Lin Lane Poet Rhyme

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Of Wizards and Wands

I've been walking down this road alone
  Searching for a way to get back home
    but each brick releases pensive memories
      until they've blurred in a shade of monochrome
      
         Maybe I was a coward for deciding to leave
      Trepidation became fear so I walked away
   but some say it took the courage of a lion
to leave him standing in the door that day

  If I'd been bastioned in an armored suit of tin
     my tears would have encrusted me in rust
        To a heart that can't stop crying over lost love
            it's too daunting a task to believe again in trust
      
         How foolish I was, to rely upon a naive heart
     for allowing me to drown in a deluge of rain
  There's no hiding beneath a haystack of straw
It was inane to let my heart overrule my brain
      
   No wizard's words spoken from behind a curtain
      will guide me since love came disguised as a thief
         No magic wand waved will help me find my way
             Only time has the power to allay such grief

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Gregory Richard Barden April 24, 2018 at 7:18 PM Wonderfully poignant and heartfelt, and full of wisdom, (though wisdom is often gained painfully) ... love this one, Lin, and it shows the extraordinary depths of your soul and heart, and pulls the reader completely in. What a superb write - must fav! (I have been writing one about the red brick road, but can't finish it). Blessings, Dear Friend! :-) <3 Lin Lane April 25, 2018 at 8:48 PM A red brick road leaves me speculating the cause for such color. My imagination runs wild so I'll wait for you to post it. Thanks for the fantastic comments.

Winged Warrior April 19, 2018 at 4:40 PM Sometimes a yellow brick road...is just that, a yellow brick road...nicely penned Laney...but still hopefully the Wizard can give you a poetic medal of long lost love...stay in the Wizards light...^WW^ Lin Lane April 19, 2018 at 4:46 PM I don't believe in wizards or wands, and the only medal I'll accept is one for living solo and lovin' it. Thanks for the great remarks, WW.

Line Gauthier April 18, 2018 at 11:55 PM What a lovely write and visually exquisite artwork, Lin,. A beauty. Congrats. Lin Lane April 19, 2018 at 10:33 AM Thanks very much, Line.

Charlie Smith April 18, 2018 at 2:41 PM I really disappointed, no mention of the Munchkins, my favorites... Lin Lane April 18, 2018 at 5:47 PM Winks to both of you Jan Allison April 18, 2018 at 4:31 PM lol Lin:-) hugs jan xx Lin Lane April 18, 2018 at 3:30 PM The Munchkins are under my protection, Charlie, dear. I didn't risk their lives by mentioning them, cuz I've heard the wicked witch got herself back together and she didn't really melt. Ha...Thanks, my friend.

Jan Allison April 18, 2018 at 1:11 PM Your poems gives new meaning to There's no place like home... there's no place like home as no one knows what really goes on behind closed doors and what a person goes through that forces them to leave everything behind. If only we could click those ruby slippers and everything is fine but that's all for the movies not for real life, So powerfully penned Lin, stay strong and keep smiling my friend . Hugs jan xx Lin Lane April 18, 2018 at 3:28 PM It's difficult to feel like any place is home when the one you love will not be there. You know my whole story and that I'm well over it all by now. Thank you for always supporting me, Jan.