diamonds within
July 6, 2017
i gaze into
encrusted skies
above
half moon
pond
diamonds
rippling in
the liquid.
how can
i know
beyond.
this sky feels
like home
the air
long ago
beckon
me on
and on.
Katrina – destruction brought on by man’s sin alright:
August 26, 2015
hubris
greed
denial
myopia
dereliction
disinterest…
he is a coward
August 26, 2015
he once stopped by
and promised to resolve
my shattered bones.
he dried my tears,
placed a candle in my heart,
with no flame.
he proclaimed,
I will never abandon you.
then he left.
he left to have sex
with violence
like John Wayne.
he showed up
again, but never
returned.
2006 RV 4/17
Winter Stars – by Sara Teasdale
October 29, 2011
Winter Stars
I went out at night alone;
The young blood flowing beyond the sea
Seemed to have drenched my spirit’s wings—
I bore my sorrow heavily.
But when I lifted up my head
From shadows shaken on the snow,
I saw Orion in the east
Burn steadily as long ago.
From windows in my father’s house,
Dreaming my dreams on winter nights,
I watched Orion as a girl
Above another city’s lights.
Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too,
The world’s heart breaks beneath its wars,
All things are changed, save in the east
The faithful beauty of the stars.
Source: Flame and Shadow (1920)
Illustration by Winifred Bromhall (1925)
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