Lelah Poems

Chapter 151-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: Pt 1 This Day This Family

...Date: April  1,   2051

  air planes departed in flight
 1 hour and 15 minutes
Between them. The trip was 7 hours
And approximately 30 minutes in
Duration. The first plane touched down 
On the...

Categories: lelah, africa, allusion, birth, child,
Form: Alliteration

The Barbershop

...Through the window you can see him there,
shaving whiskers and trimming hair.
Red and white swirling outside the door,
as hair drifts skittering across the floor.

He stands all day, he works so...

Categories: lelah, childhood, dedication, family, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

Shades of Shadows

...She drifts through the visions of someone else’s life,
searching for an essence of purpose.
She wonders where the one she loves has gone.
Why does she feel so lonely, so lost and detached?
She ro...

Categories: lelah, confusion, death, girlfriend-boyfriend, lost
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Summer Morning

...Yellow butter sun breaking through a blue, cloud spotted sky.
Ground warm beneath swiftly moving feet,
that propel me toward the day’s adventures.
Twisting green vines, sporting fairy hat flowers
...

Categories: lelah, childhood, life, seasons
Form: Free verse

The Day

...How do you know when the time is right?
When the eyes that once sparkled have lost their light?
When the robust body that used to run and play
has lost its shape, is fading away?
Without words to...

Categories: lelah, animals, death, life, loss,
Form: Rhyme

Ally

...Golden eyes shine still
Warm fur soft under hand
Sweet sipirt waning


Lelah D. Walters
9/6/09...

Categories: lelah, animals, death, loss, pets,
Form: Haiku

You Don'T Know...

...You Don’t Know...


You don’t know...me.
What I think, like, feel.
You don’t know…what I can do,
or what I have accomplished.
You don’t know… where I have traveled,
or where I am headed.
You...

Categories: lelah, family, life, loss, sad,
Form: Free verse