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Trevor Reynolds Dec 2020
I closed my eyes but sleep wouldn't come
Twisted thoughts of yesteryears
Making you smile making you cry
Laughter becomes sobbing so quickly
Morning brings about no change at all
Reality sinks deeper in your heart
Memories seem to burden my load
The weight of which is crippling
I knew this time would one day come
But selfishly I wanted more
Trevor Reynolds Dec 2020
Icicles

Icicles drip in the midmorning sun
Like a Saline bag feeding your arm.
Intravenous emotions that fill my veins
While my heart has cause for alarm.
My frosty exterior matches the scene
That I observe through a window of mist.
My demeanors unsteady, like walking on ice
Around the edge of a virtual abyss.
Thoughts of the future while denying my past
Relying on forgiveness and repent.
Making a list, of often unwanted gifts
A waste, of the money I have spent.
Another drip falls from the cold icicles
Vanishing, once it hits the ground.
Wasting away, like we all will one day
To a silence, that's serene yet profound.
Trevor Reynolds Dec 2020
Do you speak the words you intend to write?
Rehearsing how they will read.
Do you write your thoughts down right away?
Or just whenever you feel the need.
Is your pen an extension of your heart?
Does it flow from line to line?
Do you stop what you’re doing to write things down?
Or wait until you have the time.
Can you visualize the created scene?
Like a painting in your mind
Do you publish them, for all to see?
Or make your talent hard to find.
You may belong to a special group
Although, you may not know it.
As people able to make their hearts talk
Are commonly known as poets.
Trevor Reynolds Nov 2020
I can't remember people’s faces
I’m not very good with names.
But don't stop coming to see me
I need your company just the same.
I’m taking my medication
That is, if I don't forget.
I know that I can’t reminisce
Is that something I should regret?
I like when people visit me
Some seem to know me well.
They say that I am looking good
But how is it they can tell?
They only met me a minute ago
When they walked in the place.
I thought I recognized their walk
But I don't recall their face.
In support of Alzheimer's awareness
Trevor Reynolds Nov 2020
Every poet has a dream
To have the words they’ve written seen
To know that someone far away
Understood what they had to say
Their emotions shared, they bare their soul
As that’s the way they rock n roll
So, take some time and read an ode
It may well help you down the road
You’ll never know unless you try
To cast a verse before your eye
Some hope or comfort you may glean
By just fulfilling a poets dream
Trevor Reynolds Nov 2020
Leaving home for distant shores
Way beyond my dreams.
Watching as the sun goes down
Awaiting nights moon beams.

Standing on the forward deck
Wind blowing through my hair.
Trepidation, second thoughts
Will love come find me there?

Stars arrive to light my path
Across an endless sea.
I wonder will I have regrets
What will become of me?

I should go and find some sleep
But I can’t pull myself away.
So, there I stood against the rails
Until the break of day.

The sunrise brought me fresh new hope
On my decision to depart.
To pack your life in two suitcases
Isn't for the faint of heart.

I convince myself all will be okay
When I finally do arrive.
I'm lonely now, but will not be
If I have you by my side.
The things we do for love ❤
Trevor Reynolds Nov 2020
I sit here with quill in my hand
Static as if frozen in time.
Words that ordinarily flow freely
Lay dormant in the back of my mind.
Ideas pass by me without stopping
While I struggle to catch one in flight.
Frustrated, my brains in such a muddle
Annoyed that I’m losing this fight.
Like a swift uppercut it then hit me
I was searching for something I could see.
i don't need to write about others
So, this time I will write about me.
As the thaw gathered pace in my mind
No longer was I frozen in time.
The quill skipped over the paper
My life recalled line after line.
Interrupted, I didn't get to finish
Maybe that was a blessing in disguise.
When you look in your mind at the future
You see things you don’t see with your eyes.
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