My writing

I am at a loss for words to convey my excitement. I have been presented with so many opportunities to display my writing. First I get published through WRAP, then I'm informed I can self publish if I so choose. Yesterday I got asked if I wanted to put a poem up in city hall! I'm also really close to achieving 100 blogs entries. According to statistics, In the past year, I've written a poem every 3 days. Today city hall! Tomorrow, the world!

Starry Eyed

Two people bathed in moonlight
Illuminated by the moon and the planets that eclipse it
And the stars are reflected in each other’s eyes
And as you gaze at your lover you can peer into their soul
As if the pupils were a portal you enter
To view the plan the universe has mapped out for you
Your two life paths were meant to merge into one road
A road with obstacles and hardships
But you need not fear they’ll rip you apart
For the love between you is so powerful
Nothing could tear it asunder
Your arms will remain linked
As long as breath is in your bodies

Summer Anew

Summer is the time for life to take wing anew
Summer reminds man and beast of their loneliness and they roam the land yearning for the company of another
Summer's the sound of bird's wings fluttering in the trees
Summer is when the newborn fawns frolic through the meadow grass, playfully nipping at each others heels
Summer is flowers deciding to send out their fragrant perfume, courting bees into the privacy of their bossom
Summer comes into bloom with sprinklers and barefoot children gleefully dancing through them
Summer allows everyone freedom to scamper through the countryside basking in the warmth of the sun's rays
For summer is the time for life to take wing anew

Blogging Community

None of us wish to be alone
We all need someone's help to get through hard times
Each of us feel the need to belong to a group
I am connected
Technological advancements
That's what helped me to know
To know there are other Portland bloggers
Blogging their way through the day
We comment on each other's blog
Providing inspiration
Kindling the spark of creativity in our poet brains
Our strength is our unity
I am never alone
My blog is my soul
My food is spoken language
My creativity comes from lives lessons
And my strength to persevere comes from fellow bloggers
We are one blogging community
I am never alone

My own scissors

Your bitter words cut into me as if they were a pair of scissors
They tore holes deep into my heart
everything I do is formed around the pattern you traced and hacked out for me
I peer into the looking glass
And I gaze at the ugly paper doll your tirades created
But you see, I have discovered my own scissors
I will carefully craft a new life
and a beautiful person will be born
And I'll draw a smile on my face with a shiny new crayon
I have my own scissors now!

Extinguished Freedom

Last night, I had a troubling dream
It warned me of opportunity lost in jails
Morning arrived, bringing a letter with it
I turned it over in my hands,
wondering what the sheriff wanted from me
The aura of doom stamped on it made me hesitant
My ever present curiosity soon triumphed over my growing fear
Its contents explored, I watched my cigarette smolder in an ashtray
I didn't, and still don't want to face the reality of the situation
My freedom might be extingushed as quickly as my snipe
How can one come to terms with this kind of mistake?
I had messed with dugs
And the time had come to pay the piper
With my valueable freedom