Category: General Musing

Focus: A Moving Target 

Carl Setzer

​Focus is fluid 

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Focusing My Life

Carl Setzer


Seeking a focus
Answering “what to do next”
Where my brain is now

Spending some time and energy right trying to figure out what I want to be focusing my energy on now.

Seeking “Home”?

Carl Setzer

Release expectations
Follow the sun in daylight
And stars at night
Listen for home’s sensation
When your heart is right 

Finding Home

Carl Setzer

Release expectation
Follow the sun in daylight
And stars at night
Listen for home’s sensation
When your heart is right

My childhood spent drifting, wandering the world. Eventually, home became this deep expectation, originally unwelcome. The beauty of the world intrigued me so. Now, living near my parents, and where grandparents spent their whole lives, there’s a rich connection. one whose beauty caught me off guard.

Of Stars And God

Carl Setzer

We are made in God’s image
Glorious bits of star stuff
Pieces of the cosmos

The big lives of small children 

Carl Setzer

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Awakened by

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Lion Hearted

Carl Setzer

A fierceness within

Combining with dignity

The King of Narnia

Resisting Fear

Carl Setzer

Facing down my fears

Resisting despair’s summons

Living by my terms

This Summer’s Morning 

Carl Setzer

​Awoke by the rooster’s call

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Innocence 

Carl Setzer

Innocence’s core 

Deep into the abyss 

Consumed by our longing 

Willing sold for love 

A fair trade?