Eluded Poems

HAPPINESS IN A JAR

...As I try to wish away, all the sadness that I feel;
 As if a night sky's falling star, could grant me something  real...
    If only one small wish, of what's eluded me all this life thus far;
   ...

I understood your silence, the weight you carried in your soul like an old and relentless burden

...I understood your silence, the weight you carried in your soul like an old and relentless burden,
The battles you fought behind closed doors, like storms raging in the depths,
The nights when sleep...

To Bridge The Gap

...I’ve never been kissed on the dance floor.  
With him, I feel light-hearted,  
but apart, I’m utterly devastated.  
I’m a dreamer, he’s laid-back,  
and without a genuine connection, our love fee...

The Grandfather clock

...The grandfather clock
A grandfather clock sat in pride of place in my childhood home
I would sit at its base and watch the magical movements of the pendulum
I would talk to the clock as if were a ...

You're my Heart

..."You're my Heart." Juliette Barnes to Avery Barkley in a scene from Nashville. A complicated and sweet love story. 

A sweet love song ballad.

You're my Heart 
By Michelle Morris 
20/04/2025
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Renewal?

...Who would sell that which they do not own?
Who kept quiet that truth not be known?
Who betrayed souls their faith now uncertain?
Who moved devils behind a secretive curtain?
Who empties His house...

a tipping balance

...
equipoise had eluded him
a counterweight of feathers
failed to lift weights
from the other side of nowhere

maybe it was the fulcrum 
that needed new balance
a pivotal shift in the light 
o...

Whispers in Transit

...Whispers in Transit

In the journey of our lives, we traveled far and wide,
On paths to various places, destiny is our guide.
She was calm, serene, with a humble, Godly grace,
From a service she...

etched in stone

...
drenched in pomegranate juice
the sand stone wished to be granite
yet a figment of imagination
eluded the tomb and it was over

eternally gone final impermanent

the children wept crocodile ...

Magical Glasses

...

Magical Glasses looking within these lenses
 That glares through these hidden shadows.

Scenarios of traps, mistaking fantasy, illusion 
Selfishness eluded by compulsion yet gracefulness 
an...

An Angel Appears

...Battling each
paradigm
I wandered alone
Straight into
the maelstrom
of thundering tomes

My nose
pointed North
spitting into the wind
Decision once made
a line crossed
from within

Reci...

Nightingale

...
A midnight full of potential that lets me down without notice.
I've touched eternity without admission in hopes of a reprieve from a destiny that eluded me.
A shade of blue that masks suicide fro...

Curse of Fear

...My time has finally come. 
The consequences of my actions have once again caught up to me.
Though in truth i was never running.
Looking back i can't help but wonder what kept going wrong.
Why cou...

Fallen

...
Misplaced but Comfort Full in this Serene Space
I Once Knew Where I was going
Now Disoriented, Struggling with not Knowing
Redirected to the Shadowy Unknown
Fallen Deity, Disrobed, Dethroned!  ...

Perfection? In an imperfect world?

...Lost myself looking around for the quality people love, 
Perfection, it is called harder to find the Blue eyes ground dove.
Standing here,feeling lost seems like there is nothing I could do,
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