Resolution

Happy New Year by Linnaea Mallette

Another year,

Another blank page

Just waiting

To be filled

With new stories, new verses;

This year will be mine.

In Concrete

Photograph by Mary B. Mansfield

Looking back

On memories paved

In concrete,

Your footprints

Will always be found next to

The fragments of my heart.

Written for the Poetic Asides Poem a Day Challenge, Day 10 prompt of writing a suffering poem.

Vacuum

if nature
abhors a vacuum
then muses
with magic
words of inspiration should
be flooding my brain.



~~ Written for a prompt from Poetic Asides asking us to write a vacuum poem.

Rain or Shine

© Laura Hegfield 2012

The sun shines
In another’s world,
Hope streams in
Warming rays,
But all I ever see is
Rain on my window.

Chains of Life

Each moment

Links to the next.  Chains

Of life pull

Us forward,

Guiding our steps, leading us

To our destiny.

A New Season

Warming rays
Bring a welcome thaw,
Ending my
Infinite
Winter, leaving the drama
In my icy past.

Time has come
To spread my branches
In salute
To the sun,
Time to grow and blossom as
I always should have.

The New Normal

Normalcy
Is a myth, a lie.
Embrace your
Dysfunctions.
Revel in your oddities,
The quirks we each have.

Neutral Tones

I’m trapped in
A prison of beige,
Monotones
Hiding my
Secret desire to paint my
World in pinks and greens.

A Confession

As I was
Lying in my bed,
I tried to
Remember
The reasons why love ended,
Why we split apart.

Forgiveness
Never came.  Angry
Poisoned words.
Denials of upcoming regrets…I
Was lying then too.

New Trail

Relying
On faith, on instinct,
On dumb luck,
Each of us
Pioneers blazing a trail
To our own frontier.

A Gift of Perspective

A lesson
Taught mother to child:
A world view
Through softer
Eyes, to see the poetry
Where others cannot.

The Secret of Magic

Talismans,
Incantations, and
Potions hold
No power,
Ancient rites just meaningless
Attempts at control.

True magic,
That rare, potent force,
Only comes
From within;
Faith and belief -- conduits
To the possible.

The Bouquet

Defiant
Yellow weeds gathered
In toddler
Hands may be
The most beautiful flowers
I’ve ever received.

Answering an Old Question

We are here
Bearing witness to
Creation’s
Miracles.
Unseen beauty is worthless;
Our eyes add value.

On Fitting In (A Message for the Sheeple)

They tell us
Behave and conform.
How boring!
Jettison
The mob mentality and
Just be who you are.

Heroes

Heroes don’t
Court fame and fortune,
Pushing self
Above all.
My heroes wear combat boots,
Fighting for freedom.

Memories

Nostalgia
Transforms memories
With a thin
Veneer of
Self-deceit, an illusion
Of what never was.

Burning Memories

Love letters
Read a thousand times,
The heartbreak
Revisited,
Deserve proper burial.
Fire will consume all.
Lingering
Smoke carries away
Lies, anger,
Betrayal.
I can finally find peace
Amongst the ashes.

Love's Lost Cause

Another
Attempt to keep me,
To prevent
Departure,
Without realizing that
I left years ago.

Echoes of Regret

Looking back,
The unfought battle
For his heart
Haunts my thoughts.
Worlds have turned, yet I still cling
To yesterday’s ghost.