In Search
looking for my soul
earth vacillating
with each step
while searching
inner child is found
windows of my soul
thru marble blue eyes
dark stillness
in somber sadness
crossroads in the soul
reflections of deep loneliness
mind unraveling with
dark perplexing images
trapped in a place
known as cavernous waters
reflecting… reflecting
like dew drops
glistening on a rose
life's eternal dilemma
in a garden of dreams
dreams are found
only in books
on empty shelves
nervous to look
anywhere
but inside





Circle Completed
Melissa is the best friend, everyone wished they had
We are both wives and mothers; I am so happy and glad
Our circle in this friendship, is finally completed at last
Are souls are forever connected, from a friendship started in the past
We have grown up so much, not just on the outside you see
We have made it through troubled times, we did it just her and me
Our friendship started at age 4, playing in the front yards
Everything from doctor to lawyer, to playing games and cards
Our friendship did take a breath, every now and then
But it never seemed to matter; it worked itself out in the end
We made it through high school; college was the next place
We ended up there together, memories that time can't erase
It grew and grew stronger, with each passing day
Now we are women, and it always just stayed
We are a total package; we have won in the end
Our friendship is truly unique, soul-mates, best friends!!!

LIFE & FRIENDSHIP POETRY
I chalked this picture!
Mirror…Mirror
Reflecting upon your image
Remembering you as a baby
Chipmunk cheeks, bluest eyes
A lick from you, well maybe

Reflecting upon your image
A girl on her first date
Fixing…. fixing
Her hair she does hate

Reflecting upon your image
You are changing in size
Smaller each day
Unhappiness in those eyes

Reflecting upon your image
You are screaming at me
"I wish I could just disappear"
"Why can't they let me be?"

Reflecting upon your image
Eyes raging mad
"I hate me, I am fat"
You are so sad

Reflecting upon your image
This girl I can't seem to find
Has turned into a skeleton
Screaming," I'm out of my mind"

Reflecting upon your image
She's crying out with pain
Someone please help her
This isn't a game

Reflecting upon your image
I can't help you
Even though I know
All your secrets too

Reflecting upon your image
I saw you with the blade
Holding it to your wrists
You slowly begin to fade

Reflecting upon your image
I don't see you anymore
You tore me off the wall
Threw me on the floor

No more reflecting
No more you and I
Bulimic body left
On the floor to die

Finally I'm picked up
But at what cost?
Reflecting back at me
A girl almost lost

Valentine, My Valentine

He loves not?
No, he loves me!
Red roses standing
In a vase to see

Beautiful card accompanied--
Candies piled on the floor
If only I could see you now
Walk through that bedroom door

Lovers meet so graciously
Soul and body intertwined
On this night filled with joy
Romance……..Wine

Not just lovers
Husband … wife
Our fire keeps burning
All through my life

Valentine, my Valentine
Thanks for letting me know
How much you... adore me
And love me so!



A Basket Full of Love

I got this old basket
From the neighbor boy
I had to give him
An old beat up toy

Once I got my basket
I was on my way
Down the hill dreamland
Flowers sway and sway

I had to pick the red ones
They were my favorite kind
I knew mom would like them
I pictured it in my mind

One by one I gathered
Trying not to tip them over
Then all of a sudden
I saw a four-leaf clover

I added it my collection
Picked only a few more
Couldn't add another flower
The basket had tore

So up the hill I went
Basket by my side
Couldn't wait to show mom
All the flowers inside

Mom's eyes filled with tears
As the basket raised above
Her little girl picked her
A basket full of love




Mirror of the Soul

I stand her now
My soul is this broken mirror,
The cracks are my heart.

Scarred for life while looking at
This diminutive girl's reflection,
Can't forget the anguish
That has embossed my mind
Leaves me afflicted internally.

I recall….
Laying in bed late at night
Racing thoughts….hating my corpse,
My soul crawls under my skin
Eyes see out but stay tightly closed.

Who was I then…..now?

I feel like two people
Tainted by the same purpose,
Adjacent souls caught up
In a never ending battle.

Diminutive reflection I see
As I survive before this…..
Broken mirror
Connected by everything but time

Because…..

Drowning in these thoughts
Just want to evacuate my mind,
Soul of this little girl
Is frayed and dejected.

My world felt like a playground
He was always playing dirty,
Unhinged within myself
Pain….insecurities

What was I left with?
A lifetime of gaping wounds!!

Now….
Clean up these wounds,
Look forward not back,
Learn to recognize
What I can't transform.

Always remember….
It wasn't my fault

So…

Take down this broken mirror
Cracks and all
With my mind…body…soul

Then…

Truly seeing the beauty and innocence
That lies within

Probing for Me

Little girl in me
Where have you gone?
Please find your way back
To right this awful wrong

To right this awful wrong
So lost without a find
Embedded in the core of our soul
Obscured deep in our mind

Obscured deep in our mind
Are thoughts from the past
Haunting me over and over
Memories that seem to last

Memories that seem to last
No good ones--- all bad
He striped us of our adolescence
Leaving us feeling mortified and sad

Leaving us feeling mortified and sad
I now don't know what to do
Masked it so deeply
Now I'm searching for you

Now I'm searching for you
To take me back 20 years
To face these probing demons
Encumber these irrepressible tears

Encumber these irrepressible tears
Set my mind and body free
Please, oh please, help
Little girl in me


War of the Body

Dissatisfied reflection in the mirror
Magazines, photos, movies and more
Measuring myself up to this
Beauty
Character
Self-doubt
Self-criticism
Nothing fulfilled
Searching for that reflection
Obsession
Self-image doesn't exist
Body fragile like glass
Pushed to the limit
Shatter into an ugly mess
The stranger looking at me
I don't approve of this
Hate, hate, hate
Ugliness surrounds this mirror
Scars are hidden inside as well
The mirror….
It keeps stretching….stretching
I don't love me
I am just too fat
The hunger inside of me
Vanity isn't the issue
This pain is so very real
I am just disappearing
It grabs a hold of me
Robbing me of myself
I am fighting a war within
Down, down, down
This is the way it should be
My body cannot be found

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