Silence: A Poem Nov12

Silence: A Poem

Your silence can be deafening threatening enveloping  Your glazed eyes are distant resistant nonexistent You build walls to deflect disconnect redirect I reach out to feel for you appeal to you heal you Your fear keeps you chained strained pained You live inside your head stuck in bed so much unsaid I long for your embrace touch on my  face regular...

I Need You Jun28

I Need You

I need you…  I need you to believe in me and say “A job well done”   I need you to hold me firmly when I want to turn and run   I need you to reach out to me when you see me cry   I need your arms to comfort me without knowing why   I need you to dream with me when you know it won’t come true   I need you to believe with me because some things really do   I need you to trust me with your secrets and your heart   I need you to let me in to the innermost part   I need you to love me despite my many flaws   I need you to love me …..just because   I need you ...

For You, Their Father Jun17

For You, Their Father...

Faithful Generous Honest True A few words that make me think of you Fair Kind Gentle Just The reason why we give you our trust Light hearted Fun loving Easy going Funny Why we enjoy your company Hard working Goal oriented Ideas to Impress Why you’ll be a huge...

Grace Jun08

Grace

We gave our hearts Innocent and true You believed in me I trusted in you Naively making promises We had not yet lived Too young to forget What we’d have to forgive I held your hands As they held my heart Together we blossomed A fresh new start Peaks became valleys We rode out the waves Our hearts got tumbled But our love saves The years are heavy Our feet drag with their weight Love becomes comfortable It’s not as easy to relate Living our promises Is harder than it seems The realities of “better or worse” Never entered our dreams The answers are unclear Challenges suffocate the space Maybe we should just back up Clear the room, for...

My Love For You Jun05

My Love For You

My love for you drains me pains me chains me   My love for you molds you scolds you holds you   My love for you ages me rages me engages me   My love for you finds you binds you reminds you   My love for you brightens me enlightens me frightens me   My love for you grows you knows you chose you   -Beki Herrbach  ...