"I've loved thee since I first saw thee as an adorable egg in thy nest!
Wouldst that thee would deign to marry me and put my pining heart at rest!
I hold thy delicate talon in my beak awaiting with bated breath,
For thine answer to my plea to be my beloved until parted by death!"
"All that I have to offer thee is a cozy nest in yon apple tree,
Safe from prowling cats and mean little kids to raise a family!
Please give me thy answer ere the sun sinks slowly in the west,
That I may begin to build thy dream home, thy cozy little nest!"
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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Honorable Mention in Francine Roberts' "Enough" Contest - May 2011
Ain't giving up!
No matter what's up,
I'm moving up!
Foes may try to block my way
And friends may move away,
But I'll keep trying anyway.
Come sunshine, come rain,
Nothing will make me drain,
Through it all, greater zeal I'll gain.
In the end, I'll throw my head in the air
Even though the enemy did ere,
Songs of victory shall fill the air.
Flowers on fields of delusion,
We lay upon them to justify a dream.
Freedom escapes from our smiles,
Flowers denying truth on fields of green.
We offer our apology and our love,
Red roses or lilies white.
A time to smell the Nature's gifts
In fragile petals of the Spring.
Colors may change a season,
Or thorns may betray our lust.
The untouchable wish remains
In a flower we've never held,
Like a secret kept unalterable and pure
Over a time vanishing.
There is a peace that many flock to see,
A solemn space in time where quaint horizons flow,
With a sunbeam that was torn asunder,
Through the darkened portal on may barely see ?
The notion of a whisper to a passing fade,
Our life springs through a shadow then suddenly disappears..,
We brave the vast ocean current then shut our eyes from known disaster,
Never bothering to prepare for the great here after,
~
Through the twilight sun that had tainted my vision,
Was there something you wanted and were wishing ?
The feeling of remorse may set in,
We blame a round of blame game,
~
While many today go totally insane,
Through a stained glass window one could vainly see,
A notion of tenderness from you and me,
As a beacon in the night,
For when I look into your eyes I can suddenly see my future,
A future of hope with a very unique promise !
For with what one does with theur time today
Will become forever evident throughout all of eternity !
I seek the immortality that breathes within you, the forbidden language spoken only by the
Ancient ones!
I seek the essence that pours from your lips, that liquid awash from passions kiss!
I damn my own soul in payment for the caress of your own, I cast aside morality and
virtue, to Just once touch your fire, to dance in the flame that is you!
Torture holds no fear to me, torment an ally that allows me to finally feel something,
denied in This mortal realm!
My tears are not the water of weakness, they flow from the rivers of belief, I embrace the
salt in My wounds!
If love hurts, Jealousy burns and possession repels then feed me, I do not belong to the
land of the pure!
I know the truth and it was born of pain, give to me your vengeance, that I may finally
arise from The ashes!
Supplicant I kneel before you, set free this wind that my fire may grow!
This is all I ask of you!