frances-ayers
American
I am a published Poet,Caregiver and Social Worker who started writing in my forties.My poem,"As Old As The Sea",was a second runner up on voicesnet.com.I have been published online in,Angie's Diary,Joyful.net,Voices net.com,and on Poem Hunter. My poetry has also been published in the following print anthologies and journals;Fm Summer and Winter editions(available on Amazon),Poetic Bond 2,Reflections On A Blue Planet(1,2,4)On The Wings Of Love,Words Of A Poet,The Attic,The Art Of Darkness,and Landscape Of A Dream When I am not writing,I am a full time caregiver to an elderly relative.
Who
Knew
The sea
Was free
Of petty
And heady
Games humans play
Yet on display
A rough and tumble
Albeit humble
Visage of simple grace
She keeps an onward pace
To march with the sands of time
And cherishes the sublime
With a truthful gaze,for all men
And welcomes all into her den
Creatures that boast with unending pride
Called forth to answer,they can not hide
All who honor her,are sent on a path
A life changing journey,without her wrath
Aug 23, 2014
Aug 23, 2014 at 6:15 PM UTC
Summer is silent
For your voice lays in stillness
Begging to be heard
Counting memories
Among familiar scenes
Of what you once loved
Searching for echos
Only pictures come to mind
The heart keeps them close
Jun 26, 2014
Jun 26, 2014 at 2:37 PM UTC
Perceptions
Sometimes askew
As seen through filtered lens
And a cargo of emotions
Disguised
Jun 26, 2014
Jun 26, 2014 at 2:35 PM UTC
Your machinations
An abhorrence that haunts me
I sit silently
As someone shell shocked
Feeling numb like Winter ice
In need of refuge
Expressionless face
Tears hidden beyond a veil
Searching for reasons
But dawn will soon come
As swiftly as the dark
Life in earnest waits
Feb 11, 2013
Feb 11, 2013 at 2:35 AM UTC
Does it ask much?
Clothed in simple attire
Unassuming
How still it is
Slumbering with the earth
While flowers dream
Beckons man and beast
It's fragrant bed
Always ready
Feb 11, 2013
Feb 11, 2013 at 1:37 AM UTC
Purest essence
The foundation of life
Lies within us
Washes over us
And purifies the soul
A new beginning
Primordial
Forever one with nature
A gift to mankind
Feb 11, 2013
Feb 11, 2013 at 1:35 AM UTC
Pictures of her past
Lovely bright colors
Though dark at one point
As seen through filtered light
And a once darkened mind
Feb 11, 2013
Feb 11, 2013 at 1:33 AM UTC
Remember Me With Smiles
When my long journey on earth comes to an end
And the river of tears flow out to the sea
When silence appears like a long lost friend
And time alone replaces the feeling of "we"
Then please recall special times that we shared
And laugh at mistakes that we seldom forgave
Recalling two souls that often lay bared
For our special bond will survive the grave
Feb 11, 2013
Feb 11, 2013 at 1:32 AM UTC
As The Night Descends
As the night draws the curtain close
And all the earth lays down it’s head
The moon and shadows strike a pose
As our little ones are tucked in bed
Ethereal beings take to flight
As heavens’ curtain slowly falls
They pass unseen through out the night
To undertake their sacred calls
To guard frail humans in their sleep
Bringing hope to weary souls
From house to house,they quickly leap
To carry out heavens’goals
Jul 14, 2010
Jul 14, 2010 at 7:10 AM UTC
Why
Empty dark eyes
Staring into space
Feeling devoid of purpose,
Have you embraced the grave?
Are you ready to leave behind ,
All that you love?
To give up your soul
For an unknown place
Without thought of the cost,
To those left behind.
Who will pick up the pieces
Of a shattered life?
Is one fateful moment worth
All the pain?
You have passed on to the living,
On one fateful day.
Jun 29, 2010
Jun 29, 2010 at 1:36 PM UTC