A shot in the night A prayer to the heavens seemingly unanswered. <> Upon the Night He did pray <> "Understanding" he did cry <> A shot in Night And All that was Is Gone **I woke this poem in the tenth grade after my English teacher showed The Dead Poet Society; not a word …
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The Solstice Sun Has Set
The Solstice Sun has set And my heart resides with you So on this Christmas morning, My heart belongs to you...
P.S. A New Poem
*Normally, I would place notes at the end of the poem, but this is one that I wrote when I was in the sixth or seventh grade. Sharing it is a bit scary. I made only minor changes to it here. Looking back through the poems that I have written over the years is a …
Now I pray….
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray my soul no longer weeps, If I dream before I wake, I pray my soul the Lord doth make, to fly free and high above the sorrows, To live and love for each tomorrow. *This is my own adaption of a common bedtime prayer; writing it …
Lies…
A lifetime played according to rules never spoken subscribed to beliefs never understood. <> Lead by the hand to Charon's dock with rubies flowing dripping pooling at the Ferryman's feet. <> No coin for payment thrown into Death's river surrounded by Styx's icy embrace. <> Washed and reborn with Hades' kiss.....
Eyes…
Eyes stinging after showers of tears, time to talk, time to corner, not to listen, only to ask questions to which no answer will ever work or satisfy... time to cry, time to wail, time to tell another what love is, what love is... Is it a touch, or is it standing day by day, …
All gone
My hands graze my breasts, feeling the marks left by the fire’s embrace, remembering passions forbidden by society’s glare, a word, a kiss and lovers reunited for a moment, always gone too soon, always gone too soon… <> In daylight we must part or When the chime strikes the appointed hour, Forever in tangled souls …
Dreams
I dream, I die.. I dream, I live, My dreams wash down with a word, I dream, I die...I dream, I live.. My dreams are the phoenix, Rising continuously from the ashes... Bright and beautiful I am reborn, Only to be free for a moment, Hoping for a time when my dreams don't include you. …
Lucinda Rose 