She stepped lightly
Amid the golden reeds
Glowing, this nymph of
Riparian leisure --
Barefoot and scantily
Covered breasts, whose
Jutting pavilions twice
Blessed swayed and
Swelled as the marsh
Tried breathe, exhaled even
Deeper saturating its own boggy
Savors, fixated then
Upon her naked thighs
Exposed for the silk
Curtain had parted revealed
Luscious droplets clinging, slipping,
Slippery sliding my heart a slush
Of primitive desire --
The sky is so pretty even when so partly cloudy.
The white clouds floating by gently, always oh so fluffy.
The blue hue of the atmosphere makes any scenery lovely.
Life slips through our fingers
past eyes, ears, and nose
lightly brushes our toes
In the main, we slumber our way
to the grave ~ dja have a nice day?
Treading lightly on one’s dreams,
Is not the faintest way to be.
Cardinal images it seems:
Treading lightly on one’s dreams,
Pictures of Splendor it deems,
Loves’s veil has not fallen yet.
Treading lightly on one’s dreams,
Is not the faintest way to be.
You flounce
as if you were an ostrich fan
all fluffed up on the page
waving at posterity.
I nibble at your chicken livers,
occasionally
swing from your bell-ringing images
that dare to delight me,
but you peck at words too much
and those long pauses
when you take a bow
are tedious.
Sorry to see that you are dead,
when you were alive
reviewing your work
was a lot easier,
now I have to praise you
just to show I care.
Be gentle with yourself and others.
Tread lightly
By Michelle Morris
07/02/2020
Tread lightly on my heart:
Been hurt before
Been torn apart...
By loving too much,
Too well and too true,
By loving someone more than fair due.
Tread lightly on my mind:
Been played before
Been deeply bruised...
By forgiving and
Pleasing,
Too much and too well,
Keeping on trying,
Despite the hell.
Tread lightly on my soul:
Been betrayed by all
Been forsaken still...
By my generosity of spirit,
My inner light,
Keeping darkness at bay
With strength and might.
© Michelle Morris, 2020
no turbulence seen in her wake ~
beneath glass, a heart in depths of ache
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for the A New Crystalline - Any Theme Poetry Contest
sponsored by Tania Kitchin
written on 2/26/23
checked by HowManySyllables.com
STOP: Please do not step on others
~ when climbing the ladder of success
its amber embers blush
Hints its way
across the face of house
and in the empy black eyed windows
the shadows slither together
in stillness
and in the silence
darkness pretends
Tread lightly on my badly wounded soul
Lest it return in spectral manner borne,
Time will atone for the happiness you stole.
Ponder the ways you can make it whole
The one you purposely caused to mourn
Tread lightly on my badly wounded soul.
All deeds are written on memory’s scroll
Some like the rose; some like the thorn
Time will atone for the happiness you stole.
Do not consider your bullying a mere stroll
In your wilted gardens of sarcasm and scorn
Tread lightly on my badly wounded soul.
Your hurtful ways will surely take a toll
For eternal recompense has been sworn
Time will atone for the happiness you stole.
You will experience payback, like the troll,
Who thrives on bullying, I must forewarn,
Tread lightly on my badly wounded soul,
Time will atone for the happiness you stole.
Outrunning his destiny,
overtaking his fate
Reprieving tomorrow
—all time to abate
(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)
Tread lightly on my badly wounded soul
Lest it return in spectral manner borne,
Time will atone for the happiness you stole.
Ponder the ways you can make it whole
The one you purposely caused to mourn
Tread lightly on my badly wounded soul.
All deeds are written on memory’s scroll
Some like the rose; some like the thorn
Time will atone for the happiness you stole.
Do not consider your bullying a mere stroll
In your wilted gardens of sarcasm and scorn
Tread lightly on my badly wounded soul.
Your hurtful ways will surely take a toll
For eternal recompense has been sworn
Time will atone for the happiness you stole.
You will experience payback, like the troll,
Who thrives on bullying, I must forewarn,
Tread lightly on my badly wounded soul,
Time will atone for the happiness you stole.
written July 24, 2021
If we must be killed, lightly killed is the way to go
Less painful, at times can be quite delightful I'm told
But only if not a serious demise
Like a sharp stick in the eye
That's ridiculous, I need to be consoled
Walk Slowly, Tread Lightly, Voice Kindly, Hold Tightly
Walk slowly, Life with its deep mysteries awaits;
For within the moment Time breathes and dies
Spur gently, racing horses begging passion's gate
To bring Love from those towering blue skies-
Walk slowly.
Tread lightly, on daydreams that magnify desires;
Some are foolish, not ever meant to be
Step lively, into romance before it expires
As Love's joy, sets sails upon open seas-
Tread lightly.
Voice kindly, words that in gratitude issue praise;
For it is true tenderness so rewards
Give freely, heart's glow, its magnificence raise
To one's depths that life and honor safeguards-
Voice kindly.
Hold tightly, greater fortitude that courage brings;
As are cast rare gems of sweetest delight
See clearly, life's beauty and Nature's offerings
for such are gifts that prove life is alright-
Hold tightly.
Robert J. Lindley, 2-27-2020
Rhyme, ( Beneath The Starry Skies, Looking Into Infinity )
Be careful what you wish for
Sometimes you’re better
Left in the dark
Stethoscope around his neck
In his pristine white coat
Treading lightly with bedside manner
Report in one hand
Here it comes
The results are in
Brutally knocking the wind
Out of my sail
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
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