Palm trees swaying
Bodies in the sand
Sweetness glistens
Running between fingers
Water slides away
From the edge
Always wounding
Deep within me
Craving more and more
Thoughts come and go
written – 1/15/2023
Palm trees swaying
Author: Kerry Van Dorn | akervand
Akervand is a creative media production company. The pronunciation of Akervand is like “a curve and” so the idea is a curve and a new beginning. We are dedicated to helping artists on-and-off the field brighten the world with their light.
Akervand’s founder is Kerry Van Dorn. As an artist, she can blend the technical and artistic sides of creative media production. Kerry is a poet, producer, director, cinematographer, audio engineer, designer, and video editor with over 8 years’ experience as a broadcaster and creative working with brands like the University of Oklahoma, the University of North Carolina, and Oklahoma State University.
Akervand offers cinematography, photography, graphic design, and video editing options for clients. We are focused on helping artists and athletes expand the reach of their brand on social media.
Someone once said
Someone once said that to hide part of yourself,
you also shut down All of yourself.
I never heard truer words spoken.
All the clichéd moments of epiphany
ever seen in movies made sense
as I experienced my own cliché.
written – 05/03/2016
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Lock yourself away
Lock yourself away in a room
For a day, a week, or even two.
Would you exit just the same you came,
Or find yourself someone new?
written – 7/28/2017
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Is that all there is?
Nothing was ever so disappointing
As realizing one thing.
I look around the world and think –
Is that all there is?
All the stories I’d been told,
Lies upon lies upon lies,
To hide the truth we all come to know –
This is all there is.
A sad disappointing world we cover up with stories,
A great many stories we never stop telling
So we don’t remember the truth we all come to know –
This is all there is.
Stories of wolves and dragons,
Stories of lives and loves,
Stories to trick us into thinking –
There is more than there is.
But these stories are all lies.
There may be princesses and princes,
There may be wolves and dragons,
But there isn’t more than this.
So, I listen to all the different stories,
To forget a sad, disappointing world
for a moment.
But the one thing I cannot forget thinking –
Is that all there is?
written – 4/2/2018
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Dandelions
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Like a thief in the night
Like a thief in the night,
She stole my gun and my life.
Made off with the bag I stole –
Left alone in the motel –
The Spirit parked outside the front door
My vault sitting empty and busted.
written – 2/22/2023
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An old Lake
Sparkles in the sun, a shimmer
Ripples in the lake’s current.
Three individual geese alight
Alone toward their separate destinations
Silent reflections gliding underneath
Their path determined by chance
For some consider life a game.
But Nature never deals favorites
Or at least she wants you to think.
written – 4/27/2023
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A Lie Beautiful?
Eyes of smoke and stars,
The Magician stands atop the world
Casually cruel, only time will tell
If it’s to be kind or no?
Dazzling the world with a show,
The Assistant trapped in a box
Waiting for the chop, chop, chop.
A trick to please the audience,
But the Magician underestimates,
Miscalculates the audience’s intelligence.
The mistake of one so disconnected
From the truth of reality so
Long have they stood upon the stage
Together and forgotten what it’s like
To sit and watch from the cheap seats.
written – 2/07/2023
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