The Promised Ring

Trapped within a moment

It winks

Just like a whisper

Between two souls.

Simple, yet important,

Forgotten for the moment 

Because it is only

An eloquent symbol

To promise the world

That there still is Love.

Beauty, She Is

Odd, lilac streaks
Run through her hair tonight.
Just beneath ever-changing blue brows
That hold the rain above emerald eyes.
Her skin gleams fearless as Bittersweets
With a bold, bright flush of pink
Selflessly expressing her beauty
To the unforgiving world.


Her name is Sunset

Spring 2011~Spring 2012

One year's worth of poetry <3

Eye to Iris

A black, coffee glance

Overwhelms my safeguard.

Lures me with

Endless pools.

Drop, by drop,

They charm my interest, thoughts.

Away from your colorful thicket,

And capture me in

Their deep-mocha stare.

Addiction

Your love, like a drug,
I can never get enough.  
Each smile, each kiss
Was like you were 
Never gone.
I'm addicted,
Yet again.
Though you've barely been home.
Why must you leave?
I'll miss you.


Broken, I'll be
For a good week or thirty, 
Until I remember to breathe on my own, 
I'll spend each moment 
Thinking of home,
Because my home is where 
Your heart beats.
Until then, I'll reside 
With this lonely open space
In myself.
Until I'm over your addiction.


Every second you are home
I'm reminded you'll be gone
Before our chance to reminisce.
Why, my love
Do I think like that
When nothing could be better than this?


Because of my addiction.


Holding me tight, 
In your muscled arms
Before saying goodbye 
Until the next day is born
Tears up my eye,
I'll try not to cry
My love,
You've not even gone.


Why does it make your strong heart
Ache
For my soul?
It is my fault that I am 
Addicted to you,
To your love.

Hurricane

A hurricane is coming,
It brews up in my heart.
My closed eyes, they see nothing
Because my soul has fallen apart.
Goosebumps, they take over
As I push away the waves.
They threaten my blue seas,
Just like a hurricane.
It spreads out to the surface,
Crashes throughout my dizzy brain.
As this feeling spreads throughout me,
Suppressed emotion needs to drain
Just like the hovering waters
of a springtime hurricane.
I'll hold on tight so weakly,
Try to keep hold of being sane.
While distance drives me crazy,
Like a springtime hurricane.

Flaw

Beauty

is the

un
known

posess

ion of

those qual
ities

which

make us

human.

The Horse and the Stag fabel - rewritten by me :)

A race takes place

At the willow today,

Between Stag and Horse

One brilliant, one brave.

Into the meadow,

Across the stream,

Around the bridge,

And back again.

Your mark, set, go!

Fox made it a scene.

All cheered for Stag,

Yet Horse took the lead.

Around the first bend

Laid a fallen tree.

Stopped Horse in his Tracks

While Stag took the leap.

Horse caught up

With anger and power.

He barged into the stream

But Stag sailed over.

They made their way

Around the last bend

Stag sailed over the tree

Horse went around again.

In the final stretch,

Stag took the lead

Everyone cheered

While Horse stood angry.

Stag got Lila,

The girl of Horse’s dreams.

So he walked away in shame

Without saying a thing.

Then he saw a strange man

“Hello sir, what are you doing here?

Looking for some dinner?”

Horse asked with a sneer.

Horse told his story

Of Stag and all.

“But that is such a long walk.”

The man said to stall.

“Oh, I can take you

To this evil deer.”

“I’ll ride on your back

Only if I can steer.”

A moment waned on

As Horse hesitated to think

But said “anything you want.”

With his freedom at stake.

The steel bit was cold

In Horse’s tender mouth.

The man saddled him up

And the pair headed South.

When Horse saw Stag,

He took a quiet step back.

Hidden by the brush,

The man aimed at the buck.

When all was done,

He took the man to his kill.

Horse had finally won

And asked the man to remove his steel.

The man just smiled,

And to Horse’s horror he replied,

“Your new name is Lyle.

Now help me get my dinner back to site.

“Revenge will harness you,

As I am now enslaved

By the same bit of evil

From the deed I did that day.”

This Clear Tuesday morning air

Tastes fresh as a chilled apple

It feels like a cold hand

Pressed to my feverish cheek

The sky is cloudless; boundless

Stars dapple the navy canvas

They grasp my wandering attention

To intertwine me with their own

As if they must remind me

Of my love for the gleaming night

My shadow stands before me

Seducing me toward life’s bitter duties

Reminding myself of what I live for now

I hesitate to glance around

My back still to my waiting friend

Too long I’ve let this moment pass

I proceed as a slave again

Instead of enjoying my few sweet moments

To reminisce with the waning moon



I break free from life’s aggressive hold

As I watch these double doors unfold

I rush around to share the news

That I’ve discovered my rightful path

Outside of these busy working shoes

Bare feet lead me to green pastures

As the chill still nips my nose

But my pale friend is now hidden

Behind the dominant morning rose

Time Taken

When I look up

Into starry skies

Plane lights flash

Like Fireflies

I look around

Into the night

To see blackness

No flashing lights

Summer is gone, 

Fall flew by

I got caught up

In a busy time

I missed the nights

And starry skies

Filled with flashing 

Fireflies.

Contrast

Cornhusk gold tangles fly in the wind
Caught by the breeze, yet trapped to skin
Tiny blond locks whorl in the mist
Golden from sunshine, caught in the current

When I look down, mine looks so different
Earth colored frizz lay in my hand
The tassles untwisted in its mass
So darkened now, like winter's abyss.

Peanut Butter Pie :)

Addicted am I
To peanut butter pie
Best thing I've ever tried
Mamaw's peanut butter pie

Nothing can compare
Not a cake and not a pear
To the puffy prize
Of Mamaw's peanut butter pies

Sonnet

Each morning my sun comes then goes away

Brings equal dark after another day

A season passes much to my dismay

As summer comes again and goes away

Fall brings in a coming of cold weather

Constantly bears a dreadful reminder

Replacing my close warmth with bitter cold

Chill approaches me as your dreams unfold

States away you’ll be following your dream

During my winter you’ll enjoy spring

Maybe in heartache or happily

So far away I’ll hold love close to me

Far away training to be a Marine

Will you be the same coming back to me?

Comfort

My three stars

Given by his heart

They're hiding now

For the summer now

But for winter they

Will come to stay

With me for a short while

They'll visit me for now

Night after night

In your absense I

Find Comfort in my stars

Comfort for my aching heart

Satisfaction

Walkin toward the house
Dirty hands,
Filthy Jeans.
Saddle pad tucked
Under my right arm
My helmet
In the left.
If I could
Relive
This day
One hundred times
I know
It would never be
Enough.

Undone

Do you want
To see the night,
Or should we wait
Till morning light?

Are the stars big,
Or really small?
Through my eyes
Can you see them all?

Can your love be as deep
As the floor of the Ocean,
Or is it just out of
Some little love potion?

Will our dreams
Come out to play,
Or must we sit and wait
Just one more day?

Life

To doubt everything

Comes

So naturally to me.

Which clouds my future,

                                              Fogs my dreams.

Then makes them all

                                             Less a part of me.

Makes me doubt 

The heart of me.

My Alfalfa Home

Waving to me

Alfalfa rolls

A wave like the emotion,

A wave like the ocean,

Silently crawling closer

Down 

Down 

Down

The hills

Shimmering toward home

Until I hit the end

Of the rolling field

I thanked it for

Reminding me

I'm finally home

Where I'm supposed to be

Live

To paint a picture

Of your life

Would it reveal a smile

Or closed crying eyes

Would you frame your piece

With a wooden frame

Made with the fence

Of your childhood farm

Would you use gray steel

To match your heart

To frame your one piece

Your only art

I'd use soft felt

And shells from the sea

Decorate it with love

For you, from me

Thunder

My tears come fast
Little drops of rain
That Fall
Outside my window


The harsh blow
Of uncontrollable Thunder
Emphasizes
The Pouring Rain


The impossible speed
Of raw emotion
Has hit
Me once again

I attempt a distraction
Put a smile on my face
Because nobody
Wants cold rain

They want your colors
To shine through
But even a rainbow
Relies on the Sun

His Hurt

He hurts inside

For his size

Although he'll never say.

Makes fun of himself

For everyone else,

While he pushes the hurt away.

 Continues to laugh

For everyone else

To savor his foolish pride

He won't even admit

To his closest

How much he hurts

Inside

Tree for Love

I see a red tree of harmony

Covered in the canopy of love

It branches out into the world

Grants wishes meant for above

Along the way grows to this tree

Vines of the devil, of insanity

Black they are against path red

To show of poison, touch if you dare

When making your way to love's tree

Pick your winding paths carefully

Do not cross the black vine's way

It will curse you 'til your last day

Until fate leads you to its path

Be cautious of the Devil's wrath

But once love brings you faithfully

You will be protected by Love's tree


Life lives beneath Love's canopy
Love livens the world, can't you see
Until we find peace and harmony
We cannot be protected by Love's tree

Little Little

A little one we are told
A little one will unfold
Wound so tight
In mother's womb

Put your ear up
Listen careful
To my sibling's
Unborn gurgle

Feel the shape
For their feet
Stretching out
So comfortably

See the imprint
Of their toes
Wondering the sight
Of their little nose

My new sibling
Will love me lots
Will follow me
As a little tot

They'll call me sis
Look at me older
Say sis first
I'll be the best sister

They'll love me lots
Unconditionally
Me and my sibling
Me and Little baby

His Hands

What's in a hand

A hand in a man

To make my solid heart flutter

What of a hand

A hand in a man

To make my soul turn to butter

For a working man

His hands tell a story

Of what he's done and where he's been

Hands of a guitarist

Flexible and long

Made exactly for plucking a string

For a farmer they

Are hard and calloused

From years of the farm's heavy load

A Marine's hand solid

Like a rock, so strong

Turn soft to the touch of my own

Fall

Halfways up the hill

Still so far left to climb

They say that the grass

Isn't as green on the other side

I find that hard to believe

So I will achieve

My goal to climb

Find what's on the other side

From here I can see

Rays of bright sunshine

Beside this hill

Coming from either side

My freedom, I know

Is right before me aglow

I just have to make it

Out of the cold shadow

When I reach the top

Everything will change

My goal achieved

I will find new range

I will find new hills

Through my mountain of life

And I will move on

With great relief

I'll continue on

Though I am afraid

To slip and fall

Back into the shade

I know you'll be there

To catch when I fall

I think I'll be fine

I'll be fine afterall



Eerie gray skies

Shadow my horizon

Heavy raindrops

Smack my tired face

Empty Fields

Illuminate the still

Fog rises in the mog

Shadowing my sight

Though it is midday

The sun is out of sight

Dark clouds rolling in

Create an illusion of night

Funnel clouds fill my sky

Intertwining in the clouds

Twisting tall trees

Not even touching the ground

Touching nothing.

Twisting everything.

My hopes

     My dreams

My life.

Loved

A little girl, loved

Big blue eyes

dimples of craters

and a curious heart.

A little girl, loved

Dresses up.

Her flower skirt

And her favorite pink shirt.

A little girl, loved

Asks her mom

Can I go out

And play in the mud?

A little girl, loved

Is older now

Long curly hair,

A boyfriend now.

A little girl, loved

Dresses up.

A long red dress

A look to impress.

A little girl, loved

Asks her mom

Can I go with him?

Can I go to prom?

A little girl, loved

A grown woman now.

A college graduate

An author now.

A little girl, loved

Slips on a white dress

An absolute beauty

Her nerves in a mess.

A little girl, loved

Loved by many

Loves a green eyed boy

Who asks her daddy

Can I give a ring

To your little girl

Can I marry her sir?

Can I love her forever?

A little girl, loved

Much older now

But she'll always be

Her Daddy's little girl.

Love Long

Loving so strongly

So boldly, so deeply

Love without guard

Without judgement

Love more than one

For you will be loved by many

Love without regrets

So your life will be full

And your love will be strong

But never forget

To love yourself

For you are far more important

Than everyone else

Follow

A Service wife

Was never my dream

But for you, My love

I’ll do anything

I’ll Follow you fast

Wherever you go

In the heat of a moment

Or chill of the snow

I’ll be your everything

Lover and Friend

And for this our love

Will carry to the end

Strong and fast

Soft and slow

I will follow you,

My Marine

Wherever you go.

For Zachary

shoot for the moon

because you could meet a star

and one day you could be

as bright as they are

on your adventure there

be sure to stop a while

because you cannot win

if you don’t take the time to smile

Firework

Don't be like a firework,

So bright and then just fade

Be reliable like the sun

And shine for me every day