walking under a moonlit sky
in the summer night's breeze
fireflies dancing magically
flitting between the trees
days that stretched forever
yet passed by so very fast
the future vanished overnight
a light that did not last
you were my inspiration
my world yours to command
painting a blank canvas
with the touch of your hand
the winds of time turned bitter
and the wintry snows fell
there was no in between
once our love bid farewell
I run to your memory
seeking what can never be
when rainbows still had colors
that shined across blue seas....
Jun 17, 2020
Jun 17, 2020 at 12:11 AM UTC
rising up from wet lush soil
bursting with bright colors
fashions grown from tiny seeds
creating fields of flowers
thriving in the golden rays
each petal in perfect place
blooming with God's best design
enjoying nature's grace
wind rocking them to sleep
through night's solitary hours
they awaken just in time
to soak in April showers
Jun 16, 2020
Jun 16, 2020 at 4:14 AM UTC
you look at the sky with longing
dreaming of the day you will rise
your colorful design flitting around
like a butterfly in disguise
perhaps you think it unfair
that birds can soar with such ease
and you ask why you were not given
wings to fly upon the breeze
you exist for your own reason
to bring smiles to a child's day
as she tries to get you airborne
hear the sounds of laughter & play
I watch the kite complete its calling
rising high aloft, a free spirit
carrying its special cargo
of happiness along with it!
Jun 15, 2020
Jun 15, 2020 at 7:41 AM UTC
there is solace in the path untraveled
when it leads to the sea's tranquility
I hear the sound of the water's roar
see waves crashing out on the beach
feel the wind brush across my face
as I taste the ocean's salty kiss
then a perfect sunset paints a scene
of purples and reds and tangerine
watch the stars slowly dot the sky
sprinkling lights across a velvet night
listen as the night birds call to me
fly away with us, set your heart free
and when fireflies are flitting around
like starlets plucked from high above
I return to where this started from
refreshed enough to visit my dreams....
Jun 15, 2020
Jun 15, 2020 at 2:33 AM UTC
last night it was raining all night long
on my shingled roof a staccato song
I could not sleep thru the unceasing beat
pounding at the grass like noisy feet
the dark of night and the clouds kissed
sliding slowly, silently, an opaque mist
like strange wispy shapes barely dressed
nestling into the earth's cool breast
but a miracle greeted me at dawn
the sun's golden sheet covering my lawn
still air stirred with a touch of breeze
while songbirds twittered up in the trees
life was transfigured in the light of day
though you, more wonderful, were far away
I was left unmoved by this beauty above
blind and hungering for your sweet love
Jun 14, 2020
Jun 14, 2020 at 9:45 AM UTC
the sea god Poseidon enchanted a lady
of virtue and beauty, her grace did shine
making her a mermaid, daughter of the sea
passing on his joy of the ocean's depths
but the young lady longed for a mortal man
shedding unhappy tears, flooding the sea
trying to be the daughter of Poseidon
yet unable to break her chain to the land
our sea god removed his spell of enchantment
to his great surprise her tears kept pouring
for what good was having a mortal man,
if you couldn't be the daughter of the sea?
Jun 14, 2020
Jun 14, 2020 at 9:23 AM UTC