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For Heather

Oh say! Under a mischievous sky
 A minstrel came singing and seeing me cry
" what are you facing?" Upon seeing me vexed
My soul is afflicted and deeply perplexed
I am charged with writing but cannot lie
Both my words are quitting and my pen is dry
He spoke to my pen, he spoke to my hand
Slowly and gently started to understand
Flashed in black sunlight comes the bird of the sun
Flowers of heaven all birds must be
Lost is her jailor, lost is the key
Standing there naked shedding her cloak
Unashamed her beauty is free-
For eons did man lust after liberty
In swaddling cloth soaked, the blood of the free
Untainted by rumour at half a century
Now painted in colours of contorted nebulae
Explosion of gasses in a smoky melee
Came swirling around and still I stand charged-
Just a moment ago , standing there mesmerized
Of the grandeur of you in the fluid of my sight
This bird must take flight, this truth I must write
Over these hills and meandering river-
Until she finds you, this is for Heather

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Richard Lamoureux

Date: 2/19/2019 8:32:00 AM

You have skills, I really enjoyed this one. Thanks for visiting my Broken People poem.

Jannie Breedt
Date: 2/19/2019 9:54:00 AM

Thanks Richard

Patricia Cresswell

Date: 9/6/2017 7:20:00 AM

you certainly found your muse because this poem is so well written.

Jannie Breedt
Date: 1/4/2018 2:44:00 PM

O my, I never saw your comment here. Strangely , I also only just came back drom your poem about the paper bird and left a comment. Thank you very belatedly

James Inman

Date: 4/4/2017 8:28:00 AM

A lovely first post Jannie.

Jannie Breedt
Date: 4/4/2017 10:58:00 PM

Hi James yes indeed and found your other comments equally as welcome.Feels like a bew friend I have in you. Thank you

CayCay Jennings

Date: 10/27/2016 9:47:00 AM

So nice to meet you, Jannie. Found you in my comments this morning where you wrote such uplifting and fulfilling remarks to me. I didn't recognize your name, so here I am - I've come calling. FORMS were difficult for me to learn, but this is definitely RHYME (study FORMS / Blue Bar / TOP on Right). My first 'Jannie' is an impressive one, I enjoyed the flow, imagery and read it twice, will read again, it is a write that offers more each time read. SO, hi and I'm glad to have meet you-CayCay

Jannie Breedt
Date: 10/28/2016 7:35:00 AM

Hi Cay Cay I operatw from my Samsung Galaxy which does not have all the features as a pc. I went and wrote you along thing as a reply to your message on my inbox and then it went gone. Anycase i hope this finds you. I will go study those forms when i can access a pc. My ex departed with hers.

Jannie Breedt
Date: 10/27/2016 1:09:00 PM

Ive gone blank. So much i want to say. Thank you is the only thing for now.