Metaphors for Joy I was told while feeling sad, “tur My heart ponders metaphors, for jo It reaches towards Mother Nature My heart becomes the germinating s My soul is merely a locked door wa 9 9
The Soul Step Ambitious are his words, striking Ink spills—the heart spills, and m Everything has a soul, even words Joyous and betimes grey and mourni Most of all magic—the imagination’ 4 1
Desert Rose You grow on sandy blankets, like s You dip toward a sky’s dotted and You soak beneath heaven’s lampligh Stars bow to your gaze and a dry, You are an oasis of pungently swee 7 4
Sublimity We argue of creation and God’s tr In her perfection she denotes With each star synchronized, in ha For one alteration could cause a d Her science surely precise, as ear 5 1
How Do I Love Myself? How do I love myself? I find myself—bleeding heart and r I sing to my heart, yearning to st Torn—I long to mend her broken sk I long to stitch my soul back into 10 4
Death Hills The death hills rolled in clay Silvery, sheen and sunken stones They seem to whisper amongst a dar As night lights lushly soak earth’ There is history written upon the 5 1
Imperial Red Rose She is a decorative spray of danci A dulcet heart, dressed in petals An immortal rose, suffused with wi ’Tis warm and winsome—musky with s She is an emblem—nature's adorning 8 4
Fading Muse Dear, exemplifier—nature’s wonder Trellises hewn by a Bard’s colloq Colored in pearls and light’s infi Enamored by stardust—magic thunder Forgotten tales’ spun charm, set a 10 5
Writing Songs Oh, those whimsical movements insi Dancing with wind piped songs, as Like a mold glued together by eart Thus my mind’s array blossomed upo Earth gave her wings—spell binding 2 1
Flute Songs In Autumn To hear whisperings in wind, the f Walking golden paths of leafy road Looking up towards Red-Shafted N Discovering nature's showcase—a pl Gray Crowned Rosy Finches ruffli 7 3
Nighthawk I could smell rain saturating air, As I sat on my concrete porch—its As my heart quickened, I could se I envisioned him looming in the pi His beady eyes of black beckoning 3 2
Baby Boy Baby boy, you write essesnses of j Tis’ truest melodies of love—joy s No word to describe this feeling o As your long awaited arrival has f Our eyes gaze upon each other mome 8 3
Snow Forest Sweetest, beryl briars and boreal An intertwining weald and tangled Moons shine a teal fire, like a sh Opaque winds leap off chilled, sno A sylvanwood, dark and obscure, wi 9 3
Aphotic Dance On the Bedouin of soul fire I wri Therein lays my heart, my mind, my Like dipping lilacs on brimming la The page, a blank-blackness above, A pen’s aphotic dance dwells on wi 6 1
Crown Shyness In woods blown by a wind’s unharne On those higher, mightier planes o Such is cracked mud drinking reple Liana climbs the art strewn canopy Liana touches each tree-being, dra 6 1
Beneath Ash and Beeches Antiquitas form—possessor of great A venerable, viridescent growth A bow towards venus’s anticipation An equilibrium of harmony A bearer of nurturing fruit—Apple 1 2
Pink Lagoon Fairy-rose lagoon A prim blush of sweetest pith Innocence in heart Pink, calming lagoon A crux of gentility 4 4
Old Tree Seasons are endless passages of ti With each waking, golden visage re ’Tis pure decadence to an eye’s pl We long to snatch each glowing mom In millenniums of space holding us 8 2
With Thine Heart To this be true, with thine heart Live always for a rose’s breath up Live for hands gentle and voices c Live for kind words dancing with c To warm lips and admiring eyes be 6 4
Not Least At All Dear “least of these” I am oft so kind, I pray Tho some not so kind, I shutter s It’s hard to do It’s hard to let the heart not gro 3 4
My Soul My soul is a vital force, a sculpt She has countless fibers and layer My depth She is a phantom I least know A shadow hidden 2 3
A King’s Night Songs of merriment croon upon a wh ’Tis bells golden, singing an allu A sacred catalyst and Yule whimsy A stiring of evergreens’ fulfillme Sustenance rises on love’s delicat 8 5
The Garden Dusk 'Tis garden dusk embellishing a wh She is like red roses, queenly amo As fairies kiss her petals—she wel Her thorns distance those who woul Her red emboldens with Autumn’s p 1 1
My Darker Shades of Blue Bring ropes, hang me on a gallows STRING ME UP! For within a feeble prison I am e I am being forced downwards, by a 8 6
Nothing Has Changed Remember when our love first start Together we made perfect sense We walked the same stride and I w We have babies now, and they keep I will love them no matter how old 9 4
A Note to God Here I am, amidst my rambling—tho Within my heart no words utter I cannot explain the depths in my Only nature consoles, betimes I look on stars and butterflies 4 3
My Dream Catcher Tattered and worn, elegant still, Antique lace, like circled doilies Waxy, porcelain pearls adorn you a Above my head I save my each trea You dance with sky walkers and dre 3 3
YOU You were once ashes of molten, bur Now, you are star dust bursting th Y-O-U are diamonds forged within You are celestial fountainheads in You are a soothing center, rooted 3 2
A Vision Magic, like sparkling dews falling In her Compassionate, mother She nourishes with fruitful fortit Tranquil, mother 2 1
Wintry Night Nor’easter stars weave a warm duve Gale winds curl, sketching garland A pale gust of steely blue awakens Wintry trees outstretch their lank Silent shadows stiffen and petrify 7 5
Folklore Dreams In my dreams a sylph sang whilst s Thus, such a sylph's purging delig There, a water nymph glistened as Near this aquamarine diamond of se There, a centaur galloped swiftly, 8 2
She Haunts Us She hangs on my wall—a maiden of To death she sailed away whilst wr her hair, like spindled gold spun She sings her mournful song with m Her touchless dalliances rest insi 3 3
Black Swan Beauty I am a transformative swan of deep I sing with gentle muses on Apoll In many a dream, I dance with gra My inky, starless hues are a vast In a suffering, aphotic morose, my 3 3