Heidi Sands Poet Rhyme

Bluebirds Sing

Bluebirds sing on an autumn day.
Time for me to run and play.
You are a vision, a ghost in the fields.
You stand my kind protector, with shields.

I hide in the grass that brings safety and peace.
Pretend to run away while the winds increase.
As it moves across wisps of golden meadow I stare
As the sun shined on apples, you were there.

A comforting touch, through torment I ran from.
I would meet you anywhere to feel the love, some.
I dreamt of you in the darkest of night.
As you rescued me from danger and fright.

At school, I drew pictures of you in my mind.
Hoping you would greet me and be forever kind.
Whenever I heard music, I wished you were singing.
But they were wordless songs that kept on stinging.

I fought in childhood to make all this be you.
I encountered endless battles facing it isn’t true.
Here I stand grown and sometimes very fearful.
Faced with new beginnings I can still be tearful.

Now, when Bluebirds sing and I run outside to play.
I let go of the visions that I held in yesterdays.
For those were only images of a mother never to be.
I am now that to myself, time has passed, ever so free.

Written: 1994
Heidi Sands

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Mike Hauser December 10, 2016 at 8:24 AM Beautiful! Heidi Sands December 10, 2016 at 6:02 PM Hi Mike. Thanks! :)

Francis J Grasso December 9, 2016 at 6:49 PM Sad but very pretty poem, Heidi. ...Fran Heidi Sands December 10, 2016 at 7:54 AM Thank you Fran. I appreciate your visit. Have a nice day.

Doug Vinson December 9, 2016 at 1:06 PM Oh Heidi.... I am glad you are here and writing. Doug. Doug Vinson December 9, 2016 at 6:12 PM Where I used to live, over 10 years we were overjoyed 3 times to see bluebirds living in the little wooden house we had for them. Cute babies! Heidi Sands December 9, 2016 at 1:15 PM Thank you so much Doug. I appreciate your statement :)

Paloma P December 8, 2016 at 2:26 PM The sentiment really tugged at my heartstrings Heidi, glad you lifted yourself up in the end. :) Heidi Sands December 8, 2016 at 2:34 PM Thank you for your visit Paloma. Yes, I lifted myself up , flew away :)

Chris Green December 8, 2016 at 1:31 PM This poem is kind of sad Heidi, though it does create a beautiful nature scene, there is an underlying them that is so sad. Well, at least you are free and you can whoever you want to be. Heidi Sands December 8, 2016 at 2:17 PM Thanks for your visit Chris - Yes, be whoever I want to be :)