A moment in time
A feeling sublime
A person you barely know
Takes on a lovely glow
The two of you embrace
You sense a state of grace
Nothing is withheld
The two of you just meld
Something you’ve never felt
Into each other you melt
Thoughts can not relate
Is this my soulmate
Is this hug too long
Could this be wrong
I have to let go
Will I ever know
Did they feel the same
Should I feel shame
It had to happen sometime
Are we the perfect rhyme
A freak of nature
Rejected, thrown
Left to expire
Not wanted
Not loved
Not desired
....unbonded
No support
No family
Community or home
Pile of souls
Abandoned
Alone
....unbonded
Buyers came
Agreements made
Heart torn
UNBONDED sold
Enemy's gain
Fear born
....binding
Worlds, legends,
Myths, lies
Narrative to boot
Mind taken
Will bent
A single root
....binding
Mother tree
Ecosystem threaded
Benefits awarded
Influence
Manipulation
Contracts Recorded
....time
Seed manifested
Flow untethered
LOVE sacrificed
Resurrection manifested
Empty womb
Looping Advised
....unity
Consciousness awakened
Responsibility taken
Earth's core, shaken
Blood bought soul
Freed to be whole
Authenticity known
....unity
Written by Trudy Schrader on 09-13-2025
Shadows on the edge,
memories slide out of view
never full focused—
the past lingers like a breath
you turn to catch, but it's gone
Sideways glances sway
moments in periphery
blurs smear the mirror—
déjà vu calls to play its hand
closing again, happenstance
Gazing at the lake
trees melt into reflection
golden rays adrift—
I reach to hold the shimmer
my fingers grasp only air
A leaf in the wind
fluttering in dusk-lit breeze
reminds me of you—
every sideways glance reveals
the weight of recognition
Wharf boards creak beneath
our bare feet press grips
we leap without thought—
each splash resounds in my chest
as time refuses to pass
The late sun hovers
painting ripples in copper
horizon half-formed—
déjà vu hums in waves
whispering, be still, be calm
Beneath the surface
voices travel in bubbles
half-song, half-echo—
rising like our lost laughter
from another life we lived
All glimpses return,
lakes, ripples, sunsets, jumps, leaves,
sewn multi-threaded
sideways in peripheral
repeats until the love stays—
I listen on loop to a certain love song,
Realizing this land is where you also belong.
I often replay our memories in my head,
As I remember all the sweet things you said.
That same song's lyrics represents our love,
Setting us free without push and shove.
Over months we learned to love each other.
Now we both long to be often together.
I always read your mind, soul, and heart,
So never lie even if you ever want to part.
There's a serene happiness in me
As I pray daily for us to be together and free.
My home land is yours to hold my hand in.
My tender love is for you to feel within.
You set my heart free from being so broken.
I finally see your feelings once left unspoken.
We live together
People, nations, countries, continents
White, brown, and black look different
Maybe, but behind an ancient heart
Our lives have come to colorful life
Colors are different, but together one
There is no color. All the colors are the light.
More than the rainbow. Illusion that life
We live together. We can. In the light
A gurgling brook
Surrounded by large oak trees
Flowers everywhere
And a blanket for the ground
Best picnic place ever found!
All the things I said to you
Were from the deepest depths inside
Count each and every one as true
From all but you those things I hide
And should it be my life spans long
Your cozy cabin in the wood
Is where I'll wait to hear your song
Until I close my eyes for good
Open your heart and let me in ~
Exploring the streets of Paris
I wonder what you're up to tonight
~ I'm wishing you were here
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Just because I don't post
Doesn't mean I don't write
Just because I don't publish
I still have dreams at night
Just because it's unspoken
Doesn't mean that I don't
Just because you won't say it
Doesn't mean that I won't
Just because I may want to
Doesn't mean that I would
Just because I still love you
Doesn't mean that I should
The things that we want
Sometimes we don't get
Just because we don't see
The plan fully yet
There's no harm in keeping
The flame still alive
In case I do make it
To one hundred and five
When Sara and I take our walk each day,
We usually go the same old way.
Today we decided to make a change,
We decided to make our walk free range.
We went to a park named Natural Springs.
It had a dog park and playground with swings.
We chose a trail with overhanging trees,
We had a full sun, but also a breeze.
I saw a small path that led to a stream,
But Sara said, “the path’s too extreme.”
I gave her my, I really want to look,
And she said, “I’ll sit here and read my book.”
I walked a few minutes, looking about,
Then thought, I’m not sure just how to get out.
It wasn’t long ‘til I found the right path.
I crossed the stream without taking a bath.
There was my Sara, as I topped the hill,
She told her new squirrel friend, “here comes my Bill.”
We shared my adventure as we walked away,
We were glad we tried a different way.
Mother Nature Teaches
via
Geese
m i g r a t i t i n g
once again
intuitively
know
One = All
weak + well
vital vigor
flight soaring
long with
wings kept
tip-to-tip support
uplift motion
onward for All
When sun was at its highest,
midst the burning heat of noon,
'neath the shady bough we kissed,
one heady day late June.
A pledge of love undying
you promised faithfully;
vowing that your heart,
you'd give to only me.
As we spoke of passion,
your hands and mine explored,
desire filled my soul,
the heat inside me soared.
We came as one together,
beneath a sky of blue.
Our hearts and souls connected,
my body joined to you.
Our love we did surrender,
on that heady day late June,
when sun was at its highest,
midst the burning heat of noon.
the piano played for hours
the chianti bottle has long been empty
~ we refuse to go home
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
But yes, I tell my muse, we will be together until the end
She is relieved, having spent so much time fixing me
Correcting me, inspecting me, subjecting me to her will.
I am seventy-three as of yesterday, so I know she was worried.
Wondering if I was done; I am not seasoned, I am old.
I refuse to admit this, dying my hair burgundy, wearing go-go boots.
Poetry is my fourth hobby, but it is a part of my soul now.
My self-inflicted goal is ten poems a day.
I have been able to meet this goal for five years now.
But yes, I say to my muse. No worries.
You will be with me until my hands and head no longer move
And my brain figures out where we go after this earth life.
Specific Types of Together Poems
Definition | What is Together in Poetry?
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