I sit on the roof The bustle is below Searching for answers Within what I know I remember the butterflies And birds in the trees I see the world And the world sees me A re-acquaintance Life and me enjoy- But finding purpose Is like a gnat to annoy. So then I listen Beyond the …
Power
I am merely a whisper Within the scream A hopeful wonder... Or pleasant dream. I am the thought Within the action... Hearing the voice When losing traction. I am the love Inside the hate. . . Or the narrator Within your fate. I am the control In letting go... Building assumptions Inside the know. I …
My Little Old Man
The loss of you haunts me As well a lesson understood And my heart aches Because you were just so good. You brought much joy And of course frustration too And you filled our hearts differently Just by being you And when we had to let you go Life didn’t stop And knowing that seemed …
New Year 2019
Christmas is over And the year almost too What will the New Year Bring different for you? What will you keep doing What will you change? Is there something to keep Or more to exchange? Will you find hope Or keep it high Will you forgive the past And give the future a try? With …
What Should Have Been
The day the world dropped me off Moments it seemed From a blissful weekend Before meeting reality for the millionth time... And “go to hell” I thought Before knowing I was there Or where I belonged In between What should have been.
Broken Heart
My heart was broken once-So far beneath my coreThat kept waiting for perfectionOr to be something more… Time never seem to healA brokenness not to hold backThe emptiness seemed terminal-Reasons became the facts… Until one dayA doctor loosed a tongue-And showed a pictureMy heart wasn't undone. Yes, there was a crack-But new love glued it …
The Mourn
Twirling like a ballerinaLeaves fall at season's endWith happiness too. Snow silences the noiseWhite graces the dirtAnd the sacrifice. Animals fight to liveHouses beg for heatWhile singers praise a silent night. Now only the shadowsAnd life's peaceful sleepGrace the eyes of the mourn. One hundred twenty days to countAs darkness has the timeBefore Spring brings …
Winter Sadness
Sadness comes with winterDays are hardly thereNight existing too long in space and time On the ledge to look straight or downWith silence beyond the gift of snowThoughts swirl like cotton in summer A fear steals the oxygen - …And then the gasp…As weakness takes a leap inside While sitting on the edge alone. . …
