightropes
finding enlightenment, cosmic consciousness, nirvana
others fall into an abyss of madness.

Bob Boyd

Too many people go missing
hiking just by themselves
sadly some are found dead
sadly some are never found
the forests hold many secrets
the fates of so many missing
the tragedies of so many dead
I believe if the trees could tell
the stories of all these people
the willows would weep for them.

Bob Boyd