Heidleberg Germany written by Mrs Yolanda Joy Nicholsen

GENTLY MY MIND PORTRAYED 
AN EMPTY SADNESS WHILE I'D CRADLED 
THEE NESTLED THOUGHT
LEAVING THE INFAMOUS BONDARIES 

AWAITING THE VIEWING 
OF THOMAS MANN'S QUIET SETTING
BETWEEN THE SOLID STRUCTURES 
OF STILL RUNNING WATER SEEPING
 
OVER THE GOTHIC STONERY 
THAT CARRIED SILENT WISHES 
BENEATH THE FOUNTAINS CORE 
TRAVELING BEYOND VOSS SHORE 

WHILE CRAVING TATTOOED SMILES 
THE UNSEEN GESTURES OF MINES 
THROUGHOUT THE GALLERIES 
OF INDUSTRIAL SOLITUDE 

WHY I'D BEGAN TO OPEN PACKAGES 
OF MEMORIES SAFELY TUCKED AWAY
BESIDE HOPE AND CHARITY 
WHY I FOLLOWED MADNESS 

CREEPING THROUGH THE FOREST AGAIN 
AWAKENING SUDDEN EMOTIONS 
BOTTLED I SUPPOSE GRAVELY 
DANCING TO THE TUNES OF BROKEN 

FOLKLORES TALES WHISPERING 
THE SONG OF POVERTY  CATERING 
TO BAYOUS OF HASTE
WHERE SACRED GROUND OPENS 

EXPOSING THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES 
MY SOUL HAD MASTERED A QUICKENING
BALANCE A MEANINGFUL GATHERING 
HOLDING ON TO COPENHAGENS

SECRET TUNNELS WHERE KOFF
DESIGNED BLUE PRINTS AND PATTERNS 
CAPTURING MY EMPTINESS OF REMEMBERING 
THE WHITE LAB COATS THE  CRYING LAMBS

WRITTEN BY
MRS YOLANDA JOY NICHOLSEN 
3/9/2013
FROM MY HOSPITAL BED
IN TAMPA HEART ATTACK
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Andresen Avatar
March 9, 2013 at 10:44 AM
I am glad to read a new poem from you, this is a very lovely poem Yolanda! - Have a nice weekend. - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)
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January 21, 2018 at 2:08 PM
thank you
Squyres Avatar
March 9, 2013 at 7:25 AM
I think this is the first I've read from you. Excellent presentation and poem !! Enjoyed !!
Nicholsen Avatar
January 21, 2018 at 2:09 PM
thank you
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