Short Unowned Poems

He runs around
Cleaning up her mess
Secretly wishing her
To let down her dress
...and stand

She follows him to death
Making him pay
Holding her heart
While he prays
...to god

They submit to rules
Acting like fools
Let someone else take the wrap
Comfort lines their beds
On satin cases they lay their head
As colored pegs line the map
...of a world

Unowned


Written by Trudy Schrader on 05-28-2022...

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Petal of limpid life veils the naked eye,
  shadow and spoil refrains the question ideal;
  asking not within,
  without ---
  dark night shines,
  while day grins ---
The answer unowned, 
  unowned by us the source of impeccable enquiry;
  seasoned for patient resolve ---
  tempered and unafraid,
  in fortitude stone,
  alone,
  yet the voices of many 
  (lead us home)





****Written in 2000, my very first sonnet****...

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