Pieces of Me

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Soaking Up His Light

Her heart and arms, solar panels

absorbing HIS light and love and warmth and identity

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Lights Out Haikus

(Picture from Google Images and adl-lightbulbs.com)

Like shaking a bulb

Some things have shaken my heart

Causing bulbs to blow

Blown bulbs, hurt places

Dim vision, sadness in eyes

disillusionment

Thank God for SONlight

Better than generators

Giving me light again

(Picture from Google Images, ocpoetry.wordpress.com)

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Seasons

Hello's and Farewell's

See-you-later's and Good-bye's

Things coming full circle

Ecclesiastes 3:1-9

In a season of accepting seasons

of learning seasons

of entering and exiting

seasons

a season of

embracing seasons

Today is the day, I picked up my work that has been on display at Busboys and Poets since last year.

Extremely grateful

Privileged

Blessed

God has allowed me to experience great things in every season of my life.

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Lunchbreak Haikus 5.7.5

Peace looks like a bench

Me sitting crisscrossed with snacks

Outside on lunchbreak

Dogs barking away

Sun warming my soul and face

Peace being restored

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Emoji Haiku 5-7-5

Thanks for emoji

That can smile in faith until

My lips can smile too

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Sunday, February 21, 2016

I am determined
to transform every awkward part of me
every tear
every fragment of pain
every feeling of misfit
into a masterpiece of a life
one in which
possesses power

and purpose
one that radiates LOVE
in such a way that even those
in distant lands
feel my touch
rays of sunshine
SONshine
healing rays
warming rays
rays of hope
rays of light
dispelling darkness and all of its bondage

Fetal Position

Grown woman

growing woman

working woman

full-time and part-time

earning dollars

paying bills

dreaming dreams

hoping hopes

touching lives

envisioning visions

seeing manifestations

praying prayers

waiting...

hearing answer

planning lessons

teaching children

encouraging youth

empowering souls

washing dishes

running errands

intercessing

checking on loved ones

mopping floors

doing laundry

wiping tears

meditating on WORD

Neosporin

painting pictures

reading words

writing letters and papers

mailing love

making mistakes

working to improve

making plans

acting actions

trying

grown woman

growing woman

and yet sometimes

I just want to

cUrL uP

in FETAL POSITION

wrapped in love

wrapped in warmth

hats off

boxing gloves down

and just be

HELD

One Step At A Time

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

I Am Enough

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Grapplling With Time

Sometimes I feel time is running away from me

Other times I feel like time is TAKING FOREVER!!!!!

running out of...

losing...

making up for lost...

in sync with...

rarely ahead of...

feeling like I need more of...

trying to make the most of...

TIME

pressure building

anxieties rising

trying to find answers and ways, words and ideas

trying to make right moves

in the nick of...

just in...

right on...

TIME

tick tocks trying to dictate heart rhythms and blood pressure

but wisdom takes a deep breath

takes a step back

then picks up the clock

and runs with it

with all its might

with all my might

with all that it is

with all that I am

making the most of what is

unmoved by what is not

unshaken by the ticking

making melodies, rhythms, recording lyrics

that refuse to be bound by the tempo of the clock

tick tock

grabbing hold of time

dancing with it

attentive to it

yet not bound by it

my essence exceeding its barriers

time in my Father's hands

time handed to me

to steward

to use

to spend

to run with it

in wisdom

in truth

in boldness

with power

And I Know He Watches Over Me PII

Monday, February 15, 2016

And I Know He Watches Over Me

More Than A Conquerer

This piece was created for someone dear to me at a time when my words and hugs couldn't touch the places that needed to be touched...

This piece was created when I couldn't "fix" anything...

This piece was created in hopes of encouraging him...

This piece was created to let him know I care and am in his

corner..

This piece was created to remind him that everything was going to be alright...

Painting with Purpose

Painting to emPower

Painting to uplift People

~Ashley Jataun Moore

Pain to Piece to Peace

If I could put my pain on canvas

and walk away free

I'd do just that

If I could capture my tears in ink caplets

I'd release them in handwritten poems

and keep my pillows clean

"Band-aids can't heal a soul

but time and paint can"

~Ashley Jataun Moore

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Seeing "Me in Action" Through Someone Else's Eyes

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Art Night

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to facilitate an art night with New Life Open Bible Church in Springfield, Virginia. I had the opportunity to share the message behind my work as well as usher others (both youth and adults) through the process of creating their own masterpieces.