You're so pale and your walk stutters
with all the loads you carry on your shoulders.
Don't be so shy to let it show,
'cause I just want you to know:
When the whole world seems to grapple you down,
and your feet could hardly hold their ground,
I'll be right there, waiting on your doorsteps,
to help you set the track of your footsteps.
I'm your guardian angel, I'll always be around.
I'll be the grip of your feet on the ground.
I'll be your guide on a winding, devious way.
I'll be the safe place where you can stay.
March 12, 2023
You Say Poetry Contest
Sponsored By: Brian Strand
Categories:
foothold, angel,
Form: Rhyme
I Discourse Poem, The DREAM
The dream came before dawn
Longer ago than I dare to date.
Within it, I trudged along
The forever-length of a deserted
Beach, having only the hope of
Sighting a pier with its over-swooping
Gull.
I kept on the heavy walk in the dry,
Poor, foot-denying sand — with
More sliding down than stepping ahead.
I wearied. I admit. I kept on,
Lifting my eyes to the distances for some
Sign and, then one came, but not to eyes.
My ears.
At first I strained to believe it was sound
At all, so I hurried toward the horizon,
Concentrating. Until, yes! Sound pulled
Me on to hearing faint tones of music!
Forgetting my steps I struggleon toward
The faint but distinctly sweet sound of a choir!
Heaven?
I woke.
Filled with a landscape of questions.
To this day, embracing.
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(C) sally Young Eslinger 12/18/220
Thanks be to God. Alleluia!
Categories:
foothold, beach, beautiful, christian, music,
Form: Free verse
no foothold
by Michael R. Burch
there is no hope;
therefore i became invulnerable to love.
now even god cannot move me:
nothing to push or shove,
no foothold.
so let me live out my remaining days in clarity,
mine being the only nativity,
my death the final crucifixion
and apocalypse,
as far as the i can see ...
Categories:
foothold, atheist, bible, christian, god,
Form: Free verse