There is a hand around throat.It’s squeezing all the life-force out.I feel lethargic and I cannot move.How did I get into this negative groove?I’m chained to the floor and can’t get out.Will someone come to my rescue if I shout?The dominos fall one by one.Will I survive when everything is done.Can I run fast enough … Continue reading A Hand Around my Throat: Robert St. Germain
A Beautiful Darkness: Robert St. Germain
A beautiful darkness falls all around.So many sights and so many sounds.The crows are calling in the sky.I am so happy with no need to cry.Friends raise a toast to the night.There is no worry, and there is no fight.The summer wind is a lullaby.I know that somehow I will get by.The star will guide … Continue reading A Beautiful Darkness: Robert St. Germain
Renewal: Mama “C”
Focus; StillnessSilence; I can waitMeditate; I createThinker; IngeniousShouter; I can waitMaker; CreatorEnergy; VibrationCreation; CelebrationEmotion;SignTry; WhyBy; Cry: MyLife is in orderOf my own suspension....I Release....
Not Today: Mama “C”
Not today.I have to say –Tell me why?I don’t play!! Try to direct me,The path is hazy, the waves.My cadence is stumbling.The chastising, mesmerizing, surprising.I find myself crying. Play it out inside of me!In front of me!All around, up and down!You won, got me on the ground! Shout, what is it all about?I’m choking, I … Continue reading Not Today: Mama “C”
Too High a Cost: C. Fay Shlanda
I thought I loved you once upon a timeBut your love came in at too high a costFor you had me all turned around insideUntil I found myself completely lost Your training me to tiptoe around youWas ingrained into my very beingI was bombarded by your point of viewUntil I knew not what I was … Continue reading Too High a Cost: C. Fay Shlanda
Show Me Love: C. Fay Shlanda
Blanket me in your loveKeep me warm in your armsSpeak to me in soft tonesRevealing all your charmsSee me for what I amSave me from all that harms Those eyes show a kindnessThat peers into my soulYour smile tells a storyWith a happier goalYou listen to me vent As if it takes no tollSumming up … Continue reading Show Me Love: C. Fay Shlanda
Love Touch: C. Fay Shlanda
TouchA gentle nudgeGiving someone a light tapThe kind act of a soothing patThis word fully consumes me I have longed for the embrace of anotherBeen captivated by the kisses of a loverTurned into a puddle by slight caressesMelted when fingers glide through my tressesHave hugged away the hurt of the dayClung onto a connection in … Continue reading Love Touch: C. Fay Shlanda
Robin: Charlene Halpin
i saw the trees dancing in the wind yet i did not dance i heard the lake singing to the stones yet i did not sing then i remembered watching a robin praying to a tree then i prayed may i sing may i dance may i remember who i am why i exist may … Continue reading Robin: Charlene Halpin
Baptism of a Transient: James Adamson
To the glory of God, to Gwyneth with love. Where shadows break free of concreteBark on a winter tree tells talesPeople duck awayLove reaches its heights in a hand shakeSweat is like hair gelClothes never fitFamilies offer a closed fistFriends hang in suspenseStepping into church with pants around his hipsHaving to wonder about the intentions … Continue reading Baptism of a Transient: James Adamson
Throw It Up: Robert St. Germain
Throw it up and get the poison out.You don’t have to live with the pain and the doubt.You don’t have to keep the pain inside.You can find some courage and some pride.You don’t have to backtrack.So don’t give yourself a heart attack.The past is gone so far away.Tomorrow will be another day.It’s not a crime … Continue reading Throw It Up: Robert St. Germain
