Amanda Shelton

Amanda Shelton Jul 2019

My poetic mind starves for creativity,
it yearns for the smell of
fresh ink and paper.

Creativity keeps knocking at
my door, always ready to cast
its lure. Bait is placed
line by line, crumb after crumb.

This poetic tale has many plots
but only one life to share.

I strive for higher willing to climb
the highest mountain to achieve
the poetic sense.

I dear to set your minds a flare
releasing my poets fire
into the chasm between
reality and dreams.

I am a poetic wizard
releasing my magical world
into the vastness of space.

© 2019 By Amanda Shelton

Amanda Shelton Jul 2019

A Poetic Death

Shine on me,
love me for me,
like a love poem,
construct my vision
with philosophy.

Kiss my poetic mind
with your ideas and
metaphors, construct
my lines with ink and quill,
bring the paper so I don’t
spill my poems onto the floor.

I am constructed with poetic
smudges from past memories
faded not by time, for I live
forever upon these pages.

This is a poetic death
of sorts but my memory
lives on through
smudges and marks.

© 2019 By Amanda Shelton

Amanda Shelton Jul 2019

Moon

Upon these strings you tug
on me, you are a puppeteer
always pulling on my limbs
moving me, pushing me to
the floor.

But still I rise,
I never fall too far
from a stable place,
stumbling but still
I rise and shine like
a star crossing the night sky
leaving my dreams behind.

Upon the setting sun
I slowly rise beyond
the pitch black of the sky
burning bright for all to see.

I bow in my orbital frame
smiling for you and all
who gaze upon my
dusty surface.

© 2019 By Amanda Shelton

Amanda Shelton Jul 2019

A Good Man

❤️--------❤️--------❤️
A good man
knows when to speak
and when to stay silent
❤️--------❤️--------❤️

To speak with an uproar
is to aggravate society.

To uphold a vow of silence
is to know when is the right
time to speak.

A gentleman knows how to
hold his tongue and when to
release his sword of knowledge.

A good man is one
who is not aggressive
controls his temper
with pride and status.

© 2019 By Amanda Shelton

Amanda Shelton Jul 2019

It's Painful

The pounding in my head,
the throbbing and burning,
pain settles in.

I never thought
I would suffer so,
I thought I fought
and won my battle
with pain a long time ago.

But pain had other plans
to sneak behind my back
and stab me over and over again.

These frivolous dreams
of beating the pain
has gone down the drain,
with allergies and useless
treatments.

I once was a star
but now pain takes the
center stage.

It’s painful!

© 2019 By Amanda Shelton

Amanda Shelton Jul 2019

Earth's A Quaken

I’ma going to the wall
while the ground shook
me off the rocker,
this Earths moven.

A quake that rawred in my face,
drew water from the base,
tree’s stood tall,
y’all got some lives
to save.

California shook 7.1 today,
got my feet shivering
and my chair is rocking
like a ghost is rocking
for its life.

This Earth is shaking
its got some moves
to show off, the water
is rolling down the base,
got my feet shivering
and my home sliding off its foundation, losing stability quick, these times are quaking and the Earth is shaking her *****
all while your waken by its rolling force.

Watch us move through 2019
California shook 7.1 today,
this is just the beginning
of a larger quake.

© 2019 By Amanda Shelton

Amanda Shelton Jun 2019

I Am The Sea

Upon the drifting waves
You can see my rising tides.
Upon the setting sun
You can see my fading shores,
as my tides collide
with beams of red
and yellow light.

© 2019 By Amanda Shelton