Best Under My Wing Poems
"Amid the jagged shadows of mossy leafless boughs; "
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Amid the Jagged Shadows
The restless wind swept all your leaves away,
gay colors I enjoyed every day.
My heart feels like you, my favorite tree,
in a colorless world I've lost my glee.
My heart is aching as holidays near,
I miss you so much and wish you were here.
Often nights, I barely sleep before dawn.
I'm trying to cope with you being gone.
My sweet granddaughter, with tears in my eyes,
I welcome again a lonely sunrise.
You remain in the shadows of my heart.
With my deepest love, to you I impart.
11-24-19
Poem of the Day November 26, 2019
~First Place~
Writing Challenge 3, November - Any Form
Sponsor, Dear Heart - Wisshkobi Ode
"I remember the years you spent under my wing,
As I recall all the joy, it makes my heart sing"
*Note: My Granddaughter is not dead, but her family moved a flight away.
Free at Last
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• He thinks back to a time, when he was so young.
M-16 on his shoulder, around his neck dog tags hung
Dense jungles made thin, by what they had sprayed.
His mind drifts to home, and the places he played.
He thought he was melting, in heat so intense.
His skin bubbled and scorched, did this war make sense?
C-rations his food, his appetite gone.
Becoming so thin, but he had to stay strong!
Numb now to fear, the battle raged on.
Back home they were screaming,"Get out of the Nam"
Hendrix and Dylan, The Stones and The Doors.
His music of choice, during his tours.
Snakes in rice paddy's,snakes in the trees.
Mosquitos so thick, filled with disease.
Rats in bunkers, searching for scraps.
45 automatics, the better rat traps.
Sleeping in shifts, in holes dug chest high.
Claymores out front, M-60's close by.
Shrapnel flying, from rocket attacks.
Diving for cover, no time to relax.
Sneaky little enemy, they called them VC.
Living in tunnels, so hard to see.
Dressed in black, like everyone there.
They were all over, just didn't know where.
Home from it all, he no longer fit in.
So he stayed in a stuper as war raged within.
Three decades of anguish, then came that day.
He was finally rescued, and shown a new way.
A Savior from heaven said give me your pain, give me your sin, let none remain.
I love you, you see, you've suffered too long.
Get under my wing, with me you belong.
His chains were then broken and he was set free.
Free from his sin and PTSD
Joy fills his heart, where once was just pain.
His love for The Lord, he can not contain.
Thank You Jesus
Dale M Totten
O! Rabbit, I am sincerely sorry!
For you were once alive and well,
But now you don't have to worry,
Because you are now dead,
We missed your head,
But we ran straight over your middle.
O! Rabbit, I am sincerely sorry!
You once were fit as a fiddle,
Until now of course,
Because we ran you over,
Once apon a time you jumped in clover,
And frolicked in the meadows,
With your fellows.
O! Rabbit, I am sincerely sorry!
Rest in peace, poor thing,
Were you still here,
I would take you under my wing,
Did it hurt much dear?
O! Rabbit, I am sincerely sorry!
We tried to miss you but failed,
So you got nailed.
O! Rabbit I am sincerely sorry!
For a few days each year they call this house home
as once it had been before they started to roam.
The walls will be ringing with so much love and good cheer
they'll be storing it up to last through the year.
Every chick of my own will be under my wing.
I've prepared all their favorites, planned everything.
Twenty-one loved ones at once in my home.
The house is too small, should have rented the dome.
I call out each name as they enter the door
and think of the ones who aren't here any more.
My heart is so full of thanks to the Lord,
that the love my heart holds is returned many fold.
They greet each other with laughter and jokes.
This home and I have raised some good folks.
The turkey and gravy, did I make enough?
We've all eased our hunger but continue to stuff.
The pie will come later when the dishes are done.
Even the clean-up is happy and fun.
I gaze at them all and know in my heart.
they'll be as sorry as I when it's time to depart.
I still remember that day when you were a kitten,
You were so small and fit in my hand like a mitten.
I knew when I held you I would raise you,
The love I felt was more than true.
I was with you at my grandma's till I could take you home,
Then the journey of raising you began...
We brought you home and I showed you our house,
I still remember when you saw your first mouse.
You jumped out of my arms and made your attack,
I stood there and watched you get your afternoon snack.
Then we were deciding on names for you,
I just felt something with dexter and knew it was true.
I was only 8 and didn't know any better,
I did some things that I still regret.
I tormented you so bad,
Looking back it makes me sad.
But I grew up and knew how to take care of you,
Even though what I did when I was younger made me feel blue.
You grew up so fast,
I never thought me and you as buds would last.
But it did I'm so proud for that,
Because in the end your my cat.
Then came the day we would move into a bigger house,
But you never again got a hold of a mouse.
You were so scared but I took you under my wing.
I showed you around the house and you were so happy.
I redeemed myself from everything I had done.
Things got better between us as the days flew by,
The love strong that were flying so high together in the sky.
You greet me when I walk through the door,
I feel so touched that I fall to the floor.
I cherish every second that your on my bed or just saying hi in my room,
The smile that's on my face brings a tear that would make flowers bloom.
Now your all grown up and still getting older,
The temperature in my heart has gotten colder.
So cold because I know your time is soon up,
I'm struggling to figure out how full is my cup.
I only wish you could live longer and we still be together,
But we will always be best buds forever.
Some say that the eyes
Are the windows to the soul
While words may lose meaning
It's our vision that knows
To me you're an angel
With wings and halo unseen
And I feel that together
We could conquer all things
If you could see through my eyes
For just a day
It would remove all the doubt
And you'd want to stay
If you we're my pupil
I'd take you under my wing
And teach you how to me
You are so amazing
While the mind tends to wander
The heart cannot lie
To put your questions to rest
Just look through my eyes
Realize all that we share
Though we're two separate lives
In our quest to forever
Where we can unite
If you could see through my eyes
Or just read my mind
You'd see visions of you
As I wake at daylight
Please ponder no longer
For through my eyes you've seen
What lives in my heart
How you are my dream
If you could see through my eyes
Pain splatters teardrops on my brain
No wonder why I’m soaking from misery’s rain
I tried to comfort her and take her under my wing
But every time we talked her words left a burning sting
So I put a pillow over her head
Wishing and waiting for her to be dead
But instead she slapped me into confusion
Is my life real or not? A question that gives me frustration
So I used to hurt myself to know what’s real
I couldn’t even trust the way I feel
And the only feelings that I had are the ones I didn’t want
Like nightmares and relationships; and all the others that shall always taunt
I wanted to drink until I got severely drunk
Maybe that would get me out of this funk
But then I said no; I’m too afraid to be my father
Imagine everyone telling you that you’ll be just like that monster
I’ve been told that like a million times
And I felt like if I was slapped by billions of extremely sour limes
Words that almost made me commit suicide
Everything that broke me and made me fall
Yet didn’t kill me didn’t make me stronger at all
Why do people say things that make no sense?
Are they all lies or is my life just a bit intense
Why would I want to hear that I would be abusing
Backstabbing and abandoning everyone I’m supposed to be loving
And worst of all I look just like the monster that I hate
So I despise myself and my devastating fate
Because from the pain I cannot hide
I would rather put a gun to my head and pull the trigger
And hear my heartbeat quickly get bigger
Fall to my knees and say goodbye
And let my last tears fall from my eyes
Written under the influence of anger and depression
Ur an extension of myself, a literal blister,
It’s mad sometimes how much I’ve missed ya
You’ve walked in my footsteps for almost your whole life
Taught you how to be kinky as ever and still a great wife
I’ve taught u what uve got and how to use it
And also what you’ve not and how to abuse it
Your my skin Dee one where no concealer is required
A better version of myself younger and less tired
I’m a practice run, learning all the lessons so u don’t have to
But it goes both ways I no u got my back too
My world was empty when u was in prison
Like the most important part of my soul was missing
I’m your mother your sister best friend and dad
You’re my sunshine in the rain my smile when I’m sad
You hold the key that unlocks my insanity
And I tighten the chains that contains ur jealousy
I soften ur edges with a bit of humanity
There’s not a person in the world with our mentality!
The other half of me emotionally and spiritually
Your words are in my mind and I speak them literally
Your thoughts are in my head before u have them
So I’m already saying them by the time U say them
You’re the laughter in my belly the warmth in my heart
You’re the sparkle in my silly the treacle in my tart
You have enough outer confidence to serve the both of us
You’re loud and ur out there, I like less fuss
But the inner confidence I got us both covered
Enlightening ur soul when it was u that I mothered
I kept u under my wing until u were strong and brave
I tried to always make sure no one locked ur cage
An extension of me but completely ur own person
As I give u advice on the lessons I’ve been learning
I would go through anything to stop u going through it
And yes I would do anything if it meant u didn’t do it!
You still make mistakes and I learn from these too
When my world falls apart you’re the first I turn to
You don’t always make it better but u make it funny
You don’t always stop the rain but u make it sunny
You’re my lighting, my thunder but also my rainbow
When life’s frightening, we’re braver cos where u go i go
It all seems so far away now.All the pain from long, long ago.
Still healing I am, yet having no plan, this is the only way that I know.
Though many years have passed by.Each night I still cry,
from the trauma of long, long ago.
I was just a young boy when it happened.
Not understanding what life was about.
I was the first son,of two I was one.
The protector, I am, without any plan,
I absorbed it all up like a sponge
I accepted it all, no other would fall
To the stappings my old man would deal.
Soon I was numb, as the beatings would come
Quite quickly I learned not to feel.
The protector, I am, without any plan.
now no bullies could ever quite hurt
A child of twelve, my position I held.
Now it seems like long, long ago.
A fully grown man with finally a plan,
With my offspring well under my wing.
Their protector, for sure
this lifetime and more
Solid and true
I write this for you
my siblings, plus 3
for I am not he.
The chain fully broken
by me.
RJM 2015
Under My Wing
by Max Sincere
You used 2 be my brother forever by my side...
I even pulled you out the matrix when the world left us to die....
Taught you patience over pride how to conquer and divide...
When a savage shows compassion just to camouflage the lies...
I never thought you'd cross the line with the hope u mite survive ...
Scared to face me like a man I can see it in your eyes...
Thought it was death before dishonor
to this monster in disguise...
Now my one and only honor is 2 sponsor your demise....
Love will leave you blind and vanish before you blink...
Beneath a dragons wings its a little hotter than you think...
Now trust is just a word that my lips no longer speak...
Lord forgive me for my sins may I practice what I preach ...
If our path should ever cross a final lesson I must teach...
Ask the father for forgiveness I hope he grants u peace...
Cause my heart is full of vengeance with pure resentment from the beast...
You new your life was null and void the day you touched my queen...
day and night i sit and wonder when is my dad coming home
he writes to me about the war and the things that has happened
"dear son
soon I'll be home and i promise you won't recognize me
today i killed at 5 japs and took under my wing a boy not much older than you and
this makes me wish i was home with you."
one day I'll see my dad and hope that he looks the same
day after day after day yet no sign that my dad is okay
then one day an army truck appears inside is a man and a young boy right about
my age.
they knock on my door and i open it
they told that my dad was dead and the boy in front of me was my twin and he
was the boy that my father took under his wing .
i gave him a hug and cried for the lost of my father they told that is 15 japs and a
missile that wiped my father out.
day and night with a new brother by my side i wait to be with my lost father again
i lay over my brother
i feel so proud,
is this what a brother
is all about,
to take you under my wing you see
a will be there if you need me,
to look at you with a mighty smile
you make my life all worth while,
so sleepy as you lay there
a new born brother with no hair,
what will you be when you grow up
i will be around if you need shook up,
all the beauty mother gave to you
she gave you life that,s so true,
my heart melts as you look on up
to your brother who gives you love,
a bonnie baby as you are,
with cheeky smiles and endless love,
to watch you walk and follow me,
i will learn you how even to pee,
as the things when we grow up
learn you to shave with out a cut,
that,s many years to come as yet,
we will bug mum to buy a pet,
things will be good when you grow up,
to chase the girls and show them love,
we will be by each others side,
hope am there when you find a bride.
my little brother i give you love,
i will be quiet in case you wake up,
will look over your shoulder and watch you breath,
just remember i am there if you need me,
all the time when your around,
i both hope we make our mother proud,
with our hearts we hope this is true,
my little brother i do love you,,,
If I Could
In this time of innocence
The blood is falling just like rain
And you know when I look at you
I can feel and touch your pain.
I can see your smiling face
Always in my memory
But you know one day that I
Will come and take you home with me
If I came to you, I would
Put you under my wing
Bring you home with me
And we’d have everything
But I can’t do that
No I can’t do that
If I could be anywhere
I would be right by your side
We could face just anything
And you wouldn’t need to ever hide
If I could do anything
I would come and rescue you
And I know that one day we
Will always be together
David Cox 02/01/23
Excuse me miss...I didn't mean to alarm you
But I noticed your beauty from a mile away
I stand before you and here to slow ya walk
Maybe we can try to talk...
Compare and contrast our feelings in which
We can maybe one day make it a bond.
Living in Twin Galaxies...in which I feel as if I was
Put in a fairy tale with once upon a time beginning and
Happily ever after as my ending
Mel is what they call me
The Most Efficient Lover is something I define myself as
I may look like a guy with all talk....
But catch the message that I am sending
To build a new relationship with
A person with hips who sway through the wind
Baby girl I aint pretending.
Y=Mx+b the equation for slope in which describe our relationship perfectly because
as I rise and make my way
Into your heart
There is no reason for one to run
Why should their be a reason 2
Not fully understanding what makes you a glorious
Individual
I stand strong like Goliath
As I fight my way through battles
And shielding myself with all the negativity
I stand victorious and hold my head up because I met some on as special as you.
Challenging myself to go through different
Basically im trying to have a buddy who rider dies
The one I can claim and say its all mine
Because cute doesn't define your beauty
You went beyond the line called Fine.
Try to make it in these streets in which we call
Society
I write this poem not because im not anxious
and doing this out of anxiety
A real man doesn't call you his property
That aint cool.....
Let me hold you under my wing I will show you
How a real man take care of his lady
Where did I learn this.... Let me thank the 2 individual who raised me.
We are done we are through
I want to forget everything about you
You’re like the old gum that’s stuck under my shoe
Trusted and believed in someone that was so untrue
Well guess what one plus one no longer equals two
I risked my life and so much more
For a relationship that just ended up on the floor
It was no longer fun and dating you became a chore
My heart you held in those rough hands of yours
Little did I know being with you I was going to be at war
You cheated on me with that little **** whore
And you didn’t even know my heart that you held you soon tore
GET OUT of my life was shouted with a roar
Hitting the floor crying as I slammed the door
The pain for you is something of a dream
I thought I could take it but it’s far to extreme
You and I were a great team
Now look at us our love is floating down stream
The part that hurts the most is I can’t even reach out and redeem
I am over you and everything you represent
You threw my heart out a sky scrapper building and now there is blood all over the cement
The devil in my mind as I plot my revenge through the night I spent
But thy Lord comes to me and says just repent
Wiping up the blood from the ground trying to get rid of your scent
But its no use my heart you left with a permanent dent
I sit in my room just to stare at a wall in a gaze
I hope that you come back one of these days
NO I don’t want you as I stand up in praise
As I crash back to the floor in sorrow in my old ways
I am now lost in my own life’s maze
Wishing and praying but your love is not just a phase
The love I had and still have I hold dear
But now and forever I live my life in fear
I lost control of the wheel and can longer steer
I loved you for over a year
And just like that you up and disappear
I love you still and hold you tight under my wing
But I am choking, coughing, crying and wheezing
From the toxic air that you keep on breathing
Exhaling that poison is killing my soul
But the cure of my death is the love that you hold
© Jeremy Fennell