Despite how many stars I view, one is brighter sway,
my devotion to you is a priceless gift you can't deny.
I feel free and safe with you, and the angels sing,
our love is knitted by weft string, you're under my wing.
Written: June 2nd, 2023
Bite Size No 65 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier
If I Could
In this time of innocence
The blood is falling just like rain
And you know when I look at you
I can feel and touch your pain.
I can see your smiling face
Always in my memory
But you know one day that I
Will come and take you home with me
If I came to you, I would
Put you under my wing
Bring you home with me
And we’d have everything
But I can’t do that
No I can’t do that
If I could be anywhere
I would be right by your side
We could face just anything
And you wouldn’t need to ever hide
If I could do anything
I would come and rescue you
And I know that one day we
Will always be together
David Cox 02/01/23
‘Your wish is my command’
he said it just as any woman in love
might want to hear
He said it like he was evening some score
somehow leveling the playing field
but said like he might really mean it some day
He said it like he was divulging some deep secret
that might otherwise never see the light of day
yet here was one step closer to a goal or destination
He said it loud and deliberate
so I could not misinterpret
or pretend I did not hear
‘Your wish is my command’, he said
so I’d know that somewhere below the surface
he meant it to some degree
I knew he liked the gallantry of it
and might even want it be true
so I took the gift as it drifted onto shore
Lone and castaway, a care package of sorts
I didn’t know what I might do with it
but I gathered it under my wing and
offered it a home within my heart
AP: 3rd place 2022
Posted on September 24, 2022
"Amid the jagged shadows of mossy leafless boughs; "
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Amid the Jagged Shadows
The restless wind swept all your leaves away,
gay colors I enjoyed every day.
My heart feels like you, my favorite tree,
in a colorless world I've lost my glee.
My heart is aching as holidays near,
I miss you so much and wish you were here.
Often nights, I barely sleep before dawn.
I'm trying to cope with you being gone.
My sweet granddaughter, with tears in my eyes,
I welcome again a lonely sunrise.
You remain in the shadows of my heart.
With my deepest love, to you I impart.
11-24-19
Poem of the Day November 26, 2019
~First Place~
Writing Challenge 3, November - Any Form
Sponsor, Dear Heart - Wisshkobi Ode
"I remember the years you spent under my wing,
As I recall all the joy, it makes my heart sing"
*Note: My Granddaughter is not dead, but her family moved a flight away.
B is for Buzzard under my hat,
my brain meaty and raw.
His talons cling like puppet strings.
His rabid teeth chew and gnaw.
Ye old Buzzard, nothing warm,
just a cold sentinel of death.
Not like the life-giving stork —
impervious to the stench of your breath.
Your buzzard form like a swarm of flies.
The maggots mirror your childhood.
The terror of your bulky brig —
weeping under my wing - your no good.
The psychiatrist dissects my thoughts.
One by one he pulls the seething strings,
whilst the buzzard glares at the Rorschach.
Irritated by the smell of ink and pendulum swing,
the suicidal creature flees to the window, succumbs.
The gift of happiness and flamingos, pink,
from my mailbox to the farthest edge.
Quite merry, maybe a bit wild, I sip a drink
of cherry cordial and admire the pink rabbits*
spiraling out of control but perfectly neat,
in row after row of planted fluorescence.
F is for Flamingo - now my crazy world’s complete.
1/9/2019
Contest: Buzzards and Flamingos
Sponsor: Anthony Slausin
Not a true story
*as rabbits multiply
Thank you for stabbing me in the back
Self-respect is something you lack
No one has treated me worse than you
But hey that nothing new
Somebody once told me when I was small
If they can’t respect themselves
They won’t respect you at all
They were right about one thing
I need to stop taking you under my wing
I used to love you, I used to fight
You were perfect in my eyes, not a flaw in sight
You betrayed me and left without a warning or letter
You and I both know I deserve so much better
I hope you are happy with the life you chose
But you left something as delicate as a rose
You broke something so beautiful, so perfect
And if you can walk away without any guilt
Then you just weren’t worth it
Some say that the eyes
Are the windows to the soul
While words may lose meaning
It's our vision that knows
To me you're an angel
With wings and halo unseen
And I feel that together
We could conquer all things
If you could see through my eyes
For just a day
It would remove all the doubt
And you'd want to stay
If you we're my pupil
I'd take you under my wing
And teach you how to me
You are so amazing
While the mind tends to wander
The heart cannot lie
To put your questions to rest
Just look through my eyes
Realize all that we share
Though we're two separate lives
In our quest to forever
Where we can unite
If you could see through my eyes
Or just read my mind
You'd see visions of you
As I wake at daylight
Please ponder no longer
For through my eyes you've seen
What lives in my heart
How you are my dream
If you could see through my eyes
O! Rabbit, I am sincerely sorry!
For you were once alive and well,
But now you don't have to worry,
Because you are now dead,
We missed your head,
But we ran straight over your middle.
O! Rabbit, I am sincerely sorry!
You once were fit as a fiddle,
Until now of course,
Because we ran you over,
Once apon a time you jumped in clover,
And frolicked in the meadows,
With your fellows.
O! Rabbit, I am sincerely sorry!
Rest in peace, poor thing,
Were you still here,
I would take you under my wing,
Did it hurt much dear?
O! Rabbit, I am sincerely sorry!
We tried to miss you but failed,
So you got nailed.
O! Rabbit I am sincerely sorry!
Under My Wing
by Max Sincere
You used 2 be my brother forever by my side...
I even pulled you out the matrix when the world left us to die....
Taught you patience over pride how to conquer and divide...
When a savage shows compassion just to camouflage the lies...
I never thought you'd cross the line with the hope u mite survive ...
Scared to face me like a man I can see it in your eyes...
Thought it was death before dishonor
to this monster in disguise...
Now my one and only honor is 2 sponsor your demise....
Love will leave you blind and vanish before you blink...
Beneath a dragons wings its a little hotter than you think...
Now trust is just a word that my lips no longer speak...
Lord forgive me for my sins may I practice what I preach ...
If our path should ever cross a final lesson I must teach...
Ask the father for forgiveness I hope he grants u peace...
Cause my heart is full of vengeance with pure resentment from the beast...
You new your life was null and void the day you touched my queen...
It all seems so far away now.All the pain from long, long ago.
Still healing I am, yet having no plan, this is the only way that I know.
Though many years have passed by.Each night I still cry,
from the trauma of long, long ago.
I was just a young boy when it happened.
Not understanding what life was about.
I was the first son,of two I was one.
The protector, I am, without any plan,
I absorbed it all up like a sponge
I accepted it all, no other would fall
To the stappings my old man would deal.
Soon I was numb, as the beatings would come
Quite quickly I learned not to feel.
The protector, I am, without any plan.
now no bullies could ever quite hurt
A child of twelve, my position I held.
Now it seems like long, long ago.
A fully grown man with finally a plan,
With my offspring well under my wing.
Their protector, for sure
this lifetime and more
Solid and true
I write this for you
my siblings, plus 3
for I am not he.
The chain fully broken
by me.
RJM 2015
Today I’m feeling rather down
Can’t always be happy and be a clown
I will sit and be a quiet bird
No pretty song will be heard
I’ll hide my head under my wing
And shed a tear instead of sing
The sun is shining it’s a lovely day
Wish I could spread my wings and fly away
Guess on days when life is tough
Being a wild bird just isn’t enough
Tomorrow I’ll spread my wings and fly
Look out for me I’ll be in the sky
So if you see me circling round
Throw a crumb I’ll swoop to the ground
I’ll eat the crumb and be refreshed
And back to happy which is the best
Jan Allison
20th August 2014
For a few days each year they call this house home
as once it had been before they started to roam.
The walls will be ringing with so much love and good cheer
they'll be storing it up to last through the year.
Every chick of my own will be under my wing.
I've prepared all their favorites, planned everything.
Twenty-one loved ones at once in my home.
The house is too small, should have rented the dome.
I call out each name as they enter the door
and think of the ones who aren't here any more.
My heart is so full of thanks to the Lord,
that the love my heart holds is returned many fold.
They greet each other with laughter and jokes.
This home and I have raised some good folks.
The turkey and gravy, did I make enough?
We've all eased our hunger but continue to stuff.
The pie will come later when the dishes are done.
Even the clean-up is happy and fun.
I gaze at them all and know in my heart.
they'll be as sorry as I when it's time to depart.
Friend
From days of traversing the seas
To home and family
Together we always were
And forever we always will be
Then we went our separate ways
My life, anew, I married
But not you
You found your love
You heart, your devotion
Your were blinded by
her secret potion-
You did not know,
In such a short time
Her heart would explode
And leave you in an icy
Mountain of sorrowful woe
A broken man to me you came
Your love dead, you couldn’t
Even speak her name.
Endless nights wandering the streets
Your mind, your sanity…self defeat
Years you were here
To heal, to mend -
What never should have been.
Under my wing you began to flourish
With our friendship, and trust
You were nourished.
Six years it took for your phantom
To cease
In our endless talks,
You finally found peace.
Away you go on your life’s journey
Never forget me.
I love you, my best friend
Eternally yours, and a hand I shall extend
For you until the final end.
A. Green
** Sean met a woman he fell in love with, after we got out of the Navy.
She failed to mention she had a heart condition from birth. She passed
away before their wedding day.
Youre like an unlikely temptation
That i love to have around
All i need is a healthy dose of meditation
Where i just sit and stare at the ground
But youre the only thing i want to do
They could never see us through these walls
Or hear us as we loudly screw
While they walk down the long dark halls
But even if they could wouldnt stop us
Even if our neighbor threw us under the bus
Even if the landlord makes a fuss
There wouldnt be anything to discuss
For they could go ahead and say anything*
They could spout of with their various lies
Because you could always hide under my wing
All you have to do is stare into these eyes
And we'd walk out of that place with heads held high
Our steps taken like stolen from some ballet
As the old grocery lady bugs us with her disgusted cry
Just know that this was the highlight of my day
day and night i sit and wonder when is my dad coming home
he writes to me about the war and the things that has happened
"dear son
soon I'll be home and i promise you won't recognize me
today i killed at 5 japs and took under my wing a boy not much older than you and
this makes me wish i was home with you."
one day I'll see my dad and hope that he looks the same
day after day after day yet no sign that my dad is okay
then one day an army truck appears inside is a man and a young boy right about
my age.
they knock on my door and i open it
they told that my dad was dead and the boy in front of me was my twin and he
was the boy that my father took under his wing .
i gave him a hug and cried for the lost of my father they told that is 15 japs and a
missile that wiped my father out.
day and night with a new brother by my side i wait to be with my lost father again
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