Poem 05

 

My heart is a microphone

I cannot reach;

Beating

Pounding

to the rhythm of my restless

spirit;

Wanting

Wishing

to share the flood of feelings

trapped within a glass

only I can see through.

 

A single ship

drowning in a sea

of tears.

 

Waves within

crash against the cork;

Pressing

Pushing

for an escape

an opening

so narrow I cannot fit.

 

All the layers around me

I must shed

in order to

survive.

 

~ Lillian B.

 

Until we meet again!…

 

Poem 07

 

You are the acid rain,

eating at my soul,

through the umbrella you handed me,

when I left the house this morning.

 

Pieces disintegrating onto my shoulders,

falling beneath my footsteps,

as I brush them off,

burning my feet,

as I proceed forward

into the future.

 

Because I am running late,

and cannot afford to turn around,

so that you can hand me another umbrella,

and send me on my way,

as you wish me well.

 

~ Lillian B.

 

Until we meet again!…