A time for ending A time for beginning Beginning to make plans Beginning to make a move Move to find warmth in Winter’s wisp Move to find meaning down where the stars sleep Sleep to find dreams Sleep to escape nightmares Nightmares leaving me trapped Nightmares leaving me stripped bare Bare my teeth and find courage Bare my soul and find strength Strength to survive … Continue reading Kept in Resolution
Rally ‘round the middle melodies Hold hope in your heart as deities design a perfect pause to catch karma Sing songs of aftershocks and avenues as winding ways back beckon Rally ‘round, rally ‘round, rally ‘round Shelter and stand beneath love and light photo: Hammacher Schlemmer prompts: #VerseAngel, The Sunday Whirl, Mindlovesmisery’s Menagerie – Saturday Mix Continue reading Cryptic Carols
Morning mist is lifting on these morning thoughts lifting me from dreams that tie me in knots Time to shake of blankets of illusion no longer lost in a land of confusion We all leave homes we once knew We all try on a new world view Been round and round this old place, leaving and remaking I won’t forget your face and my heart … Continue reading Stay Awhile
If I were you I might be nervous If I were you I might be afraid afraid that your carefully constructed facade is cracked afraid to face the face in the mirror that never lies lies told again and again don’t make truth lies told for purposes of your own making making false realities that lead to failure making choices that you own own up … Continue reading Afraid of Alone
Like air, I’ll rise like wildfire burning over open prairies, I’ll consume consume each new opportunity consume with hunger borne of necessity necessity frames new directions to follow necessity leading to anywhere but here here quiet voices urge me to listen here demons dance to unsteady beats beats drumming, heartache strumming beats to carry me above and beyond beyond the confines of the small-minded … Continue reading Rise Above Today
Take me to that place the shelter from this storm Gratitude mimics need as I try to find space Somewhere in the mist my walk becomes a chase I search for you by the pine and pebbles as my thoughts swarm Take me to that place I lose my breath as bells chime and my heart keeps pace Wilted petals dropped by the … Continue reading Dreams and Nightmares
None as complicated as the game of love Love as a puzzle Love as a gift Gift immortalized in music Gift celebrated in poetry Poetry both savory and sweet Poetry legendary and true True emotions lost in constellations True boundaries defined by irregular borders Borders on the mad Borders on the effervescent Effervescent ingénue is radiant Effervescent martinis shared on a romantic night Night spies … Continue reading Love of One
A mother’s mission to protect her child She holds him above the fray, the inhumanity in this place where good and evil are reconciled knowing claims of decency present as beguiled profanity Her tender love and warrior spirit juxtaposed At one moment encouraging him to fly while her heavy arms resist letting go, letting go, letting go Bitter and sweet, this role nature has … Continue reading Mother’s Love
Sometimes it’s only after eerie shadows are embraced and that slow-motion fall into the dark reveals paths undiscovered that the power of eternal optimism is found A new way to experience hope photo: Flickr prompts: Poets on the Page, Five Minute Fridays/Write 31 Days, WP Daily Post, #VerseAngel Continue reading Hope
