The chilling wind begins to
softly sigh,
As golden leaves fall down from
branches high.
the humidity of reality
where hearts become cough drops
on a sticky bathroom floor
"Love-drunk on desire,"
from the heavens above.
Will I,
"Seduce the stars without a script?"
The night is filled with diamond stars,
touching my heart and soul.
As morning arises,
"The clouds spill a thousand secrets."
Turning the clouds into rain drops.
Rain drops that,
"Melt my tears into your sweet fire."
I sit here seeing,
"A torn canvas is two paintings."
I wonder why not just one painting?
Maybe a,
"Fever of Fixation."
You and I are love
White gold raindrop hearts fall down
Thank you, sapphire clouds
You ask me where my teardrops go.
That’s something I shall never know.
I never shed them and here’s why;
Dad always says big boys don’t cry.
(To be sang to the tune of:
"I'm A Little Teapot" - nursery rhyme.)
I'm a little tear drop
Clear and round.
I'm filled with the thoughts no voices sound.
I can be of sorrow, laughter, fears.
Watch... me fall while I scream cheers!
I'm a little tear drop
Clear and round.
Where do I go when I splash down?
It is not a mystery to be solved.
I dis...appear when I disolve!
FERTILIZING DROPS
Coming wetness falls;
Guaranteeing Mother Earth's
Terrestrial births:-
Tears are not water drops
But dipping crystal balls
Packed with profound feelings~
Let not banes from our mouth
Or furies of our acts
Sting a soft simple soul.
It’s when out the bottom drops
that life falters, halts and stops.
All before is now lesser,
dreams slip into the never.
The space between us
In this mortal world
Feels like sorrow in the sun
The pull to be ok
While being alone
Makes me long to run
...from love
I can see hope
Zipping my jacket
In a ceaseless stroke
Every last drop
Of borrowed courage
Landing on the words He spoke
...in the beginning
I'm not saying joy failed
Or that life Is grief gravy
On a buttermilk biscuit
It's just that my tummy
Rumbles with hunger
That never allows me to quit
....desiring
Restoration looks different
Than imagination painted
In the pendulum swing
The settled scale
Makes it hard to tell
What feeling the dark will bring
...to light
In my dreams, you appear
As a familiar friend
With contact, pure and free
No thrill of butterflies
Or fingers clawing to keep
The gift you've given to me
...a promise
Written by Trudy Schrader on 03-22-2026
RAIN-LIKE FLY BY DROPS
Here outside
Graveyard silence,
A large gliding bird
In sky surveillance:
Walk with me
And feel all of which
I shall likewise feel
As the bright sun
Is up and out,
The temp is down,
And the chill is here:-
Such strange weather.
Is the devil’s wife
Committing sin again…?!
Oh, hell no!
What’s falling
Ain’t no damn
Falling raindrops!
Whew, warm and stinky!
blades of grass with dew-drops
appear as double-edged sharp swords
stabbing tender transparent crystal balls ~
light rays paint kaleidoscopic images
1st place
The hum of the furnace
The buzz of silence
The smell of old
The feel of defiance.
The loneliness aches
The chair rocks
The TV stares
The night docks.
The time ticks
The memories fade
The wrinkles deepen
The age decays.
The sun rises
The sun sets
The day ends
The dark threats.
The eyes close
The heart stops
The family cries
The end drops.
Pearly drops drip from her reddish eyes
Echoing whispers of love sighs.
your great-grandmother’s toothache was easily fixed
with lovely cocaine tooth drops, which now are probably nixed.
a predecessor to Novocain, a practice back in the day
many children had to have it, it took pain away
Marvelously fast-acting cocaine tooth drops cost a whole fifteen cents
You could get them over the counter sold by druggist McVents
It might sound odd now, but it was a common practice in 1818.
And your gums felt great afterwards, truly tingly and clean.
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