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Best Poems Written by Tonya Belden

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Leaf In the Wind

When I am the wind,
and you are a leaf,
I will worship Thee
beyond belief.
Summer dances
across your skin,
when you are a leaf
and I am the wind.
When you are a leaf,
and I am the wind,
each passing day
I will return again.
If you desire
the warmth of the sun,
I will move the clouds
one by one.
You will feel the sun shine
for only Thee.
When I am the wind,
and you are a leaf.
When I am the wind,
and you are a leaf,
I will find you clinging
to a naked tree.
Colors distorted
by the changes of fall.
Still I will cherish you
most of all.
On a breeze I will carry thee
to all the places I've been,
When you are a leaf,
and I am the wind.

Copyright © Tonya Belden | Year Posted 2014



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Lullaby

Sacrificial lullaby

Born to a soulless lady.

scar on mankind

the whore of Hades.

She dances as one with the fire.

Dancing round and round,

in her flaming gown,

chanting her desires

as she feasts on angel babies.

Cold as a valcanno

buried under ice

shadows in the snow

This infant sacrifice

has been salvaged from the womb

now must meet it's doom

To blind the adolescent mother's eyes.

Mouths of lies consume

the blood of innocence

doused in sweet perfume

they wear her flesh

in a masquerade

of regrets they have

and plans they've made

Infant,mother ,whore

each within itself

one from the other bore

all the photos on the shelf

she shares them with the fetus

sitting on her lap

the lullaby is  sweetest

just before the eternal nap.

Copyright © Tonya Belden | Year Posted 2014

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The Fork In Hinchmen Road

There is a crooked fork in Hinchmen Road,
Where ghosts are often present,
gathered around the beating post,
of a frightened female peasant.
Hinchmen Road is nowhere near,
any worldly destination.
One wrong turn and you'll disappear,
into a ghostly recreation.
Two centuries have nearly  passed,
since her wrongful persecution.
She walks a winding foggy path,
still seeking retribution.
When travelers reach the fork in the road,
they must choose which way to go.
one path leads to nowhere,
the other is crawling with lost souls.

When my wife and I decided to take,
a well deserved vacation.
We found ourselves traveling along,
this passage to damnation.
I almost hit the fleeing witch,
in a rented SUV.
Then an angry mob empowered by God,
was coming after me.
I''m not you but you would probably do,
the same thing that I done.
I reached in my emergency pack,
and pulled out my loaded gun.
Shots rang out,my wife freaked out,
both of us were screaming.
The mob stood in my headlights,
illumination beaming.
A decrepit old guy with a patch on one eye,
and a pitch fork in his hand,
pointed at me and shouted with glee,
"He is a warlock,get that man!"
I drove right through the glowing blue,
disgusting ghostly figure.
But I hit the ditch when that crazy witch,
appeared in my rear view mirror.
My wife and I were not badly hurt.
I had a goose egg on my head.
But the haunting visions in the dark,
made me wish that I was dead.

They tied her to the beating post,
and pelted her with stones.
They listened to her whimper,
as she hung from broken bones.
They stabbed her with their pitchforks.
Poor thing just kept on breathing.
Which added to their conviction,
with the devil she'd been dealing.
They drug her bloody body,
across the rocky ground.
Then dug a grave in the fork,
and buried her six feet down.
From horse and buggy to the cars of today,
she has hijacked weary drivers,
and brought them to the fork in the road
in hopes that they might find her.

My wife and I got on our knees,
and begged the witch for mercy.
We swore to tell her story,
despite all controversy.
Yes it's true most would say,
I'm quite delusional.
Yet the fork in the road is one turn away,
for those who ridicule.
So if you're ever driving down,
a road you often travel,
and find yourself on an eerie path,
not paved or laid with gravel,
Bare witness to injustice,
expose the horrors that unfold.
For that is the only way to escape,
The Fork In Hinchmen Road.

Copyright © Tonya Belden | Year Posted 2014

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Bldg 7

I stood on the edge of the world trade center
believing I was an architectural member of the whole
I often wonder why I am not remembered
why my demise is never recognized
why my story is never told
as the people gather at the foot prints of the twins
my ashes linger on their lips
for I am the question still unanswered
I am the piece that doesn't fit
I am the wrench in the machinery
they would like you to forget
I was never struck by aircraft
there is no memorial to replace me
I am not mentioned in the 911 report
instead they have erased me
Bldg 7 fell free fall speed
on September 11,2001
Brother to the twin towers
Never forget
ask questions

Copyright © Tonya Belden | Year Posted 2014


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