A dark cloud around the soul To blind an eye that does not know To pierce a heart with an arrow A wind so fierce it takes a toll
By Tanya Lei6 months ago in Poets
I held you close in my arms for just a little while and then off you went, but always turned to give me a smile. I watched as you grew, so largely lived, and you learned...and
By Shirley Belk6 months ago in Poets
We found her where the moss had made its bed, bones shimmering, bared by the autumn rain; wild flowers twined about her ribs and head,
By Imola Tóth6 months ago in Poets
In the shadows looking for light because I feel it is useless to fight I am sleepless night after night I worry for myself and my daughter
By Lacie Grayson6 months ago in Poets
She was my world. Aloft in her chair, heavy with despair. 'Twas a world she could not bare. Disposed in the light,
By Sara Elizabeth Joyce6 months ago in Poets
I held you like a delicate flame, A fragile glow that darkness dared not tame. You radiated warmth, yet time slipped by, A cherished warmth, a wound that won’t comply.
By Jason “Jay” Benskin6 months ago in Poets
Once I wondered if there was more if I was doomed to that constant chore a love now wilted, long past bloomed. Until he wandered in
By Kay Husnick6 months ago in Poets
I once was loved, a princess in your eyes, You praised the dreams I held, the paths I'd take. That pink dress gift, a strangely sweet surprise,
By Sara Wilson6 months ago in Poets
Shall I compare thee to an imp at play? Thou art more lovely yet more mischievous Your cloth doth clothe you in a certain way
By Raymond G. Taylor6 months ago in Poets
I love you so, my lovely Isabel. I’d give my life to see you rest in ease. Sleep now, dear mom, may your spirit know peace.
By Rick Henry Christopher 6 months ago in Poets
(For my husband, following his successful liver transplant. With heartfelt thanks to the donor's family.) I keep a room inside my heart for you,
By Diane Foster6 months ago in Poets
What mirth must I find -or estranged delight- Beneath somber moon o'er sylvan bower Whose silver grace finds me with loving light
By Ian Read6 months ago in Poets
