Villanelle of a Metal Queen (c) 2025 by Russ Dodson
I just don't know where else to start
to tell you of this love of mine
she is the beating of my heart
these feelings that I must decline
I just don't know where else to start
the memories both sweet and tart
hold feelings that I would enshrine
she is the beating of my heart
I wonder can I play that part
to make these treasures glow and shine
I just don't know where else to start
so soon again she must depart
to let her skills and soul entwine
She is the beating of my heart
She is a rockstar, and a large part
of the sound she helped refine
I just don't know where else to start
She is the beating of my heart
Your Heart In Mine (c) 2025 by Russ Dodson
your heart in mine
held here within this burned out husk
has brightened all the distant places
filled up all the empty spaces
with the essence of your soul divine
so I proceed with utmost trust
reclaiming feelings from the rust
as we progress through lives love - dust to dust
your heart in mine
P-oem
A-bout
U-nconditional
L-ove
I-mplements
N-ame
A-pplying
C-oncern
A-s
N-ote
E-mploys
T-he
E-ndearment
Topic: Birthday of Paulina A. Cañete (February 11)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
P-oet
A-uthors
U-nique
L-ines
I-n
N-atal
A-crostic
A-s
N-ice
D-edication
R-ightfully
A-pplies
D-elightful
E-vent
Topic: Birthday of Paulina Andrade (February 11)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
My better - half and my mum are the most important persons in this world to
me
The later is the dearest as u'd see
Born under mighty and protective rocks
A model with many positive characters in stock
Oft in sorrow, oft in joy. Never to flee
The best thing that ever happened to me
My conveyance on a nine months journey
A bodily composition of matrimony
The lab of my nine months biological process
Procuring for me a living license
Your back was a proxy for my bed
Many storybooks to me you've read
And the realities of life instead
You were the first person I saw
When my body was raw
When the pain of bringing me into this world had turned you sour
When the sight of me, a coat of blood I wore
Can I ever forget that welcoming smile?
Dancing on your face while waiting for me at the shore?
Ready to wrap me with a coat of fur.
You thought me to carry each step until I was stable
With your help, I can now always walk and never stumble.
Cos you'd saved me the trouble while I was still todlling
Ensur...... to be continued!
As the priest walked by she headed for the door
Or at least she would try as the people began to pour
Slowed to a tip toed pace she began looking around
And it was by God's Grace in what she had now found
For just off to her right among a crowd so tame
A tree came into sight with each decoration a name
There was Sarah and Joe, Paulina, Thomas and Claire
So many names among the glow she decided to pick a pair
She took the Sarah and Joe as Paulina, Thomas and Claire went too
Speak of love as a show well these people knew what to do
For as she looked back the cool breeze whipping through the door
Names that were once packed well she could see no more
It filled her heart to see so much love being shown
For that is also how it used to be before she had grown
Their pain and sadness she felt as she held back the tears
As all that bitterness began to melt from all those tough lean years
In giving she received what no one else could give
So long being deceived she finally started to live
For it is in helping others that a great gift was returned
As we are all sisters and brothers such a lesson to be learned
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