Motionless today
Birds fly because they choose to
-Time to spread my wings
Trying to forgive,
Reconciling the past
Undermining lies
Still haunt her
To this day, she can’t
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There once was a poet that sat in a corner
Of a room inspired by peace
A simple wood desk,
A window of lace
Nature’s tones were the colors,
That calmed his small space
Outside moist snow fell, as it called winter in
Warm though, his bones did stay
Wrapped in a bath robe that draped past his knees,
One that’s been softened through wear and with age
To his right was a photo, silver matt framed,
A memory of earlier life
To his left, a candle, in its usual place,
Its wax slowly dripping a prefect dull white
It burned, this candle
Faster than thought
Frustrated his feelings, couldn’t be penned
They hung in the shadow
Between him and his paper
He glanced at the photo and sat back again
Visions of memories
Before his eyes played,
As if, it was a life before
A photo of time he no longer knew,
Tears dripped like wax
As those days, he mourned
A majestic poet, with so much to say,
Is now lost in a world of the past
A glance at the candle,
The melted small flicker
Ironically feeling, his life has gone by,
…Seemingly just as fast
The flame that struggles to stay alive,
Now symbolic, this night of his soul
The poet retires his pen one more time,
Keeps his thoughts to himself,
Keeps his pain untold
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Sometimes I just lay, and take in the day
Oblivious to all that’s around
Mindlessly enjoying time as it flies
Eager for nothing but sheer silenced sound
Traipsing through and around my mind,
Intimate day dreams, which come one by one
Masquerade the truth, new fantasies born
Enjoying this day, of unrealistic fun
Sometimes, just sometimes
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In case the day should ever come
When I’m no longer me
When I, the mother, that you once knew
Becomes the child so desperate, in your need
As each day that I meet
Becomes now a burden,
What once simple, now complex
When I’ve forgotten names, time and dates
Yet also forgotten all my regrets
Know that no matter
How distant my eyes,
And the feelings that I,
Can no longer convey
That deep down in my now
Voiceless heart,
My love for you still grows every day
I apologize now, so far in advance
For my decline, should it unfold
When the memories I try
To build every day,
Become deleted by error
By a mind that’s grown old
My winter may come at an inconvenient time,
Our seasons out of tune
While your life’s in full stride, just as mine weakens,
When your Spring is here, finally in bloom
Hesitate not to shed a fast tear,
Though I’m sure that I, will not know why
Remember my heart as it was when it spoke,
When life was young and had time on my side
In awe I’m halted as you glisten,
Your glow, your beauty, abounds
My Dear sweet one, you have never known
What once lost, in you I’ve found
There is no scale precise enough
To measure all my love
There is no day, long enough
To give thanks to God above
Stunning you don’t realize
The beauty that you hold
Your heart, your soul,
My treasured one
Your spirit shall’nt grow old
And if you find your world turns dark
Even just for a short time,
I’ll carry you till it shines again
Because your life my child,
Is the light in mine
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If there was one thing
That I’d wish for,
Upon the stars that whisk
‘Cross this moonless black night
It would be a soft blanket,
From stillness, woven,
To wrap ‘round the thoughts
That race,
Through my mind
To put questions at ease,
Lay worry to rest
Grace time, for my mind,
So that it can attest
That the weight of the world,
It rests, not, just on me
That life moves, as it does,
Unceasingly
And all will come,
To an end which is meant
Some without rhythm,
Or rhyme
There may be reasons unanswered,
Belief may be shattered
But this weight of tonight,
In good time will unwind
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My Dear Friends,
My passion for poetry was put on a very unconscious hold. I have started a new blog that deals with my other passion, and that would be the compassion for those less fortunate. The journey begins in South Beach, Miami and I will work my way down to Cuba covering a fraction of what my eyes saw and heart felt during my 5 week trip this October.
I will be back here, not sure where the other will take me but I think I will enjoy the ride.
Anyway, here I am if you’d like to have a look
All the best and I thank you all for all you’ve given me in the past 2 years :*
Heather
My Dear WordPress Friends,
If my absence of writing and visiting you has been noticed, it is because my Family and I have been enjoying an amazingly hot summer here in Switzerland with temps that had held the 100 degree mark for almost 5 ongoing weeks. This was done without air conditioning which made it a challenge as well. A big challenge some days 🙂
I hope you are all too, making the best of this wonderful season and are working less, enjoying some shade with a cool drink or best yet, have your toes in the sand!
I look very much forward to coming back and catching up with all of you and reading how this time has inspired you.
Much love to those close and far away,
Heather
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Sometimes I wonder, just where I am
How did I end up here?
I thought my eyes, open, along the way,
As I journeyed through more, than the half of my years
Other times, I wonder, what’s up next?
There must be more in this life to see
Or did I live it already, take it for granted,
When I was young, living easy, wild and carefree
In this moment, I reminisce, of just where I’ve been,
While reaching for memories of long ago
Melancholy grasps at the depth of my heart,
As these visions of then, slowly unfold
Of when life once was full with promise and hope
While my dreams were still in the make
The years ahead, more than ones that had passed
There was plenty of time, to make lifes mistakes
And mistakes I had made, I’m sure by the dozens
Some taught lessons, some left pain
There were times when a dozen, were made in one day
Some I still make, over and over again
What have I learned, as I examined my path?
What is it that I can say?
Not just lessons and pain, but dreams too, are still mine,
To accept and embrace for the rest of my days.
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Sumptuous summer,
“Sunkiss” my skin
As I lay in the gold,
Of your hot, lazy
Suns grin…
Amidst this field,
Of tall grass shades of green,
An abundance of flowers
Where I lay in between
Raised hand casts a shadow
That shelters my eyes
Here I shall stay
Till seduced,
With moon rise
Will you join me here
To watch stars come to life,
As they dance and they twinkle,
Backdrop stage in the Sky?
Fear not when they shoot
And I silently wish,
For your skin to touch mine,
While my body you lavish
Delicious days turn,
To naughty filled nights
My inhibitions graciously
Fade
Mystical time,
Sumptuous summer
This sensuous season,
You, I’d not trade
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Opened up my memory box
Half empty filled with air
I know that I could fill it up,
If you were only here
I rummaged through all my dreams,
They all lead back to you
Screaming madness of a lonely day,
What am I gonna do?
How sweet flower, how I watched,
Watched loves petals fall
My heart rained love
To give you rainbows,
But you walked, you needed more
I see now you needed more
Heart’s aging now at the speed of sound,
Dried up from all these tears
Pumping sadness through my veins,
Just thinking of our years
Baby I don’t know what I’ll become,
Will I become enough for you?
Can you turn the page and give a chance,
For us to start something brand new
How sweet flower, how I watched,
Watched loves petals fall
My heart rained love
To give you rainbows,
But you walked, you needed more
I see now you needed more
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I breathe in this second
To exhale to the past
This moment I live,
Not my first, not my last
I open my eyes
To see how far I’ve gone
Close them to dream
Of what’s left to come
I look at my fingers,
My blessings I count
They surpass tribulations
By an amazing amount
I go in to my heart
To find that it’s whole,
Despite times of emotional
Overload
I take awe in the day,
How simplistic it is
It’s perfect, its mine
Yes, mine it ‘tis
I speak with my soul,
And not with my mind
“I’m in love with my world”
Are the words that I find
A moment of silence
Realigns my way
This moment of silence,
As my prayer each new day