Day Lily's

yesterday I saw the gifts of your labor last fall
thick lush green shoots soon to echo riotous colors
of red yellow and white day lily's

images of you bent on your knees seeding
such delicate beauty that your eyes will never see
my soul reaps what you have sown

Death So Cruel

death so cruel
unforgiving pain sorrow loss
leaving one buried in black grief

slipping down into
the fresh soft dirt
the grave of all dreams

Cassiopeias Light Shines: Each Night

Cassiopeias Light Shines: Each Night:   at first I lie awake each night patterns of street lamps dancing across my room surly he will come climbing so softly int...

Each Night

 

at first I lie awake each night

patterns of street lamps dancing across my room

surly he will come

climbing so softly into my cold little bed

whispering sorrows in his ear

my tears wetting his sweet brown eyes

those eyes, his eyes I have missed so much

once closed forever,now open to mine

then lips meeting lips

I am born anew

 

World weary.......

World weary I wait
Ive a place I must go alone
Though the darkness is deep
And cold,so cold

Barefoot my gown brushes snow
leaving a path that none can follow
A promise to keep
For he waits

And I must go

A promise to keep......

Lord teach me peace
bind my broken spirit
bring me home

he waits
and I said I won't be long
a promise to keep
a promise to keep

He is here.......

he is here
i feel him
each night
as I lay in my narrow bed

darkness thins to gray
and once more
I am in his arms

he
returned from
the thick black nothing
of mould,dirt,ashes

with dew drenched lips
begins to kiss my sweet
memories

only the dawn notes our tryst

by Melanie Bishop