Past…

Children are told

to be seen and

not heard

 

In that phrase

the seeing…

the remembering…

the knowing…

is stored away

in their minds

 

Memories…

buried so deep

at times they

are all but

forgotten

 

However…

 

When needed they

struggle to the surface

and remind them

regardless of what

happened in the past…

regardless of the time…

children must know…

need to know…

regardless of what

they saw…

they heard…

they felt…

they experienced…

they are NOT

WORTHLESS…

Copyright © 2015 Annie – Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

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Hands…

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The hands that 

held me…

nurtured me…

guided me…

 

Are long

        Gone…

 

The hands that

gently led me on

a warm Autumn

afternoon under 

a canopy of fiery

leaves and

sheltered me…

taught me…

protected me…

 

Are long

        Gone…

 

These hands once

held by love

Now are aged…

Freckled…

Lonely…

Will never hold 

the hands of 

a child…

another lover…

 

Those hands 

remain…

 

Yet…

 

All others

Are long

        Gone…

 

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

Acceptable Losses

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We couldn’t make it

Work

Try as we Might

it was too

Late

 

We tried to stay

together for the kids

 

But…

 

When my oldest said,

“Mom, you have to go…

for the sake of us all.”

 

Right then and

there…

I knew she was right

Out of the mouth’s

of Babes

 

Unfortunately,

there are always…

Acceptable Losses

 

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

Wild and Free

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The Muse is flowing

Poetry running free

Like wild mustangs through

my head

Words flow across the pages

reminding me of Spring rivers rising

The words won’t come to me when

I want them…

need them…

Words are fickle and have

a life of their own

Playing out sagas in black

across white pages lined in blue

I give in…

And …

give up…

to the words…

the Muse…

I let the words have their way

Perhaps…

Should I give them their due…

their own free will…

loosen the reins…

they will allow me at some point soon

(I hope)

to manipulate them to my will…

Until then, they are like children

running wild and free…

coming out to play on a whim…

always teaching me the

lessons of freedom.

 

 

© 2013 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie