The sun is shining
And yet a cold undertone
Bites into the impression
That summer has arrived
Bitter reminder
That under the warmth
Coldness remains
Or
Hopeful illusion
That above the cold
There is hope?
Tag poetry
Look Forward
Look forward
To new beginnings
And magical mysteries –
Days past are as dust
On a desert plain
To Overcome
The best way to overcome something
Is to simply overcome it
To not think about it
Not obsess over it
Not talk about it
Just move on
And I am
Moving
On
All Yours
Forbidden kisses
Dance across my mind – your lips
Chase my resistance
Open Air
One by one
My feel-good band-aids
Have all fallen away
Leaving my wounds
Exposed to the open air
Calloused
Scars zigzag across my heart
While another stretches across the surface –
Just one more brush painting shadows
Upon a worn calloused slate
Under the Ground
A little seed
Underground
Felt the sun
And began to grow
Roots and stems
And stalks and leaves
The little seed
Became a tree
Sweeping
I opened up
And shared with you
My secrets fell
Upon the floor
But now it’s past
And we are through
I’ll sweep them up
Till there are no more
Waiting No More
I spent hours, minutes, days and years
Waiting for a touch of kindness
Love from you
My waiting is over
The need is gone
Time before me
Is mine to fill
Introverted
Living in my thoughts all day
Sleeping in my dreams at night
Cocooned in a world of self
Struggling to break free
Perhaps there is something
Wrong with me
But I just want to be
Alone at liberty
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