Photo by Mateus Souza on Pexels.com I dream that we’ll meet One day in the street That I might hold your hand And that you’d make light Of the rest of my life So maybe I’d understand Why I’ve been angry Lonely and sad Why I’ve been hurt as I have Why I’ve been leftContinueContinue reading “A Dream”
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You Were
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com I was coming back to see you and we would speak of graceful things I would cry rivers and you would talk of angel wings I was coming back to talk to you of willow tears in waterfalls and you would smile and say to me “I’ve seen itContinueContinue reading “You Were”
My Child
Love Is
Photo by Alexander Grey on Pexels.com I have learned that love IS No matter how much anger and hatred there is No matter how many wars we have Or how many arguments bounce off unresponsive walls You don’t have to believe in love Because it doesn’t exist in relation to your beliefs It doesn’t needContinueContinue reading “Love Is”
Tumbleweed
Photo by Alfo Medeiros on Pexels.com Matted and brown it appears already dead Yet it lives as it moves as it travels On roads never certain it is constantly led Through a truth that too slowly unravels This tough knotted weed must go where it must It must hope to survive whilst accepting its fateContinueContinue reading “Tumbleweed”
Ambitious Bosses
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com You worship me for who I am Revere me (for what I can do for you) As long as I don’t look too good I must be a genius Who appears to be a fool A success who looks like a waste of space and time Next to you ButContinueContinue reading “Ambitious Bosses”
A Lifetime in a Voice
Photo by Italo Melo on Pexels.com She has a lifetime in her voice Although it is elderly and gravelly Her words are uncertain Their meaning unclear Desperately she tries again Anxious to be understood As she would once have been But all she sees is bewilderment She tries to read their souls Communicate heart toContinueContinue reading “A Lifetime in a Voice”
In Your Footsteps
Photo by Brady Knoll on Pexels.com You think I don’t want to follow them everywhere they goTo be there when they laughSee them walking life’s highwaysHopeful – optimistic – youngYou think my heart beats to a different rhythmAnd my insides don’t crumble at the temporary lossAs they walk out the doorYou think I rest easilyWhileContinueContinue reading “In Your Footsteps”
Tightrope
Photo by Adam Khasbulatov on Pexels.com I’m walking a tightrope To one side is my future To the other my past This is my reality I teeter I thrust out my arms as straight as I can Don’t wobble Don’t lose balance I could fall back into my past Or forward into a future I’mContinueContinue reading “Tightrope”
The Millionaire
Photo by MEUM MARE on Pexels.com I may not be a millionaire I may be the poorest pauper But I have riches that you can share Though I’m not a rich man’s daughter God gave me gold in the autumn In the leaves that fall from the trees And He gave me gold in theContinueContinue reading “The Millionaire”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 