This poem was inspired by fellow writer, Debra Reay. Like myself and many others she has been through hell and come out of it as her own person. It is also dedicated to anyone who has had to fight to be themselves, and to the amazing women in my groups, all of whom have risenContinueContinue reading “Rise Up”
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Live!
This is an old rhyming poem that I decided was worth a 21st Century revisit. I don’t normally go for rhyming now, but it seemed to me that the message within the poem was one worth repeating any time that you can, in any way that you can. Hope it inspires your best decisions. LiveContinueContinue reading “Live!”
Children My Children
This is an interesting one with its dual title. I didn’t feel comfortable signing it ‘from God’ but that’s what it felt like when I was typing it. Just take it whichever way your beliefs allow. From your chosen deity or someone who wants you to be happy. Children My Children (or the concerns ofContinueContinue reading “Children My Children”
Winners and Losers
Photo by Jill Wellington on Pexels.com I thought you had me beatenYou didn’tI thought you’d broken meYou hadn’tI thought you’d diminished me to nothingExtinguished my lightRendered me powerlessYetYou made me worthless in your eyesNever my ownSomehow I held onInside me there was a small but powerfulNoA tiny part standing backObserving youKnowing that you were wrongButThereContinueContinue reading “Winners and Losers”
Love Without Limits
In a time without endWhen there is love without limitsHumanity will finally evolveWe cannot evolve through MoneyIntelligenceWarWe can only evolve when money doesn’t define usOur thoughts are not more important than our emotionsAnd war no longer existsNo matter how clever humanity may think it isWe are not clever when we hurt othersWe are not powerfulContinueContinue reading “Love Without Limits”
Merry-Go-Round
Photo by Levi Damasceno on Pexels.com Written many years ago, this was an exploration of why poets don’t right, trying to express the fear of sharing something from deep in your soul with strangers who may or may not understand. All writing is personal, but to me poetry really is me, rather than just wordsContinueContinue reading “Merry-Go-Round”
I Could be Dreaming
Photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexels.com I sit on a beach of mythical beauty The sand melts against my skin The sea is calm Almost lazy Birds sing in harmony Flowers flower freely Palm fronds wave to someone I cannot see Nothing disturbs the soft lines of time I wait quietly Absorbing Feeling I couldContinueContinue reading “I Could be Dreaming”
Elements
Photo by Gabriela Palai on Pexels.com I ask myself Am I the wind That blows into every corner of this Earth? Or am I the snow Floating gently from the heavens To rest at the world’s gate? Could I be the sea That softly kisses the shore Gentle Perpetual Yet capable of wearing away TheContinueContinue reading “Elements”
All the Hope You Cannot Feel
Keep Reaching You are without hope Lost in a cavern of emotion Seeking to escape Your own fate Created in your own heart By you? By others? Does it matter? You are without joy Overwhelmed by what shouldn’t be Shouldn’t have happened Or been said Or done But it was said And it was doneContinueContinue reading “All the Hope You Cannot Feel”
Killing Time
Together at last I have fallen in love The killing time is just beginning The days of joy/pain Loss/gain The love The silent telephone The kisses – the parting, The laughter – the sorrow I am in love The killing time is now Visions shattered Dreams uncovered Decaying in the wastes of reality The hopesContinueContinue reading “Killing Time”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 