Friday, October 31, 2014

Big World


Linking with dVerse for Claudia's prompt "The things we see".

There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again. ~Elizabeth Lawrence


It's a big world in the eyes of a child where wonder lives up to its name.
Everything is a view from a mountain top
no two places are ever the same.
A raindrop is like a giggle and a slip an utter laugh
a hug is a vertical wrestle
and a kiss is an ocean splash.
Its a big world in the eyes of a child where wonder lives up to its name.
but as we grow up it shrinks like a tall lit candle
for like ears and noses complacency grows bigger with age.


Thursday, October 16, 2014

N is for Night



Linking with A B C Wednesdays



Mine is the night, with all her stars. ~Edward Young



I have settled my heart within her blanketed fold
where my gaze lingers on sparkling eyes
it is the comfort only she can provide
deep in my dreams that
rise up in her arms
at midnight
our dreams
become
one.



A Deep Grave

 
 


Linking with Poetry Jam for the "Graveyard" prompt with Laurie.
 
God pours life into death and death into life without a drop being spilled. ~Author Unknown
 

It was a grave decision when he took beauty over deeper things
like a porcelain vase he just had to touch
he reached out his hand to caress
the detailed edges
and then
in a moment
he was too
far gone
breath
by breath
he gave
all he
had
to her
until
there was
nothing left
to give
he lost it all
his wealth
the beauty of true love
his heart and the girl
leaving a vacuum in his soul the size of a mass grave
yes it was a grave decision when he took beauty over deeper things.