Long Sands Poems
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I ran not bound by fear’s relentless chain,
Nor stirred by chase’s sharp, alluring strain.
I ran not from some silent, urgent plea,
Nor from the depths where ravened tempests be.
I ran not for the flight of fleeting throngs,
Nor for the dreams that night’s soft veil prolongs.
I ran not burdened by the past’s cold hand,
Nor tethered to a purpose sternly planned.
I ran not for a gleam of golden light,
Nor for ideals that blaze the soul’s own night.
I ran not from desire’s consuming fire,
Nor for applause, nor transient praise’s pyre.
I ran not to ascend a haughty throne,
Nor seek the laurel wreath to claim alone.
I ran not to bewilder or impress,
But simply moved — like skylarks in their dress.
Across the arid sweep where sands unfold,
Beneath the eagle’s gaze, majestic, bold,
I ran with wings unseen, yet spirit high,
A sovereign flight beneath the burning sky.
Yet from the shadowed cliffs, a raven calls,
A darkened herald where the twilight falls;
Its voice, a whisper threading through the air,
A solemn echo of the wild and bare.
I ran because within each measured stride
Awakened something vast, serene, and wide;
A freedom soaring, swift as falcon’s flight,
A whispered song that greets the dawn’s first light.
Like nightingales that sing when shadows fall,
My heart took wing beyond the boundary’s call.
I ran to find what nests beyond the known,
Where wild wings beat and spirits roam alone.
Tall, proud, somewhat conceited,
the elegant yacht sailed into the bay
(a place of meetings,
snuggery to a medley of lesser idols)
as a swan takes to a lake.
It dropped anchor,
aloof from the rest,
aware of the stare of covetous eyes,
it basked in calm waters.
Come night, its garland of lights
illumine the grace of a presence;
a rarity, speaking of riches,
unimaginable wealth;
dipping and bowing in exaggerated gestures:
a language all its own.
At the break of day, it set sail once more,
on a broad reach leaving the barnacled bay behind,
distancing itself from the blue bay’s waters,
the green of its eyes.
Yet, miles away on a distant shore,
once fierce waves, now a dying wake
make a gentle ripple
shifting the sands of envy
even as memory of its billowing sails
vanishes over the horizon
urged on by the persistence of protective winds.
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It was a cold winter day, when I took a photo of the sunrise
I had no idea what I would find out, hours later
The man I loved who made the biggest difference in my life, had died
I remember hyperventilating, I remember the world seemed to be spinning
I was in so much disbelief, I had to race to get his death record
Later, I visited an empty graveyard, covered with snow
Christmas trees were beside the graves all around
Black crows were breaking the silence, as I stood in shock motionless
I did not know how to face another day or even an hour
He was a Lieutenant who helped me with a case regarding a childhood friend’s death
It was all surreal, traumatizing, devastating, a shock I cannot describe
I knew that I had to move on for him and that is what I did
But, the impact his death had on my life remains to this day
I am grateful for the time I had with him and everything he gave me
I have been asked, would I have rather not have met him?
- The answer is a bellowing “No”! -
He taught me what loving through differences and conflict is all about
He will never leave my heart and is always in my prayers
Some deaths are enough to shake this world, but leave reflections of light forever
He is the light, when all is dark; He is the sunrise that shines each day for me!
Heidi Sands
1/22/23
The rain pours down on my heart
Drenched in sorrow, where I part
With many things I must let go
Praying the rain will cleanse me so
I must reach all that I need to
With time, I have left to go through
Prayers under the skies, that are now gray
But, sunshine always returns, I say
Just another moment I must go through
Moments change with facts in place
I dream of many things, including your face
Fighting the fears that want to grab me
Shake me fiercely into places I don't want to be
It's foggy now and difficult to see outside
I'm inside where it's warm and I hide
Sending thoughts to loved ones, by the minute
Facing bold truth, with mind and soul where I sit
Heidi Sands
12/21/18
much like me on a sleepless night
i hear the roar of this restless ocean
pounding like thoughts in my head
as the wind drives me back
one step for every two i take
beneath this blood red rise of morning
inimical are these waves
as they lash out against the rocks
unleashing a spray
like a breath in winter's air
exhaled
yet it falls
like a rake against sand
claiming anything in its path
pulling it in then spitting it out
only to build again
like a raged mind
dissilient
i stand distanced
cowering on the sands
of time
awaiting its calm
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from his rock he sends out a deadly summons
that calls
the demons up to hell
that calls
the devils home
a call for the barbarians to answer
a cold wind blows through to a man’s soul
as eternity waits
inside the furnaces fire
and Lucifer sips
upon the dregs of society`s ills
the wake to realities nightmare
of devils and demons living
inside hells fires and brimstones
where the stench of death and suffering
invade the living
and the walking dead
the demons can cage a man
the demons can break a man`s spirit
but they can-not cage a man`s minds escape
an minds escape
upon wings that fly
he dreams of lazing on a sun soaked beach
a drink in hand staring out at a pacific blue
sitting upon golden sands
then he wake from dream
to nightmares reality
of devils and demons
living
side by side inside Hades
living
side by side inside Dante' s fire
where upon the silence dark
a nightmare screams
at the sound of rattling chains and steel iron
at the sound of lashes from fire
that sting upon open flesh
and the empty echoes of the hangman’s call
despair is born out of lost hope
when the demon tighten his grip
his grip around a man’s soul
upon the empty shells the beasts breed
the devils fire burns
as the demon wears the mask of innocent
then walked upon the path of gold
but all he found was burning fires and brimstones
it`s a place where
a whirlpool surrounds when the mighty winds blow
an arctic chill that blows with a haunting sound
whistling
a freight train into lost hearts
across the bay
the devil
comes a calling
I waver like the trees in the summer wind
A mind full of thoughts that continue to spin
I shake like the branches, as their leaves flutter
And feel like my words just continue to sputter
The forest is so deep, it’s easy to get lost
Compared to leaving footprints in snow or frost
So many things waiting, are left for me to do
As I continue in motion, to get on through
Longing for something out there, I can’t find
Haunted by the past, creaking in my mind
There’s a pain inside that I can’t describe at all
My being is caught in some sort of free fall
Longing for steadiness, security and more
To stay strong like the trees, as I have before
And as I watch the wind continue to blow,
I wait for what is coming, that I need to know
It’s all in the stillness I want so much to feel
To determine a path that is right and is real
- A path this wind cannot steal -
Heidi Sands
6/16/21
A clear blue day in the mountains to see
The sun shines through the cold air, all around
Hills of white snow blown up against each tree
The air is refreshing, the sun cheery
Each distant mountain top is wearing a crown
A clear blue day in the mountains to see
A shear of white clouds move on by quietly
It’s like the trailing of a satin gown
Hills of white snow blown up against each tree
With the skies wide open, it feels so free
It is all peaceful in this country town
A clear blue day in the mountains to see
It would be nice to have you here with me
Viewing the sights of this snow covered ground
Hills of white snow blown up against each tree
The beauty of winter can bring such glee
The calmness of nature without a sound
A clear blue day in the mountains to see
Hills of white snow blown up against each tree
Heidi Sands
2/1/19
The winter path, footprints in snow
Impressions by those who may know
Cold outside doesn't reach the heart,
for those who choose from birth to start...
a purposeful life to fulfill
caring deeply, with inner will
Beyond the trees lies open land...
Plentiful space to understand
I see two woodpeckers on a tree,
hammering the bark before me
Their purpose a daily mission
A door to home with ambition
A nice place to settle safely
In their cozy hole in a tree
I walked this winter path back home
Holding freedom from where I roam
Heidi Sands
2/9/26
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if ever i had two hours with you… or three,
the vacancy of this quaint café and barren
shores would be refilled with the pouring
of pink- frosted air on our glass-window’s past;
the multitude of disheveled suns ripping
arms of surrender; raged midnights ending
into carmine mornings; swallowed inches of stars
turning into lyrics replayed. and what splendor to
infect the whiteness or redness of seasons’
fingers wearing the pains and gains of many
a porcelain days. then,
to recall the sevens and nines of time’s scalpel
cutting our names into crumpled paper: a departure
of hearts traveling in different territories.
we inched away,
not because of lack for vows marked in deepest
sands. but… by fate’s desire to cart you in
a faraway land, while i.. i burned telephone lines
hiding beneath the long distance of regrets…
yearning for your comeback instead
of stamped letters thousands of miles so
removed from alleys where our arms used to walk,
we side-tracked along with stooping songs
that gently genuflected…
if and when we meet again, two or three hours
by time's grace, oh the fluttering of a thousand
thoughts would not be enough to say you were
the trunk that got away, and i was your last rose
that lost its stem.
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love lost from long distance relationship
For Frank Herrera's Contest
By: nette onclaud