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 Jul 2015 Dag J
Marissa Kohlman
Bond
 Jul 2015 Dag J
Marissa Kohlman
Sacred words
Never meant for mortal eyes
Rest unspoken
Between mother and unborn son.
Felt but never heard
They wrap him
In a blanket of nurturing warmth
As he blossoms with divine guidance.
Beautiful
Perfect
Loved above all else
An angel is born.
And those sacred words
Hang glittering in the air
As he opens his eyes to the world.
With love to my beautiful son.  You are my world.
 Jul 2015 Dag J
Marissa Kohlman
Your expert fingers gently
    strum and pluck at my strings                
Making every inch of me sing.

My body thrums
    With each staccato beat
And goosebumps ***** my skin as we race towards the crescendo.

The music peaks
    And beautifully tuned notes entwine
In heart-stopping harmony.

Your bass blends
    With my soprano
In a perfect balance of tone and pitch.

In the stillness that follows
    The music fades
Into a duet of breathy sighs.

And then we :||
Let's make beautiful music together.
Poem 4 in my "7 Poems in 7 Days" self-challenge.  Bonus challenge: All titles must be school subjects.  Feel free to join me!
 Jul 2015 Dag J
Marissa Kohlman
The topography of the human soul can’t be learned in a day.
I ******* my bag and look out across the valleys and mountains that make you you
And feel both exhilarated and frightened.

I see beautiful, sunlit plains
Dappled with wild flowers
And vibrating with the joy of life.
I also see dark caves
Filled with shadowy, dangerous corners
And echoing with whispers of ghosts of the past.

I take a deep breath and take the first step.
I have my whole life to explore this land,
And I intend to learn and embrace every inch of it.

*North
South
East
And West.
Poem 6 in my self-challenge: "7 Poems in 7 Days" with each title being a school subject.
 Jul 2015 Dag J
Marissa Kohlman
Sometimes
          the weight of the world
                    becomes more than I can bear….
And  I desperately reach  to grasp your hand
          Only to find that
                     it’s
                               not
                                         there.
To my loved ones who left this earth before me, I miss you every day.
 Jul 2015 Dag J
Javier Garza
She sets the chess board up
Moves her Queen
Guards her King

I move my weak pawns
Sacrifice is what's needed
In a strategy that works

She holds nothing back
Conquers all with her Queen
Cares little about her pawns

I lose my Knights and Bishops
Even lose my Queen and Rook
But at the other end do my pawns go

She shouts Checkmate!
Thinks she has won
Doesn't realize that in the end, she's abandoned her King

I look into her eyes and say,
"Yes. Checkmate"
Point to my weak little lawns which now are ghosts from the past

On her end, the end which my pawns have reached
Lie Knights and Rooks,
Bishops and Queens
All surrounding the King she forgot

She sees her folly
In war rage and glee of victory did she forget her duty
With a heavy disappointed sigh,
She knocks down her forgotten King
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