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You
Mary Anne Norton Jul 2020
You
You said you loved me
Foolishly I believed
I opened my heart
You slammed the door
Leaving no footprints
Behind
You
Mary Anne Norton Aug 2020
You
Oh how you lift me
Way up above the tree tops
And into the sky
Dedicated to my students, who don't realize how much they touched my Life
You
Mary Anne Norton Sep 2020
You
You lay scattered
Deep within
My heart
For me to
Sort
Piece
   By
     Piece
And put back
Together again
You
Mary Anne Norton Oct 2020
You
You wore a mask
To hold me up
Didn't know you then
Can't know you now
Just don't wear
A bandanna
YoU
Mary Anne Norton Oct 2020
YoU
You are a
Work of Art
Chiseled from
The Maker's Hand
A unique combination
Of Humanity and
Spirit
Formed in Flesh
With a spirit.
Of love
Bestowed with gifts
Only you can
Share or keep
If kept to
Self
The gift would
Die
And bare.
No fruit
It.is up to
You
Are you a
Master's Piece
Mary Anne Norton Nov 2020
Running  so fast past me
In the park
Did you see the
Four ducks in the
Glistening lake
Or the.rabbit hiding
In the grass
What about the dead
Grasshopper on the ground
Did I feel.the runners high
Or each fast beat of the heart
What about feeling the breeze
Against my face
Or reddened cheeks
Same park same day
Each with a special
Experience all
Their own
Mary Anne Norton Dec 2020
I think of
You and you and you
Memories.we all
Shared
From days gone by
You a friend from high school
While you a friend
From work
You who betrayed me
You who made
Promises you
Never kept
You who I laughed
With
And cried with
But now you
Are gone
And you
Are gone
And you
Are gone
Silver and gold
Though our friendships
Have rusted with time
Our memories live
On.
Forever
Mary Anne Norton Aug 2021
You are my sunshine
Mother sang gently to me
Making me feel loved
Mary Anne Norton Oct 2020
You have your
Dances and parties
And friends
Restaurants to
Go to
Where time
Never ends
Movies to
Go to
And hold
Hands tight
Then stop
To kiss and
Say goodnight
You go where
You dress up
Or even dress down
You paint the
Town red or
You might want
Brown
I don't  need a party
Or even a dance
A movie to see
Not even
A glance
Give me some.
Paper a trash can
Near by
And a pen
Filled with
Ink before it
Gets dry
You take your
World
I'll take mine
If we don't
Agree
I'll be just fine
Mary Anne Norton Nov 2020
You left me alone
Standing at the corner
Of Betwixt and Between
With nowhere to go
And certainly nowhere
To turn
Only one way to go
Straight ahead
Mary Anne Norton Sep 2020
I look at your
Nail driven hands
And feet
Did they think you
Would escape
With whipped legs
And back
The crown You wore
Not of diamonds
But spikes
Driven into your head
Your face unrecognizable
From welts and spit
You hung with  love
So deep that
It lasts for eternity
Into your hands
I commend my Spirit
And may I do the same
With your dying
Love for me
Mary Anne Norton Jan 2022
You are on my mind
And so I send up a Prayer
That all may be well
Mary Anne Norton Oct 2021
Wrinkled and worn
Cavities of tears long ago
Withered from pain
Yet softened from
Memories gone by
A tell-tale face
With Nothing to hide
And everything to see
So old and painful
With glimpses of
A sorrowing past
And yet high-lights
Of once sunny days
Makeup can't cover
Rouge looks phoney
Hold your head high
And show your face
Mary Anne Norton Oct 2020
Oh to hear you laugh
Puts a smile in my heart
Help me keep it there
Mary Anne Norton Oct 2020
You said you wanted
To set the world
On fire
But couldn't light
The flame
Wanted to a be a
Gold medalist
But couldn't a
Record set
Tried  to be soldier
A gun you could
Not shoot
As for a doctor
You couldn't pass
The test
You.wanted to
Leave your legacy
Behind
But couldn't fit
Right in
A pen you.
Picked up
With tears in
Your eyes
Writing what a
Failure you'd been
Then a poem
Birthed forth
And you read
What you wrote
A famous poet
You then became
Leaving your
Legacy behind
Mary Anne Norton Jul 2020
A robe of many colors
Kept you warm.when
You were sick.
You didn't have to tell.us
But quietly put it on.
Trying to hide the pain
Trying to make us laugh
When you hurt so bad.
I liked when you wore your
Jeans and.shirt
Knowing you.felt well.
Now you are gone
And I wear your love
In.my heart
Mary Anne Norton Oct 2020
I look in your eyes
There's no reflection at all
What happened to glow
Mary Anne Norton Oct 2020
You seem to know when
I need a call or a note
What a friend you are
Mary Anne Norton Dec 2020
How soft was your voice
Never angry or too loud
Voice of an angel
Mary Anne Norton Oct 2020
Your words
Pierced my heart
Now I bleed
Words of red

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