Sunday, June 30, 2024

40 YEARS AT THE REVOLVING DOOR

The last man standing, 
Welcomes another new face,
While two more exit. 
 
 a group of people in black shirts standing in a room
 
 

Saturday, June 29, 2024

GIVING GOD GRATITUDE

Prayers up to heaven,
Showers you with God's blessings,
In all that you do.
 
 silhouette of kneeling man
 


Friday, June 28, 2024

Thursday, June 27, 2024

DEEP CONVERSATIONS

I enjoy my time,
Getting lost in my own thoughts,
Than wasted small talk.

silhouette of man during sunset

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

DECEIVING APPEARANCE

The grass is greener,
But not necessarily,
Brighter or stronger.
 
 person standing near open field

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Monday, June 24, 2024

DELAY YOUR ROT

We all started green,
Turning red as we ripen,
Then hope not to rot.
 round fruits on white surface


Sunday, June 23, 2024

AGING ISN'T GRACEFUL

As I get older,
It is not the golden years,
But the rusted years.

 a blurry photo of a person's torso

Saturday, June 22, 2024

DON’T SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY

I found my problem,
I expect more from people,
Then they of themselves.
 
 man in black crew neck shirt


Friday, June 21, 2024

TODAY'S TATTLETALES

I share my life's story,
Not air my dirty laundry,
Nor gossip or lie.

flat ray photography of book, pencil, camera, and with lens

Thursday, June 20, 2024

MUTED MUSE

My empty canvas,
My palette filled with color,
My mind just went blank.
 
 paint brushes next to drawing book and water color palette

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

STATES DIVIDED

We Americans,
We no longer stand as one,
We're everything but...

Statue of Liberty, New York

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

MY GUT NEVER LIED

I hold my feelings,
Within the pit of my gut,
Waiting to let go!
 
black card

Monday, June 17, 2024

THIS WRITER'S WORDS ARE SILENTLY SPOKEN

My written voice speaks,
Louder than my spoken words,
Leaving you speechless.
 
 MacBook Pro, white ceramic mug,and black smartphone on tableMacBook Pro, white ceramic mug,and black smartphone on table

Sunday, June 16, 2024

HIS LEGACY

From my very birth,
He was always there for me,
Up to his last breath,

a close up of a person holding a baby's hand



Saturday, June 15, 2024

Friday, June 14, 2024

RACE AGAINST TIME

The years are too short,
Even when the days seem long,
Every hour counts.


 a rusty clock with roman numerals on a concrete wall

Thursday, June 13, 2024

WAKING MY NIGHTMARE

I wake from my dream,
Lost for a moment in time,
When the clock stood still.

 a blurry photo of a woman's face

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

AN OLD SOUL LOST IN TODAY

My parents raised me,
In a world unknown today,

I can't find myself.
 
 silhouette of man standing on sand

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

LEAVING YOUR LEGACY

Simply, being you,
By giving more than you took,

You earned your honor.

 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1552529220-460eec1fd555?q=80&w=1470&auto=format&fit=crop&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D

Monday, June 10, 2024

TABLES TURNED

I was the fat kid,
You bullied on the playground,
But now, I'm your boss.

 a young boy smiling while sitting in a chair

 

Sunday, June 9, 2024

Saturday, June 8, 2024

ROOM TO BLOOM

I planted a seed,
Watered and waited daily,
Then my flower bloomed.

green leafed plant with pot on black desk


Friday, June 7, 2024

Thursday, June 6, 2024

MY BROTHER, NOT BY BLOOD

Do you know him well?
Can he say the same of you?
That’s lifelong friendship
.

two men standing on body of water inside cave

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

RESILIENCE

When tomorrow comes,
It's another chance at life, 
And you'll be OK.
 
 man standing in front of the window
 
 


Tuesday, June 4, 2024

NOT NOW

Taking her last breathe,
I didn't want to let her go,
When I said good-bye.

 

black poodle puppy on blue textile

Monday, June 3, 2024

ANGELS AMONGST US

God answers my call,
Whispers waking their presence,
When I start to pray.

 woman with angel wing lying on floor
 
 

Sunday, June 2, 2024

DIVIDED DESTINATIONS

Stay away from there,

Don't you know, that's the wrong side,

Of the tracks you're on.

 person standing between train rails at daytime




Saturday, June 1, 2024

HELPING HURT

Your open wound cries,
When I ripped the band-aid off,
Leaving you in pain.

man with brown band aid on his mouth

ABOUT ME, THE BLOGGER

Robert W Kovacs is a graduate with an Associate of Arts in Elementary Education from Broward (Community) College and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Public Administration and a Master of Science in Parks and Recreation Administration from Florida International University. He recently retired after just over 40 years of service and his final position was the Payroll Administrator. He continues to astonish himself as mathematics just didn’t add up to anything exciting in his grade point average throughout both high school and college years. As long as he can remember his writing has always been a part of defining him. The blog shares the form, syllable count and format of a traditional haiku but with a twist of themes being on life's observations and lessons learned as opposed to traditional haiku being based on a nature theme. The author uses quick whips of daily events, humor and "a-ha" moments to capture his haiku. Like his YMEJOURNEY blog, his writing brings you into his world as it offers him a catharsis, meandering through experiences of significant episodes of reflections of this ride on earth, that we call life. Robert prides himself being an even-keel, grounded, educated and professional who appreciates simple pleasures in a complicated world. He enjoys more things than he doesn’t and welcomes being introduced to new adventures. In his spare time he enjoys traveling on vacations to see more of this world, a diverse genre of movies and TV, reading mostly biographies and fiction, listening to almost all genres of 80s music, board games/Wii, beach/pool, bicycling, parks, cooking and eating, relaxing and thought provoking conversations with quality time with genuine people. Presently, his primary coordinates are approximately 26.0523° N, 80.1439° W, on Spaceship Earth.

WHY HAIKU?

2024 Daily Challenge - Haiku! I belong to a writing club and our facilitator (friend) gave us a challenge to take on 01.01.24. I was challenged by this friend to use one style of writing and post every day a learned lesson of life or a positive affirmation every day of 2024. The writing style must remain the same for the duration of the challenge. All free form writing that is anything but narratives (poems, limericks, sonnets, etc) less than 1000 words must post daily while narratives exceeding 2500 words once a week. Anything in between at least 3 times a week. You must keep all grammatical, syntax, rhyming and syllable counts but can vary on themes and content. I wimped out on the second part of the challenge as I picked Haiku as my writing style as it was simple. A haiku is a Japanese poem of three lines consisting of 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively. Typically, covering images of nature but I’ll take my spin on it for this challenge. I like to write about my life’s observations, lessons learned and self affirmations as I try to find my way through a complicated world. Eventually, they’ll make it to my blog but for now here’s my attempt at a haiku a day for 365 days enjoy my Nuts, Bolts and Everything Else. Enjoy!

AUTHOR'S DISCLOSURE

An artist's purpose is to evoke emotion and/or dialogue of the masterpiece created, without either, it's no longer art, let alone a masterpiece. This blog represents the author's original writing and makes no apology for posts resulting in experiencing a sense of discomfort when reading his own personal reflections, thoughts, affirmations, observations and opinions of his journey in finding his way through a complicated world, of his so called life. The author requests readers remain mindful of dates when a post was written. Many of the earlier posts were academic assignments with guidelines to uphold the integrity and standards of a specific writing style. One or a combination of formatting, rhyming schemes, syllable counts, themes and specific guidelines which were up to self-interpretation and self-discovery. This set the tone for the author's tone and unique writing style. He requests readers remain open-minded to viewpoints differing from their own. The author strongly believes "we can disagree and still remain friends" and welcomes respectful dialogue and questioning of his writings. However; hateful disagreement our outright dismissal or suggesting the author's writings are inherently wrong will not be tolerated and may not be conducive to constructive conversation.

PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS

Photographs for YMeJourney are generally used from the blogger's personal photograph collection, downloaded from Unsplash.com or maybe created via AI tools. Blogger's personal photograph collection are photos taken from author or photographs provided to him by family and/or friends. Photographs taken from the Unsplash.com website state, the following in their terms of use: Unsplash grants irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide copyright license to download, copy, modify, distribute, perform, and use images from Unsplash for free, including for commercial purposes, without permission from or attributing the photographer or Unsplash. The remainder of photographs or animated renderings are created by various AI apps and/or websites freely availalble on the internet with images created by them are free to use.