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Liz Anne Dec 2011
Caught on the threshold
             Of freedom and fire
                        Holding to the hinges
                                Of not yet fallen plans
                                      Please don’t let the sea wash away
                                             Everything I have left to say
                                                   Looking for the sun
                                                        On a moonless night
                                                           ­  Seeing the stars
                                                           ­     And knowing mine’s there
                                                           ­        Separated by the fear
                                                            ­          That morning won’t come
                                                            ­       Balancing on broken ground
                                                          ­      Glancing back without a sound
                                                           ­  It’s a little hazy up the way
                                                        But sand and stone don’t stop
                                                  My unfolding, unwinding starlit path
                                             The steps back are easier than forward
                                      Steely heart and day-made dreams
                                  Of gold and tarnished silver
                              Help to hope my star like step-stones
                                   Will give me the first stride
                                                                                                                                        Beyond the celestial doorway
Liz Anne Nov 2011
And I just realized
I'm still hanging on
By more than a thread
A little less than a rope
Tethers me to you
My mind whispers let go
My beating heart says
I'd rather not know
What's it like to lose you
To find yourself lost
When groping for hope
But still it skips a beat
When you're in the room
You see me near
I know you'd say yes
If I'd only relent
But I won't do it
Not just yet
Liz Anne Nov 2011
My mind is racing. Chasing. Something. Strong. Its pulling me back. Pulling me in. Pushing away. Thoughts of another day. Don't drift. Far. Away. Escape. Reshape. Beyond. Space. Creeping. Crawling. Silver sky. Screen. Falling. Soaring. Flickering winds biting. Fall leaves. Autumn stalling. Time is growling. Meowing cats. Crazed dogs. Drooling. Pooling. Swimming. Dripping. I want to go skinny dipping. Laughing. Giggling. Kissing. Take me dancing. In a field. On a starry evening. All alone. Forget the cold. Nevermind a mother's scold. She's not near. Have no fear. Find a light. My fire. Wishing. missing. Hoping. Moping. Sighing. Winter's crying. Shiver. Quiver.
No more good-bye-ing.
Satisfying.
Liz Anne Nov 2011
Come with me, fragile soul
Come let me take you home
Bliss and a kiss await your return
Turn your back on your self-taught scorn
Lift your face to the summer sun
Remember not every battle lost is knowledge won
Not every embrace is more brief than the last
But true and tried you will live on, fragile soul
If only you would want to
Let me bring you peace and a moment's grace
Come find warmth in sunlight streaming
Home is waiting for you, wherever you are
Whenever you will have it
Liz Anne Nov 2011
All the things I could search for
All the things I could say

Is there anything left unsaid?

Is it all really necessary?

Is it all really worth it
To say and to spout
As is a mouth forced to obey?

Can’t anyone find me
A few words
Someone has yet
To say?
Liz Anne Nov 2011
Like whispers on the quickening wind
Fire burning through brush-untouched
A moment gained is a moment lost
Some loves deepen and some escape
But from here on out I'll try not to take
Trust given I hope won't be trust lost
It's a petty window that won't keep shut
And a foolish child who lack shame
Everything that evades, remains
Good intentions never last for long
Reason refuses to stay in sight
All the things I hoped for never could stay
I wouldn't ask for very much
An hour or maybe one long day
Without the traumas of some inevitable day
A day when a moment gained is never lost
Liz Anne Nov 2011
All the things we put off until tomorrow
And the worries we let linger another day
               Just the little things child, don't fret

Somewhere we each get lost along the winding way
Somehow we refuse to find the words to say
               Be still child, all troubles will pass in time

Listen and let lay, set it off for a faraway someday
But what of those things that don't fade away?
What of moments left to linger and laid to waste?
               Don't fret child, be still in times of trial

Like the rest you hold to hope that tomorrow never comes
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