Still I Cry…

Source: We Heart It

I thought of you today…

How much I miss you

after all these years…

your dry wit…

your laughter…

your smile…

your ocean blue eyes 

accented by powder burns

from nearly being blown

up in Viet Nam

 

We had everything

loved life to the fullest

enjoyed so much

simple things

fancy things

each other

 

Your life was taken

away so unexpected

much too soon

leaving me so alone

 

That was years ago…

 

Yet…

 

when I think of you

Still I cry…

 

(for JB)

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

 

 

Leaving

Source: We Heart It

She left…

Finally…

Nothing there

any more but

a heart that 

sounds like

cracking glass

on the verge of

shattering at

any moment

 

Why does loyalty

get her nowhere

devotion…

blinded by words

eyes opened by

actions

 

Quietly closing

the door…

She left behind

that chapter

of her life…

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

Coming Home

Source: We Heart It

Escape was all

she could think

Driving all night 

through pouring

rain that kept

the windshield

fogged mixing 

with her tears

 

She didn’t know

where she was…

where she was going…

the road sang beneath

her tires accompanied

with drums of raindrops

 

Just around the bend…

a rise in the road and

dawn splitting through

the last of the clouds

She saw a neon sigh

 

Flashing…

     gas…

guitars…

     gas…

guitars…

 

A sign in a 

sign in a sign…

She needed gas

and it was time again

to have a guitar

 

Stopping…

she felt like she

was coming home…

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

Rage Against…

 

Source: We Heart It

Rage Against

the Dying…

the unfairness…

the injustice…

the blatant actions

against one group

of individuals

Blocked at every turn

 

Nearly 35 years 

later and the fight

continues

Now…

Rage to live…

Rage for equal rights…

Rage to be seen human…

Equal…

 

Able to live..

To love…

To be…

Who they please

without prejudice

 

Continue the

RAGE…

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

 

This poem was inspired after watching the HBO presentation The Normal Heart.

 

Unwanted…

Source: We Heart It

She is tired

so very tired

of fighting

 

At every turn

a new foe

yet…

unidentified

 

Daily something new…

something different…

yet…

unknown

 

She can’t keep this up

She doesn’t understand

what…

why…

 

She only knows things

are not right

she doesn’t know

how to –

right the wrongs

how to –

fight the fight

of something

(someone?)

unknown…

unseen…

 

She only knows

every day

she becomes 

more and more

ignored…

more and more

unwanted…

 

Why?

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

Her Storm

Source: We Heart It

Building from the 

Southwest

air thick and

charged with

growing electricity

 

Times like this

unnerve her…

disturb her…

causing her to be

restless and stalk

the storm from

room to room

 

Lightning flashes

and her hair stands

on end making 

the flesh on her

arms crawl

causing her to become

even more unsettled

 

Thunder booms and 

rumbles adding to

the symphony of

the storm until it

become unbearable…

 

Lightning strikes

splitting sky and air

Thunder rattles the

entire house

 

Then…

 

Finally…

 

Rain…

 

and oh so sweet

Release…

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

 

 

Tattered Life

Source: We Heart It

Wiping away broken dreams

Stacking leftover memories

on a garage sale table

 

a tattered book…

his coffee cup…

that damned white 

button-down shirt…

 

All to painful to

see every day

These and so much

more must go

If not sold or 

given away…the

trash is waiting

 

So much of life

ends up as

useless detritus

remainders of

a lifetime ago

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

Insecurities…

Source: We Heart It

Insecurities…

Yes, we all

have them at times

 

Are they worth

hiding…

avoiding…

being someone you

are not and never

will be is not the

way to overcome

Them…

 

Facing your fears

head on

open…

honest…

with reality being

the only way

 

Or…

 

Insecurities…

will be

your downfall…

your undoing…

leading you to

the end of 

Reality…

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

 

The Dream…

Source: We Heart It

A pale thread of

golden light 

brushed her face

 

looking outside

she saw it lighted

a path in the 

Darkness…

 

Did she dare follow?

Where could it lead?

 

She felt as though

the light was

attached to 

her soul…

her very being…

Drawing her into

the Darkness…

the unknown…

 

Her feet were not

her own…

following the 

tiny lighted path

that ended in 

a glowing meadow

 

The light dimmed…

A figure emerged…

Calling her…

Beckoning…

Safe…

Secure…

 

Finally she saw him

The old  man said,

“I have been waiting for you.”

 

And…

 

The Dream Ended…

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

Goddess of Memory

Source: We Heart It

She was 

unique…

different…

special…

 

In her head danced

tunes without words

unsung…

which were savored

as sacred memories

tasting them like

flavors on the air

as she breathed

 

Always shaping

memories…

smelling them

like fresh-baked

bread in the

morning sun

 

Others thought 

her odd…

She saw herself 

as the keeper

of time and

a servant of 

thought

 

The Goddess of Memory

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie