Pencil or pen in the hand
On the paper it shall land
Every word a story will unfold
Taking readers to legends untold
Rhyming lines the secret potion
Yes, poetry over motion

Over and over letters collide
Victory when poetry decides
Every pen needs paper to confide
Readily in heart a poem shall reside

Movement of words across the page
Only your thoughts taking center stage
Trust in poetry to sing to your heart
In all it's motions, it will soon start
Opening doors to rhythmic places
Now and then to different faces

The words, they jump right off the page
Imagination all the rage
To feel as if you are right there
Adventure finds you everywhere
The book you pick is how you gauge

The princess locked up in a cage
You are allowed to go backstage
Be the judge of how she will fair
The words, they jump

Allow your heart to take the stage
Be the hero who saves the sage
Fun and adventure in the air
Open a book, read if you dare
Respect the library with care
The words, they jump

Temporary
Imagined
Manipulating
Everytime

Transient
Ignorant
Malicious
Everytime

Tormenting
Immortal
Malfunctioning
Everytime

Tactical
Righteous­
Intuitive
Unbelievable
Majestic
Perfect
Happiness
Simple

I love to see laughter
Gleaming in your eyes
Especially when it's
An unexpected surprise
This April fools day
Was no different, of course
When I saw that look in your eyes
I almost felt remorse
You got all dressed up
In your black suit and tie
Did you ever think
To ask yourself why
would they give you an award
I mean what did you do
But you were so proud to be asked
So I played you the fool
I walked you through the door
Arm in arm we went in
But the room was empty
And then you saw my grin
I ran away from you
As fast as I could
I knew you would catch me
You were up to no good
April fools day!
I yelled and your eyes held that gleam
You wrestled me to the ground
Tickling me forever it seem
You won, he whispered
But then so did I
I looked up into his face
And I tried to act shy
He kissed my eyes
And whispered in my ears
April fools day
Then the doors opened with peals
Of laughter for my failed prank
My husband and friends knew
So my con that day stank!

I once lived in a house of endless laughter
Where giggles would tumble like blocks
Dresses would twirl and ponytails fly
Smiles on their faces would give me a high

But that is all water now under a bridge
For I am alone now where only silence lives
Bouncing from wall to wall, nothingness exists
I look at the empty room and ball up my fists

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday rolls by
A blur of endless work hours to make the time fly
Then finally, it is Thursday, and the time is near
The silence from the walls I can no longer hear

It is my day to shine, when the girls will come
Work to school then finally home
Time ceases to exist as the giggling tumbles again
They will leave me soon, but I’m content until then

Thursday to Sunday every other week
All other moments, nothing but bleak
I live for the days when they brighten my walls
Killing the silence, breaking my falls

I can see in their faces
When they think I’m not looking
The tears in their eyes
For the dad they are missing

I dread walking alone to my car late at night
The lot is so massive and always scarce of light
I reach into my purse and fumble for my keys
Wait, what was that!  I dropped to my knees  
I peered into the darkness but no one was there
But I know what I heard, I'm going nowhere
There it is again! Footsteps somewhere behind me
Oh my God, where is my car, where could it be
I saw by a lamppost in the dim parking lot
A shadow of a man holding something he bought
In a brown paper bag he reached deep inside
And pulled out a knife; I knew I had to hide
I scampered behind one of the cars beside me
I could see him glance around and hoped he couldn't see
Fear crept along the spine of my back
I saw him toss aside the brown paper sack
He walked closer towards me and I wanted to scream
Is this really happening; it feels like a dream
I was going to die right here right now
I can't let this happen, someway somehow
If I'm going to escape, I must do something soon
Before I come face to face with that fierce looking goon
I crawled under a car and held a can of mace
He was walking towards me at a snails pace
Ahhhh he grabbed my foot and dragged me from under the car
He twisted me around and all I saw was his scar
A deep red **** along the side of his face
That's it I'm going to die in this god awful place 
He grabbed me by the hair and I kneed him in the crotch
I saw him reach up the knife and I was too scared to watch
I kicked him again and fought with all my might 
But he was so strong and put up a good fight
Determined I am to make it through this day
I punched him in the face and I heard him say
I'm going to **** you now and you will never be found
I sprayed the mace into his eyes and he fell to the ground
It is you who will die, you thought you were smart
I reached for the knife and stabbed him in the heart
My whole body was shaking as he took his last breath
I could feel all around me the stench of death
The police found me later passed out with the knife
I am writing this now as I serve twenty to life
It was my husband I killed on that very day
But I do not regret it, he deserved to die that way
Day after day the abuse got worse
I knew that I would soon someday burst
I sit here each day from this tiny cell
And live out my life from this prisoned hell

Pitter patter, pitter patter
I awoke this morning 
To the soft tapping of water
Against the many panes
Of my bedroom windows

The sound is mesmerizing
Pitter patter, pitter patter
I watched and listened silently
As rivulets of water chased
Each other in a race to the end

The rumbling of thunder is followed
By sudden flashes of bright lights
Pitter patter, pitter patter
The skies are singing me a song
The many sounds a unique symphony

Endless streaks of water
Float like clouds down the panes
For moments at a time it is quiet, then
Pitter patter, pitter patter
The chasing of water continues

Wrapped in my warm fuzzy blanket
I sit on a benchseat by the window
Watching the rain cleanse away
All of the previous days' stresses
Pitter patter, pitter patter

As the tempermental moods
Of March dissapear
The torrential rains
Of April reappear

May will gladly gift us
With buds and blooms to adore
While June and July showers us
With sunshine galore

August and September promises
Us with the many colors of Fall
While October tries to scare us
Asking ghosts and goblins to call

With November comes endless thanks
For all the love and smiles year long
And now finally December
Christmas cheer to all

I awoke this morning
With the wind touching my face
A cool breeze waking me up,
As if shards of ice were blowing kisses. 
Touching my face, eyes, shoulders;
anywhere the warm flannel sheets forgot to protect
The morning light urges my eyes 
to open and I realize the windows
were left up to let the breezes in
Wrapping a sheet around me,
I shiver from the cool crisp air
And walk to the bench by the window 
Humming birds are practicing a duet
Such a beautiful sound to wake up to. 
The wind blows thru my hair 
And kisses my eyes. 
Good morning she says. 
Good morning ...

Subtle like the drifting of clouds 
You slipped into my senses
Quietly, like whispers in the wind
You exposed my wall of defenses
In you, I was expecting nothing
And fought so many forgotten emotions
Within you, I found everything
And gave in to your passionate notions
You bathed me in this luminous light
And patiently, you helped me to see
That while I was lost, stumbling in the dark
There lay loves possibility

Come close to me my darling love
For I have waited for you so long
To hold me, touch me, wrap me up
In your arms where I belong

I long to lose myself again
In the scent of your desire
To Touch your skin and fan the flames
Of this never ending fire

Your lips I crave to kiss me here
My lips to kiss you there
Your nakedness against my own
Touching me everywhere

We gaze into each others eyes
As you prepare me with your caresses
Your name I whisper again and again
As my body yours possesses

How do I love thee
Let me count the ways ...

It is all the unspoken words
You whisper to my heart
And in the distance between us
That is keeping us apart

It's the way your smile melts
Any fears that I may have
And in the joy you express
Each and every time I laugh

It's in the inexplicable way
You look at me, sometimes unaware
That I myself am locked
In the passion of your stare

It's in the way your fingers
Slide softly down my face
Memorizing my features
Touching each and every place

Its in those very first moments
When we knew something was there
In that very first kiss
That reached me everywhere

There are no words enough
And not enough days
But moments in time
To express the many ways

I love the feel  of you in the morning
The softness of your hands, roughness of your feet
the way your legs feel wrapped around mine
I love the way you turn to face me
Even in your sleep
I love when you open your eyes
And see me gazing at you
And you gaze back at me
Smiling, you touch my face and whisper
Good morning sweetheart …

Time has seized to exist
My heart frozen like
Icicles on a once flowing stream
I am to mourn you
But it is me I mourn
I am to bury you
But it is me
Who wishes to be buried
Empty faces staring, pointing
Shaking their heads at my loss
We had just laughed, just touched
And now you have just left...
It is time now, I cannot move
As a testament to our love
A steady stream of
silent tears I shed. Goodbye.

An emptiness blankets me
Like a cloak of darkness
Descending upon light
The silence is deafening
I hear echoes of your voice
Your laughter, ringing in my ears
When I am without you
With you I am lost in the clouds
You, my angel smiling down on me
I want to be lost with you
Come find me again so that we can get
Lost in the clouds together.

What did you do

With laughter in your eyes
And a softness in your heart
What did you do to me?

Your need so strong
Your touch so sensual
Your yearning intense
Your eyes so gentle
What did you do to me?

You entrapped me with your smile
Made me a slave to your touch
Tell me, what did you do to me?

You are scared, me too
Your eyes are shaded
With the color of passion
Tiny hues of anticipation

Come here, hold my hand
You are shaking, me too
I want to touch you
burning with anticipation

Do not be scared, I am here
My arms will protect you
We will douse this fire
And there will be no more

Anticipation ...

Can you hear it
The rapid beating
Can you feel it
The sweet anticipation
We have waited long
Using small words to occupy time
Sometimes often, sometimes rare
But each day, a word or two
To remind us of this time, this day
Where two virtual friends
Finally make the few heartfelt words
Ring true ...

Hello, it is nice to finally meet you.

Like a melody in my head
that I cannot forget
you are a symphony of tunes
and our love a sweet duet
every touch every glance
is a lyric I want to taste
so eager am i to hear
each word intimately placed
like a melody in my head
I cannot get out
you are a symphony of tunes
replaying all about
sing to me your dreams
and let me play your song
like a melody in my head
replaying all day long

In happier times

Together always, and also apart

Smiling on the outside, crying inside

Holding hands, mile high walls between us



In happier times

Joined by paper, by properties

By kids, by work, by bills,

By love, by hurt, by hate, by hurt



In happier times

Music throughout, wrong music but music

Watching tv, wrong shows, but together right?

Dinner together, one ate and one cooked cleaned served

Happier times??



And now – alone and yet not alone

Friends, family, strangers

Sometimes crying outside

But then .. smiling on the inside



No longer joined by paper, properties

Work, bills, love hurt hate hurt

No more bad music, no more wrestling

Dinner together – with kids and two goldfish

Finally –happier times

It hasn't even registered yet
has not sunk in my mind
that years of loving and hurting
laughing and crying
all led to regrets
no sorry's, just regrets
He regrets getting caught
I regret not seeing sooner
Now it is all done and over
and I am back to being one
Freedom, he accuses.  That's why I did it
but I dont feel free
just a deep sense of loss...

I am so scared
sweat beading on my forehead
goosebumps rising on my arms

One hour - 60 minutes
is he nervous or glad
happy or mad

He drove me to this moment
I did not ask for this day
I did not ask for this pain

Love, honor, obey; till death do us part
it's almost time; lawyers, witnesses, judge
tears, anger, frustration - Divorced!!

My beloved
how I miss you so,
the gentle fall and rise of your chest
the sweet laughter from your eyes.

Like a bird with no wings
I am grounded
stumbling on a pebbled sidewalk
of forgotton memories and regrets.

Come back to me my beloved
stumble with me on this pebbled sidewalk
and let us at least remain lost together.

With these words, I thee wed..
I think I'd rather be dead

For richer or poorer, till death do us part
See the theme, now where do I start?

Been rich, been poor and I am still alive
sadly, rest of my marriage took a nose dive

We loved, we lost. We laughed, we cried
He made me promises, of course he lied

"forever baby, just you and me"
till the end of time we will be

That lasted a few short years
after that, nothing but tears

More and more girls came in and out
while I love, honered, and obeyed.  What was that about!!

Time and again I kept on forgiving
Time and again you kept on cheating

Thought you would repent, but you dont know how
Enough is enough, I'm leaving you now

The keys are on the table and please dont pout
I'll shut the door on my way out.

Close your eyes
and picture this..
you and me
and our first kiss
Open your lids
so you can see
how your lips
feel to me
So soft and gentle
and spicy too
Can I have
a taste of you?
Just a nibble,
maybe a bite
Come here,
let me hold you tight
Close your eyes
and picture this
you and me
and our first kiss

So many years, so many hours

trampled on like a bed of flowers

Will provide food and water

clothing and shelter

Servitude I say

helter skelter

Trapped in a box, four walls and a hole

aching to get out, release my soul

Let me out! Let me out!

is this what hell is all about

So many years, so many hours

Trampled on like a bed of flowers

It's so serene, comforting

to know that someone, somewhere

either here, or there needs me...

What is it, this feeling

of wanting, caring, giving

just because

It feels so warm

like a velvet blanket

on a chilly winter day

Just the knowing

that someone, somewhere

either here, or there needs me...

Instinctively, I always knew
you were meant for me, and I you
the way you touched me,
looked at me, into me  
the way your hands melded into mine

In those very first moments
when our eyes first met
it was like an awakening
of two lost souls
finally at peace with their place

Amazing, how suddenly loves embrace
wraps itelf around us
cacooning us from the ouside world
and for just a few short years
we became one.

Dear friend,

I searched the world for you
climbed the highest mountain
swam the longest nile

Why were you hiding?

I faced horrific demons
swam through trecherous waves
almost drowning in tears of frustration

Where were you?

I heard you were hurting
felt your heart melting
sensed you were wanting

I'm looking... I'm comming

Then there you were
right beside me
within me

You are me..

Why..
after all this time
does it still hurt

Why...
does your name
still linger on my lips

Why...
does your scent
still follow me around

Why...
do i hate you
yet question myself

Why?