October 2, 2017
Source: We Heart It
Early morning
Crisp…
Cool…
A blush rising
in the East
Slow change
Yet…
That definite feeling
of Fall is in the air
October
has arrived
Copyright © 2017 Annie
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie
September 24, 2017
Source: We Heart It
The early morning
breeze has a freshness
hinting of change
That cool crisp feeling
smelling of Autumn
Late evening breezes echo
this feeling …
this cool crispness
the coming change
Summer is holding tight
to each day …
late afternoons
warm a sunlit …
Autumn is sneaking
in Summer’s Backdoor
making its presence felt
as Summer tries
desperately to hold on
One More Day …
Copyright © 2017 Annie
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie
September 24, 2017
High in the upper air
Hawks perfect their
delicate ballet
riding high in the
outer bands of a
dying hurricane
Beauty from Chaos
Hope in a Storm
Nature’s Ballet …
Copyright © 2017 Annie
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie
NOTE: I saw these beautiful birds taking advantage of air currents stirred by the last of Hurricane Harvey that caused so much death and destruction in my state.
September 24, 2017
Source: Ella Ruth Morgan
After the lingering
chaos of a late
summer thunderstorm
framed against the
dark purple-black clouds
to my south
I saw them
Twin Rainbows
shining bright against
the remaining dark clouds
spanning the sky above
from Southwest to Northeast
A rare treat of Nature
Side-by-side …
Glorious …
Amazing …
Copyright © 2017 Annie
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie
NOTE: Thanks to my friend Elle Ruth who captured this amazing picture. I saw the rainbows but didn’t have the quick thinking to go inside for my camera … I enjoyed their beauty as did she!
September 24, 2017
Source: We Heart It
I saw them again …
Just after dawn
this morning
Fling in the upper
thermals in a ballet
only winged creatures
can perfect
The rising sun caught
one lone hawk
projecting its shadow
on the road
before me
Grace …
Elegance …
As only Nature
Can reveal
Copyright © 2017 Annie
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie
September 24, 2017
The air-cooled mornings
are become more and more
Frequent …
As the air cools
I am entering another
stage of my life
Some call it
A Milestone
For me …
It is the beginning
of a new journey
A new life
For good or bad
A journey that
is not a choice
but a journey
I have no choice
but to take
regardless of
Direction
Copyright © 2017 Annie
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie
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
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