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Lacy Dodd Aug 2013
To not know what you want to find does not mean you will not find it; for the greatest things found were the ones not sought out.
Lacy Dodd Aug 2013
A writer’s inspiration can be found in all things and in no things at all.
Lacy Dodd Aug 2013
Far removed, yet etched deep within.
No! Not even time could mend
when death danced upon a grin.

Days wore your mind and body thin.
Burdensome is this task to witness the end,
But it stays far removed, yet etched deep within.

At life's end where should one begin?
A mom, a dad, a teacher, a friend,
and still death danced upon a grin.

Day to day. I must go on again.
Without you is grueling to comprehend,
so it stays far removed, yet etched deep within.

These thoughts of you sometimes spin;
Making it impossible to pretend
death didn't dance upon a grin.

The love you left is genuine
and on all you've taught I will depend.
The day death danced upon your grin
is far removed, yet etched deep within.
For my mother
Lacy Dodd Aug 2013
Don’t forget love is our way of life

It will never leave you in the dark only lead you to the light



Don’t forget love is our way of life

When It finds its’ way to you hold on to it with all your might



Don’t forget love is our way of life

It will never put your spirits' flame out only help it burn extremely bright



Don’t forget love is our way of life

Never swaying you wrong, always feeling completely right
Lacy Dodd Oct 2012
Can’t you see our souls are different

Leaving us with no fulfillment

This love will never progress

Only allowing it to regress

We’ve found the comfort ground

Too soon have we settled down

Asleep our spirits wait to be awakened

It’s not here the spell will break

So each other we should not take

We must let go of what we know

To walk away on our own

Or together our souls will live alone
http://www.poetryfromthesoul.us/
Lacy Dodd Aug 2013
Blooming Flowers, Beating heart

Touch of love, unknown touch

Seeking eyes, for unseen looks

Smiles of warmth, warming smiles

Blooming flowers, love is growing

Showing without knowing, knowing what to show

Yearning for unity, union is dreamt

Reaching out forbidden, natural outreach given

Blooming Flowers, blossom together
Lacy Dodd Mar 2013
At the pit of my soul
twisting up in fury
Feeling like an empty hole
May it all be a theory?

Knotted up within my gut
I shall have to disentangle
Although I know I must
Its future seems a wrangle  

This case I'd gladly dismiss
but my conscious strongly holds
Leaving me without such bliss
"Let it go" so I've been told

Will it ever be so simple
to let it be and set me free?
or forever be my *******  
keeping my soul feeling sick at sea

Blessed be those who know
not of doubt and jealousy
for it takes the spirit low
and the mind believes so carelessly
Lacy Dodd Nov 2012
Words escape the mind
Endless search to find
A meaning to this rhyme
It’s hard to know the next line
When one is running out of time
It’s easy with all these signs
To know what should be mine
Without a meaning to this rhyme
Many might begin to cry
But fear not it is no lie
One is not bound by a tie
The meaning to this rhyme
Can be reached when not blind
Oh! But not any seeing eye
Although this could be a crime
There may be no meaning to this rhyme
www.poetryfromthesoul.us
Lacy Dodd Nov 2012
The sun beams down lighting up my face and warming my skin
Coaxing my eyes shut to leave the physical world
Letting the natural world fill my veins
The wild wind refreshes my lungs
Replenishing my whole inner being
My mind goes to a wonderful place to take a break from the ever crazy reality
My body begins to weigh down sinking into earths comforting ground
Natures lullaby soothes me to drift off into unconsciousness

The land of dreams and wonderful things, hopefully
With nature surrounding me and cloaking me in divine bliss
Only allowing the subconscious to bring to life beautiful scenes
Flowered trees, fields of green, skies painted picture perfect blue, the air smells and tastes of honeydew, birds sing along to natures tune, the rivers move to the beat of Mother Nature’s heart

A natural awakening brings back my soul from its deep sleep
Slowly uprooting my body from Mother Natures’ loving grasp
She infused me with her energy to help me through the unnatural world we live in
I can't wait for the sun to coax me again to close my eyes and appreciate her beautiful essence once more
www.poetryfromthesoul.us
Lacy Dodd Nov 2012
Your touch sends my senses on a sensual ride
Building tension to embrace your body to mine
Forming thoughts of your tender caress invade my mind
Your kiss brings a rush of bliss like a raging tide
As your hands work their way around me to pull me in tight
Holding on to you my love sets in certain sights
I'm not afraid to say I want only you for the rest of my life
Lacy Dodd Nov 2012
My eyes begin to tear as I look at this in a sort of fear
Your last year was not one of much good cheer
You fought to stay here as long as you could keep in gear
Just enough to hear we all loved and held you dear
Even though you'll be gone year after year
your love and memory we'll keep real near
www.poetryfromthesoul.us
Lacy Dodd Nov 2012
It rumbles as the storm begins

Frustration strikes all with in

Raging wars on peaceful land

In the end there is no lending hand

For bonds are ripped and torn

The mender is completely worn

Sick from furious waves

Full of overwhelming craze

The sea itself has been iced over

As unrealistic hopes dreadfully lower

The calm is so far into the distant

Its meaning becomes nonexistent

Misinterpreted loved ones

Are mistaken as the burden

The obscure truth is masked in doubt

Heavily hanging in the air  

Such animosity, not a soul should ever bear
poetryfromthesoul.us
Lacy Dodd Nov 2012
Force words to form your thoughts

Is something you ought to not

For they will be empty lines

With no meaningful signs



Beautiful words must naturally unfold

To show the inner thoughts you hold  

Written with the utmost ease

To set your spirit free  



When your piece is finished

You will feel completely replenished

For those words created unique art

Coming solely from your heart
poetryfromthesoul.us
Lacy Dodd Aug 2013
It's the little things that brighten your soul
Just a little bit more then it was before
To be captured is unlikely, yet you have found it so freely
Feel how serene in that moment you have seen
For such beauty created is unique and will never repeat
Lacy Dodd Aug 2013
Looking at your soul through the windows we've been given

Fills mine with all its been missin'

Years could crawl by and I wouldn't mind

Showing what your soul is made of, so full of life

Growing with passion as it is joined with mine

Search more and you could not find

Two stars bound so close, as one they surely shine
Lacy Dodd Mar 2013
Your soul is not mine, yet we are intertwined
As one we have merged
We fight not the urge
To be together as long as our hearts desire each other
This love is no possession nor is it an obsession
Its essence is simply the purest  
And fails not to be only the truest
Lacy Dodd Oct 2012
When lying upside down I see the whole world hanging on a silver cloud

Stare at it long enough it begins to become right side up

Roots grow towards greater heights with no end to their soaring flights

They reach for the stars interlocking with earths loving arms

Making a perfect way to lead us to life’s golden gate

Opening our souls pouring wisdom into our minds’ empty holes

Rekindling us once again to be one with the universe, moon, and sun
http://www.poetryfromthesoul.us/
Lacy Dodd Aug 2013
When you call me beautiful
What does it mean?
What exactly do you see?
One is ever lasting
The other is passing


When you tell me you love me
What is its meaning?
What exactly are you feeling?
One is deep within your soul
The other is easy to be told


When you tell me forever
How long do you mean?
Where exactly will we be?
One is intertwined in happiness
The other dwells in loneliness
Lacy Dodd Mar 2013
Words can be lain straight
for simplicity
words can be twisted
for complexity

...

The writer decides
what he shall confide
Just as the reader conveys
the message in his own way

...

Write from the heart
to put feelings into words
Write from the mind
so concerns will be heard

...

Read to enrich the soul
Read to enhance the senses
Read to grow whole
Lacy Dodd Jan 2013
Its sides are solid
               6 sides
    Hollow, but within
                         I sit
Tapping my pen
               6 sides
crumbling this paper
            piece of paper



                      Staring
at me and
               6 sides
     screaming blank
Lines begging to hold
                   words
      words
              my words
                6 sides
This is built
              with
                6 sides
trapping many
     many writers trapped
              within
                6 sides
   these solid sides
Although hollow inside
                    you sit

****
        tapping this pen
against these
                6 sides
    Until
              They  
                        Fall
And
          All
                  These
                               Thoughts
come
  pouring
            in     and words
                          form beautiful
                        beautiful words
                  they  form
                               into
SOMETHING at last
               No
                 6 sides
      trapping us
                     inside

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