I have a lump in my breast And it hurts when I touch it I experience needle-stabbing pains And diaphragmatic breathing gives no relief I lie awake at night and watch the moon With negative thoughts gnawing at my mind Deep inside my heart I do panic…

She got into her wedding gown, She wore beautiful flowers in her hair, She carried magical secrets in her eyes, Together they walked down the aisle, She received a warm welcome, As they entered a new life, She was now someone’s wife.   She left…

Referring to first image in the given prompt.   I am a bird in a gilded cage, I look astonishingly at the sky, I try to understand deep within me, How does it feel to fly? The chirping of the birds flying over the lake,…

Did I ever tell you, my mother? Your heart is an ocean of love, You fill my life with all the rainbow colours, You always protect me against life’s blowing winds, You are my blanket of warmth. Did I ever tell you, my mother? Your…

The fist shaped ventricular, Circulating my blood Keeping even pressure   Except, in fight or flight Beating too hard Too fast Where am I to run   As I lay resting, it slows Rhythmically beating Even, without my emotions Retreating Slow and steady pace  …

A day when you relax, You just sit next to a window, And maybe chase a passing cloud, You don’t think about the next hour, Or an hour that just passed. You hold a good book, Read page after page for hours, Live a character…

Before it’s too late I must learn to appreciate The part of me that keeps me alive Eat better before it’s too late Help it pump better being improving my strides Because when it one days stops…so do I

THE ZIPPER A friend almost died his ticker, the cause. Does he need stints or is a by pass the cure.   Today I went to see him his hospital bed was empty. My body trembled as I looked around his room.   “Nurse, nurse where…

Standing tall and I’m reaching Through the night and I’m reaching In the rain and I’m reaching Cold and Snow and I’m reaching Kids call me ‘base’ and I’m reaching Shade for all and I’m reaching Sticks are cute small parts of me Standing tall…

July Tenth Nineteen Hundred and Sixty Three The day the Gina came to be The day Alexander joined obscurity Before that day he was a family man After that day he was never heard of again Fifty three years later he has never been found…