Regal flower of South Africa
Chosen royalty over flora kingdom
Adorned with halo burning bright
Atop a gracious scepter crowned
Finely decorated with cerise
Majesty in all his finery
Stems bow to the ground
All hail magnificent
King Protea
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Age and Bad Hair Days
Roots on fire
Throwing grey
Ash from what
Was life, age
Takes its toll
Leaving only a
Very bad hair
Day
Guilty Pleasure
Our guilty pleasure
Lingers long enough to savor
You and me alone
Together
One Day?
Goodbye
That’s it then
It’s been good
Go well
One final hug
And then you go
I stay
Maybe
One day?
Crying Clouds
Raindrops splashing on my skin,
Wash away the tears flowing from my heart.
Joy and sorrow are intertwined
Dark and light to never part.
How I ache to see the sun,
To live my days without a fear.
So raindrops keep on falling
Let the clouds cry one last tear.
Houses and Dreams
I never used to dream about houses
I would dream about romance, love
First kisses, wedding days
Attraction
Men and everything they could do to me
But houses was something I never
Dreamt about
Until one day
I started to
Dream
And it all slipped through my fingers
Gratitude
For each breath taken
Drawing in the source
Of creation
We are created
We are alive
We live
We are
Scars
I had a wound
So deep and raw
I would flinch
Eyes filled with tears
The wound has healed
Etching scars across
My soft pale flesh
Reminders of the
Pain I no longer feel
And I don’t care
Any more
Whispers
If I could blow kisses
I would blow kisses
Gently to you
If wishes could fly
I would send wishes
To fly to you
If whispers could float
I would float whispers
In the wind to you
Whispers of love
And grace and light –
Whispers of a warm embrace
Enemies
Enemies I have a few –
When doing things
Others don’t want me to do.
Making decisions that
May never please;
Their anger directed at me
I can never appease.
Well, I received short notice
To never show my face
And my family and friends
To stay away.
My only shortcoming –
To make a decision
That did not please.
And I’m sorry for you.
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