The monolith sits reaching for the sky My gun in hand I aim and slowly fire Time slows, I watch the bullet as it flies I wait and watch I know I cannot tire She waits behind me with a book in hand She watches…
Category: Half Marathon Poem
HOUR TWO: INTRODUCTION
don’t say a word, it’s been said, it’s been heard leave your head hanging, just like that, the moment’s dreams have been seen, the moment’s needs have been met.
Smiling Sun-Ray
A smile and a ray of sun both can brighten someone’s day. A smile is a twinkle in the heart; a ray of sun is a twinkle in the soul. A smile is like giving a flower to a child; a ray of sun is…
Valhalla Screams
Coveted silence, coveted night, revelations flood like streams of light. When purpose ceases, when vision fails, when love is gone, I can hear every banshee’s wail. I see the wooden plots cresting on the water’s gentle waves. Archers with their flaming bows, aiming towards the floating…
Nonsense verse
Swimmed the mountain and climbed the ocean.. Wore a sweater to the beach and swimsuit to a land frozen. Landed on the Sun, saw the Moon blazing hot. Looked down to Jupiter to spot my home. And saw toddlers making cupcakes.. And mum playing with…
Just Because I Write
the world doesn’t stop for me. The kids call. My husband gets hungry. The chickens need clean water and hay. I come home from work worn thin. All day and into the night I write lines in my head, leave notebooks lying around everywhere. Distracted,…
Better Away
We never really touched… Yet, we know it was love. Together only in moments; Absence makes us fonder. We were together in mind… Yet, we are better away; Togetherness can breed contempt, Absence was our friend. Now, I wish I was there… You have not…
Time
No time with all the time in the world. Where does it go no one will ever know. Time is limited yet we have all the time in the world!
Hour One
Eden’s Labor Glaring at the rusty clock, measuring minutes between her contractions with such a fragile hand she wrote them. Her pain would be no more. Groping into the dark of night, beginning the thirtieth hour. no warrior could fathom such a strength…
Waiting
I’ve been like an obedient dog Waiting for attention Begging for affection throw me a little treat And I’ll rub your feet Come and go as you wish and when you come back You will find your favorite dish Loving you Endlessly Obediently There’s something…