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”
Category Archives: Poetry
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”
I
At play I laugh At work I strive At home I love At peace I am Deb Hawken August 2023
The House
Photo by Jessica Lewis on Pexels.com I’m one of those people who can tell you from the bottom of a drive whether we’re going to buy a house. Hubby always says to me “will the fridge freezer fit in the kitchen or is our bed too big?” Just to have a polite way to sayContinueContinue reading “The House”
Wings
Photo by Rakicevic Nenad on Pexels.com I’m trying my wings Soaring over the seas of possibility Away from what used to be I’m resting occasionally On the oil rigs of chance Waiting to see which way the wind will blow I’m deserting In a moribund lake All those who will not fly I feel -ContinueContinue reading “Wings”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 