On this spectacular day so stunning in its beauty it takes your breath away I heard the news Such announcements should arrive on the edge of storm clouds Dark and angry Throwing daggers of electricity at a dark night With howling winds cursing the skies And crashing rolls of thunder calling his name The air should be heavy with sorrow Concealing the sun that should … Continue reading Ray
Sometimes below the tears that fall gently like the summer rain resolve falters and that brave front weighs too heavy Somehow among the rack and ruin you find the courage to fall into the unknown and release the desperation Grief is like that States of emergency muddled with stress and too many decisions disappear or at least rearrange and those hands that you’ve clenched and … Continue reading On Loss, Again
Father remembers odd shadows threading time at every turn and mother cries as she remembers the child who is gone A pastor preaches faith as the choir sings of losses revealed Investigators toil to uncover what clues revealed Searching for evil that lurks in the shadows That he would be caught was a matter of faith as they waited for the tide to turn Justice … Continue reading In the Name of Faith
Sometimes, I’m lost slipping too far from the truth Cut by rough edges I’ve crossed Misdeeds made with broken pride, no excuse And sometimes, I’m reckless sometimes it’s true when I can’t kick these blues these phantom hands guide me, pushing me to lose But when the edge is near, and what it means becomes perfectly clear, my chameleon soul changes colors and finds a … Continue reading Chameleon
Filled with faith and promise he was her light Oh, she loved him with all her might Didn’t know to hold on a little longer Didn’t know to hold on a little stronger Days flew by as her baby became a man Guiding him on that path, that was her plan Never knew he’d be gone too soon All is lost as time flies by … Continue reading Time Flies By
Your loss weighs heavy like a cloth dampened by a thousand tears imprisoning your shattered soul in a prison of endless grief And I, helpless and confined, desperately seek a way to write a different ending But when reality suffocates hope and that which is done cannot be undone I put away my pen and push away the paper for sometimes words, even in their … Continue reading Butterfly Tears
Emerging from the depths of endless mourning she whispered a quiet prayer Imploring the universe, all at once cruel and somehow comforting, to guide her in this unfamiliar place to heal her forever fractured heart to find peace, bittersweet peace one step at a time photo: Pixabay prompt: MadVerse 637 Continue reading Solitude
I will remember you tonight and always as I slip into reverie and darkness meets light You haunt every corner I remember In the space where laughter and tears meld and anything is possible Where dreams and reality are equal and balanced I remember When letting go is never an option and I seek respite from this sorrow heavy and laden with the thorns of … Continue reading I Remember
Sorrow’s touch surprises in unexpected ways in unexpected places When the theft of happier days steers the course of a life, the journey twists, unique in its unfolding Sometimes for the very lucky that hollow loss makes room for healing if expectations are released Even when a lone wolf howls, haunting and mournful from the top of the coldest mountain, a chorus of voices readily … Continue reading Sorrow’s Touch
Like vignettes from a horror movie permanently on replay the images flash across the screen once, twice, now almost daily The debate among pundits continues two steps forward and one step back spinning wheels creating trails of blue and red smoke The tears of yet another family fall too many names carved on a growing list Each someone’s Everything as we sit by helplessly Hearts … Continue reading Madness
I hear your voice phantom whispering in the night holds the darkness, chases the light Keeps me locked in this prison of grief I track lonely hours weary minutes that are infinite scrapes my soul, steals relief Keeps me tangled in this web of misery I feel the emptiness powerful entity that supersedes life itself orchestrates leaden hands, directs empty intentions Keeps me submerged in this … Continue reading Beloved
A cruel twist in a broken world took a father from his children A boy and a girl, still adrift in teen-aged years, display courage most adults have yet to find While lovely logic tries to make sense of the senseless they find grace to simply accept My heart is heavy as I join the congregation in songs meant to strengthen faith Voices strangled in … Continue reading A Child’s Strength
A glance at the photo by her bedside and the white cross on the fresh grave in the cemetery just outside her window Life as she knew it slipped away as red hues of morning burned away the night sky A last kiss remembered and a promise made A time to mourn as was her right A time to heal as was her duty She … Continue reading The Widow
Bloodstains on the sidewalk mark the spot where the world unraveled Evil ran rampant that day recorded and retold on the evening news Menacing the innocent now all too common Watching in horror from the safety of our homes We weep and mourn for those lost We weep and mourn for opportunities stolen A crack in our belief that Good always wins Another senseless death … Continue reading Breaking News
Echoes from a life whisper in the quiet that is now Haunted by the laughter that filled this place I search for solace Memories of happier days spent along this shore crowd the vacant beach Transported by time and circumstance I am here alone, searching for the hand that once held mine Rows of benches, hard and abandoned and as empty as I feel, witness … Continue reading A Muted Life
Floating just above the surface she moves as swiftly as the fast flowing river at the end of the winter Her veins engorged with ice She shows no mercy Charming the gathering crowd she mesmerizes as the snake dances before her obeying her every demand Her hands orchestrate deception She shows no mercy Stunning in her power she sows the seeds of discontent Reaping her … Continue reading No Mercy
It seems not long ago in some faraway hazy place You were here Clinging to hope with clammy hands This can’t be real As one day blends into the next My blood boils, consuming my existence My heart hardens, turning me to stone You left me behind I throw sharpened spears tipped with rage At your empty chair I’ll do anything Give all … Continue reading Grief
I am alone there in the woods by the clearing where the old cemetery waits I have memories as company there in the woods by the clearing where the old cemetery waits I try not to think there in the woods by the clearing where the old cemetery waits I move slowly there in the woods by the clearing where the old … Continue reading Feeling Connected
