Inspiration, a Gift From Sweet Emily's Hands

Inspiration, A Gift From Sweet Emily's Hands (A Tribute To Emily Dickinson) Sweet Emily, you inspired me to paint scenes of life's epic seas, in dreams soar to paradise fields rise up to love, lower my shields. Inking rhyming verses to please you sat so perfectly at ease, your poems marvels to behold you wrote of love and life so bold. True beauty splashed out in black ink gifting words that cause us to think, good and bad in equal measures life sad, yet seeking not treasures. Compelling to the reader's mind free, seeking no return in kind, your golden pen, your mighty brush brilliant art painted, without rush. Sweet Emily, you inspired me to paint scenes of life's epic seas, in dreams soar to paradise fields rise up to love, lower my shields. Your loving heart, broken too oft tho' your words were spoken so soft, loss and pain you had to endure yet your poetry, sweet and pure. Now your soul reveals from the past to show depths of kindness that last, to show passions in this dark world this pit, we find we have been hurled. Writing you words in loving praise you from darkness, this soul did raise to see dawn cast breath in the morn to find truth, in my being born. Sweet Emily, you inspired me to paint scenes of life's epic seas, in dreams soar to paradise fields rise up to love, lower my shields. Robert J. Lindley, 8-12-2018 Rhyme- ( A Tribute To Emily Dickinson) Note- At an early age (14, ) I was given a book of poems to read and in it were several poems written by Emily Dickinson. Her poem, "I Died For Beauty, But Was Scarce"- its depths and though provoking all , lit something in my soul.That and my next discovery of Byron, spurred me to consider writing poetry. Once I started there was no going back. Call it a blessing or a curse, oft it seems to be one or the other to me...... A poet I became and a poet I shall surely die.* In between, I write to love and write to cry.* Swam in magical oceans, wrote many sad goodbyes* Ink pumps in my poet heart and glows in my poet eyes*