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”
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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”
Time Without Answer
There is always timeAnd there is always an answerEven if that answer is‘I don’t know’(Yet)Because not knowingIs a valid state of beingAnd being includesSometimes not knowingAnd not being afraid of thatTrying to be all things to all peopleIs like taking a thread of hope Attaching it to a Centurion TankAnd sending it into a warContinueContinue reading “Time Without Answer”
I Am What I Am
Photo by Jeffrey Czum on Pexels.com I tossed up whether to include this poemas it’s far from being one of my best. I decided that I would as it representsnot just the discovery of poetry, but howoften poets begin and hone their skillsworking out what’s going on inside them.I would have been desperate when IContinueContinue reading “I Am What I Am”
Peace
Photo by Odd Falch on Pexels.com This is the first poem I ever wrote. I had no idea I was a poet, and then one day I knew that I just had to get a notebook and start writing something down, it turned out the something was poetry. All forms of creative art can comeContinueContinue reading “Peace”
Numerical Stress
Photo by Black ice on Pexels.com Until I went to college to do a course preparing mature students for university, I was terrified of maths. When they tested me I did get my highest ever marks in maths, but they said my workings out were extraordinarily complex. 17.5% = 10% + 5% + 2.5%! TheContinueContinue reading “Numerical Stress”
Listen
Photo by Magda Ehlers on Pexels.com There is a love that flows through the universe Just waiting for you to listen Waiting for you to stop And hear It is infinite and infinitesimal It can flow through you And around you If you pay attention It is not a thing of belief Or logic ItContinueContinue reading “Listen”
The Edge of Forever
Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger on Pexels.com The edge of forever is where A seeker can live if they dare No teeter and totter No ambling along Leaping and jumping Momentum is strong The edge of forever is never no never A place where the scared could belong Forever is never you know But forever isContinueContinue reading “The Edge of Forever”
Enigma
Photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexels.com Darkness that is cold and lonelyWords that keep the past aliveEvoking dreams of once and onlyA verse to help our language thriveLiving through a world of rhymeReleasing souls once trapped by barsFreed by stanzas line by lineSo they can dance among the starsA poet’s jobTo plumb the feelingsEmotions areContinueContinue reading “Enigma”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 