I formed in the heavens; they built me in a pure overcast
Concrete looks far too weak to break my fallings contrast
All flower petals decreed a landscape grown to everlast
I will nurture them; in Sun to Moon, this time lines passed
Are you the reapers breaking their stem via fatal dismast?
I will defeat you with relentless moisture unsurpassed
Nourishment is my very gift to the fortifying fibroblast
I am not one, I am Legions found in the storms forecast
Absorbed, watering them and feeding until all are colorfast
From springs Allium till autumn's Zinnia falls hard and fast
I am raindrops acting out the script for which I'm typecast
Draw me in my friends before we are just pools amassed
While fingers gently twine, your gaze caressed by mine,
We'll pause time's steady drift, indulging in love's gift
Of memories amassed while decades wed slipped past
Then one slow, luscious kiss will launch more years of bliss …
October 13, 2022
Anniversary Poetry Contest
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In Past Wealth Amassed
Present and future ends up in past
That forever is sure to last and last;
Present and current we now live in
That are repeated again and again;
Only in past all our wealth amassed.
Jim Horn
Dark, heavy, layered dreary clouds
Bisk winds whip trees and grass
Cars still here and there seeking
What each home hasn't amassed
Will each home be filled with much love
Or will love, warmth be lacking
No one knows but those there living
Children know the slacking
Dark clouds roll in from the southeast
Filled with ocean's moisture
Will they drip their cold water load
Like tears of lost lover
Amassed bulging clouds
Dashing enmity fusion,
generously hovering
In jellylike kneaded layaway
Mysterious noir over
Prairies quietly resting
Suddenly trapped under
Vicious wind’s X rated
Yelling zeal.
CarolineCecile - 10.15.12
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