July 30, 2017
Poetry Death, Release, Soul, Window Leave a comment
Source: Authors Speak
Legend tells that when a person
dies a window must be opened
to release the soul
I have no one to open
my window
Or even know where
I might be when a
window needs opening
to leave that instruction
Smiling …
I know the soul above
has found peace
Copyright © 2017 Annie
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie
July 25, 2017
Poetry life, Loss, Pain, Tears Leave a comment
Source: We Heart It
The look on my friend’s face as he
told me a snippet of his childhood
has haunted me for nearly
twenty-five years
I thought of him today and when
he shared with me his growing up
in an eye-blink town in the middle
of the harsh Texas Panhandle
His parents divorced when he was
very young and he and his mother
moved back home with his grandmother
Being raised by his mother, grandmother,
and a gaggle of aunts in an
old school family with no male role model
and too many ‘old lady’ rules
shaped his life
Tears gather as he talked
but never escaped
…Big boys don’t cry and all
that Southern Bullshit
…Never show emotions
Still upper lip
You know the drill
He continued the story by
telling me his father, new wife
and teenage son now lived
in the rural Texas town where
I grew up and my mother
still lived
Asking if I knew them
I replied … No, but the
name and their business
were both familiar to me
His teenage half-brother was a
local star athlete he told me
‘My father now has the son
I could never be’
were the words that
brought tears to his
middle-aged eyes
Those words stuck with me
all the years
as did the unshed tears
Deep inside that little boy
raised by all those women
blamed himself for the loss
of his father …
his family …
And perhaps what might
have been a different life
Copyright © 2017 Annie
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie
July 25, 2017
Source: We Heart It
Depression is a horrible disease
Even more for the young
Pre-teens and teens have
grown up in the age of
Immediate Results
Treatment for our young
is never-ending
No quick fix …
No magic pill …
No golden elixir
to chase away the
hurt and pain
Tomorrow is a lifetime away
and the horror …
the Monsters …
of Depression
is NOW
Depression doesn’t discriminate
Good parenting or indifference
will not change the pain
It is debilitating
Robbing the suffering of
creativity …
self-esteem …
life …
love …
hope …
Until they feel the only
way out is the permanent one
Unfortunately all too often
Depression blindsides families
when children, young adults,
even the elderly make the
one final choice of letting
Depression Win
by ending their life
Copyright © 2017 Annie
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie
*Note: Another teen ended their pain by ending their life. Another family is heartbroken trying to understand and get through the unbelievable. The world has been cheated of another creative soul.
We all need to be more aware of the feelings and actions of those we love. Let them know all is not hopeless and they are important … they are loved.
Depression does not discriminate … this is an epidemic for our young people for so may reasons right now … we all must fight to make a difference
July 24, 2017
Poetry Hate, Mama Leave a comment
Source: We Heart It
You don’t know me
Yet …
You are throwing
Hate filled
Angry
Words
At me
Chastising me
Berating me
trying to intimidate me
Mama said
There would be
Days like this
She told me …
“Sister, put on
fresh lipstick – red is preferred
straighten your hose
Adjust your crown
And …
Keep your head
held high”
Words like that
From people like that
Are meaningless
Attempts to
Boost their ego
By destroying yours
Indicate cowardly ways
Ignore them
Ignore their hateful words
Be the Better Person
And go on with your life …
© Annie 2017
July 24, 2017
Poetry Death, Goodbye, Leaving, life 9 Comments
Source: We Heart I
“Goodbye,” she said
It has been – interesting
But …
The time has come
Leaving is difficult
Death is permanent
I must go …
To find myself …
Staying will only lead to
Death …
Maybe mine …
Perhaps yours…
Death is not
My style
Not my future
The choice made
“Goodbye,” she said
Leaving to Live …
© Annie Original Poetry
2017
July 23, 2017
Poetry Dawn, Morning, Silence, Summer Leave a comment
Source: WeHeartIt
Not a leaf moving
No breeze on the morning air
Just before dawn with
Eastern clouds bathed in
their early morning blush
and brilliance of streaming
gold as the sun begins to
wake the day
Western clouds not to be
outdone bloom fluffy and white
with tips of pink reflecting from
their sisters in the East
As I go about my chores …
Feeding barn cats
Replenishing water bowls
And
Watering my tiny garden
That Breath of Silence
surrounds me
The one that screams loudly
that a scorching summer day
will again push its way into
surrounding yards in my neighborhood
and far-flung fields
Cracking the parched ground
Searing anything green to
crispy brown as
Summer proves again
it has total control
Copyright © 2017 Sharyl
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Sharyl
July 23, 2017
Poetry Delight, Drought Recovery, Figs 5 Comments
Source: WeHeartIt
Last week was a personal celebration
of sorts …
A reunion long anticipate
Out of curiosity I saw that
First Jewel hanging ripe and ready
In my excitement I held back
from plucking that green and golden
orb and eating it with the white milk
running down my arms
Rushing inside for containers
my mouth watered and my brain
planned breakfast around these
royal delights
I braved the leaves that cause
my skin to itch and develop
horrible allergic hives
I braved the milky sap that
causes my skin to react in
other unpleasant ways
I picked and searched and
picked again until my two buckets
were full of sticky figs waiting
to satisfy my taste buds …
to quench the thirst of many years with
their delicate inner flesh
Smiling I walked inside anticipating
the sweet taste of the
First Fig …
The first after six longs years of drought
Copyright © 2017 Sharyl
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Sharyl
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