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Laid To Rest

Tears no longer come, 
dried ducts of wrung emotion,
denied one more drop of release.

... but only to feel

Feel your finite presence beside me,
inhaling your sweet scent to memory.

Feel your heart pulsate through the calfskin
of the despair that seals me in its snare.

Rhythms of a hopeless eternity of love,
not destined for us. 

Feel my heart bleeding for one more glimpse,
of the exquisite life and love in your eyes.

Shuttered now from a lifetime of shared souls.

The pianist plays one last song,
as tears fall upon your coffin.
Won't you give me a sign,
to show me the way to you.

I wonder what has become of me,
my soul a definition of despair,
my mind a metaphor for insanity,
my heart silenced by the loss of your call.

Above, all I see are murky skies,
even the stars hide from me.
I'm sure the moon shed a tear,
when the sun refused to shine on me.

In the hope there is no tomorrow, 
I lay here with your photograph on my pillow.
 
... but time ticks so slowly

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A Collaboration  -  Silent One & Judith S.
September 21, 2018

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The Balloon

I am a balloon, happy and free
My friends and I brighten every party
Festival colors, waving animation
My life is all about the celebration

I wait in a corral as one by one
My friends all leave as the children come
I’m all alone now questioning why
Why has everyone passed me by

Are my colors not as bright as the rest
Up until now I thought I was the best
Oh wait, wait, here comes a little girl
All smiles and bows and cute blond curls

She’s taken my string and I’m filled with joy
We dance together she loves her new toy
I see some others lifting off to the sky
And just at that minute, I wonder why

Why can I not soar to the clouds
Flying high looking down on the crowds
Tethered to string that holds me down
My life’s too short to stay on the ground

With all of my might I pull at the knot
The little girl jumps but I can’t be caught
I look down and see her tears as they fall
The hurt in her eyes makes me feel very small

She rescued me there ... the last one left
She made me feel loved and I left her bereft
Regret overcomes me but I can’t go back
I’ve already set myself on this track

I sadly look skyward but my friends are gone
And suddenly I’m left again forlorn
Floating aimlessly on a journey I can’t stop
Before me a tree branch appears and then ... pop!

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Mute It

What causes those daft in the head
To hurt others with things they’ve said
If you must then vent
Your jealous intent
Perhaps you should mute it instead.

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A Snowy Evening Walk

The snow wafts gently down
Softly and quietly coating the ground
With a silence so loud
Blankets earth like a shroud
Trees hold snow laden boughs
My steps as I walk make barely a sound

I take this path alone
Pondering certainties that are unknown
The twists that living takes
Mistakes we sadly make
The tears for loving’s sake
The many ways which our love hasn’t grown

Lamps aglow light my way
This beauty conflicts my heart that’s so gray
Now I wish you were here
But instead my heart fears
As our love disappears
I’ve pushed you away and there you will stay

This snowy evening stroll
And I realize your love feeds my soul
I  beg of you return
So much we need to learn
It’s for you my heart yearns
Without you my darling I can’t be whole.


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January 7, 2018

Written for Contest:  Rhyme Me A Poem
Theme:  A Snowy Evening Walk
Sponsor:  Broken Wings

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Unsung Heroes

What now of heroes can I speak
Who raise the mild and loft the meek
Bequeathing glory, love untold
With ne’re a thought their heart unfolds

A spirit bright so kind are they
Their own life’s pain they hide away
Their selfless gifts cast near and far
They’ll hand you moons and cast you stars

In what choice god you do believe
He’s planted in them kindness seeds
With selfless stealth they will achieve
To garnish souls with ruby beads

Intentions oft misunderstood
They only know how to do good
Altruistic warrior hearts
Empathy is their unique art

Incognito these ones remain
Actions speaking louder than fame
Gifted with words to comfort pain
Casting rainbows, banishing rain

Unsung heroes they will remain
Singing their songs without refrain
Broken angels with hidden wings
Healing souls whilst weaving heart strings.


November 26, 2017
Written for  “Hero” Contest
Sponsored by:  Silent One

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Hopeless

It seeps into your bones this silent sadness
Spreading like a caustic cancerous liquid
Black and oozing slithery fingers into spaces
Once open petals to joy and light ... and hope
Like the nap of a velvet pillow 
Stroked with the palm against the grain
Changing smiles to tears and love to hate
Choking the light of life from your soul
You scream to release the impending hell
But the sound is choked back by the oil
And only a gurgle of a horrific thought emerges
The impact lost in the silenced words
No one knows ... no one sees
The unrelenting march of death that spreads
Beyond sight ... without sound ... in the depths
Of your being and your defeated mortality
Willing it to stop with what’s left of your resolve
Yet knowing your weak fight can no longer conquer
Surrendering to the chokehold on your soul
The night is your comfort and your demise.

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5/23/2018

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Hurt Can'T Be Kept

You’ve come from cold
Hushed words not told
Don’t say those things
The shame it brings

Don’t be so bold
Just let it mold
Deep in your soul
You dig a hole

Hide all your fear
No tears my dear
Wear your good cheer
No one will hear

You cry at night
When out of sight
You’re hard as steel
Your heart can’t feel

In light of day
No one can say
That you are weak
Your tears won’t leak

That day you find
One who is kind
Who feels your cry
In your mere sigh

A word of love
Soft as a dove
Safe in his arms
Steeled from all harms

Out pours the pain
Hard as spring rain
Tears must be wept 
Hurt can’t be kept

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January 31, 2018

Written for: 128 Word Contest
Sponsor:  Silent One

[Checked in www.howmanysyllables.com]

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Ivory Tower

Existing, so removed, in your ivory tower
From high in your loft you wield your power

You weave your emotions like Rupunzel’s hair
dangling enticingly waiting to snare

Keeping your feelings locked behind bars
elusive and untouchable distant as the stars

Seemingly honest and raw and true
easy to trust what you say and do

Woven with steel emotions impenetrable
your victim will feel completely irreparable 

You are always right, you never bleed
everything you do plants a calculated seed

Little by little the insecurities grow
eating away at what we think we know

Dare we not question our reality
thinking we know what’s apparent to see	

You know what to say how to speak to a heart
your ego unchecked you execute your part

Perfectly played you’ve planted the guilt
how dare we believe what we think we have felt

Go away and come back do not let go
paralyzed with doubt insecurity will grow

Finally the escape before our soul is gone
entombed as it becomes in a deadly catacomb

The climb from this well is steep and so hard
but we leave this hell with emotions chard

The light will be warm and stinging at times
bright days grow longer we know we’ll be fine

Escaping the world of a narcissist
Is full of traps and emotional twists

Be strong and true to yourself and your goal
never again allowing that emotional control.

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When She Speaks

Alas what joy she speaks without a word
Her gift to me I feel with deep resound
So sure and true her dagger and her sword
Plunge through my heart and for my soul are bound

Now tears of sorrow well without a wound
And yet I cannot dam them as they fall
She plays to me the words in perfect tune
A thousand tragic tales I feel them all

This day speak not to me of glee and yet
I love these sad raw echoes through my bones
Loves lost and found and yearning I beget
Embrace my soul, forlorn resonant tones

Your beauty is a thing beyond compare
When bow doth stroke your strings and paint the air.

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Written October 31, 2017
Submitted for Best Sonnet Oct-Dec 2017 Contest
Sponsor:  John Hamilton

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One More Day

Then while I held you
The world felt just right 
Our twin hearts beating
Wrapped round you at night

You’d filled all the holes
That burst in my soul
Slow spreading like glue
Until I felt whole

I loved what my life was
With you by my side
Content overwhelmed me
My lonely had died

Dear God won’t you gift me
One more perfect day
This heart wrenching sadness
Can’t go on in this way

Please take my own soul
Is this what you must do
Pain brittles my bones
This can't be my truth

Please just one more chance
To hold him at night
To feel his heart beat
To make my world right

Dear God … please grant me
JUST one more day
One last … I love you
Take my tears away



November 22, 2017