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Amanda Shelton Poem
It is a night of ethereal pain,
a song of sorrow rakes my wane,
ghosts of my past vent their howls.
The ethereal souls stir;
fog shrouds their stalking frame,
their brooding agony fallows me.
Moon beams cascade over
dark and tragic shadows,
and the sorrow of my pain
fade to gray, as my life
begins to change.
Now a night of shared tears,
I remember my pain
as a ghost remembers
their past life.
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Amanda Shelton Poem
In winter they cried ice cold tears,
each one shattered like glass
as they flowed steady and fast.
Blue I feel,
as I lost the warmth of the sun
upon your chilling kiss.
My white gown grew its roots
upon your barren ground,
it bloomed on the night
when the moon shined
full and bright.
I your moon flower beamed
bursting forth,
as my petals fly free,
they die before they freeze;
hitting the chilled earth
with a dreadful thud.
Memory of you;
My ghost flowers grew
upon the memories we grow
and cultivate;
as the stars bare witness
to our chaotic dance.
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This was written after
I left my mother's deathbed,
she was my moon flower.
Her memory will forever be engraved
upon my heart and in my tears.
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Amanda Shelton Poem
Winds blow kisses,
flowers blow wishes,
while seasons bring change;
Meadows grow green.
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Amanda Shelton Poem
At last thine heart came to me,
opened like a scalloped shell
holding for me its pearl.
Lay at my feet,
they love will claim my heart,
I sacrificed my passionate feelings
so freely.
Our love like the caged bird
was set free.
I bowed to your advances,
I kissed your passions
with my willingness
and blushing smile.
Come lie with me and be my lover,
forever in a passionate state.
Frozen love never thawed
nor moved for me,
until you came.
Love was set free.
Love is free.
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Amanda Shelton Poem
I, I will fly
beyond these dreams
that seem to never take flight.
I, I will fly
beyond the clouds,
beyond the blue sky,
above the horizon,
I become weightless
as I leave the boundaries
of the earth.
I, I will fly
like a caged bird set free
for the first time.
I, I will fly
like Superman,
I will be like a star
falling to earth
leaving behind
a trail of wishes.
I, I will fly
beyond the boundaries
of your imagination.
I, I will fly...
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Amanda Shelton Poem
I take a deep breath into my nose
to smell the freshness of clean sheets.
Aw yes, I love that smell,
that warm fresh scent,
that crisp air smell.
There's nothing else that can compare,
to the smell of fresh clean sheets
its an aroma I will never forget.
I remember when I was a kid,
my mother took me to the laundromat
to clean my sheets.
I couldn't believe the smell,
how I loved that smell,
my mom couldn't get me to leave.
We watched TV while the cloths were turning
around and around,
but I stared at the machine
when my mom put in my bedsheets.
I knew when they were through
I would be in heaven smelling the clouds.
I love clean sheets.
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Amanda Shelton Poem
No color,
no warmth from the cold weather,
no charisma,
no freshness,
no love just loneliness,
no cover from the rain,
no drain for the tub,
no food in the cupboards,
no water to drink,
no end to the war,
no cooler for the heat,
no ice to make water colder,
no rivers flowing,
no flowers growing.
All is bleak,
all is dark and crawling.
Bleak that's all.
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