Storm Damage

image by Kelly DeLay

I saw the sky go scarlet in your eyes

but didn't expect the storm

You were the first one to make me

feel beautiful

Now, you won't speak

except for rumblings of thunder

You throw lightning bolts in my face

The passion of your anger

blinds and burns

Where is the calm, emerald ocean

that used to live in your eyes?

The warm waters where my soul

bathed with yours?

If I said I'm sorry,

would the storm cease?

If I begged forgiveness,

would you look at me again

like you once did

or

Will there always be storm damage?

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Open Link Monday

The Girl Who Loves Winter Wakes

Snowy Dreams by Natalia Drepina

The Girl Who Loves Winter

sleeps through the summer months

Impenetrable

to the sun's assault

She dreams

of a white fox

If you look closely,

you might see her silvery whiskers

and her ivory coat,

soft as elder down

The Girl Who Loves Winter

begins to stir and stretch

She lifts her head

just as you are bringing your plants indoors

before the first frost

Lento heartbeat

quickens to restless accelerando

as she steps into the cold

The Girl Who Loves Winter

raises her head to the granite sky

Snowflakes fall on her eyelashes

like butterfly kisses

from a long lost love.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Birthdays in January

New Post on "Rants!"

Since I haven't posted much lately on my "Rants From the Hormonally Challenged" blog, I thought I'd let you all know that I finally have a new post up. Check it out HERE

Resolutions

source

The second day of the New Year

opens its eyes

Broken resolutions lay

on the floor like a shattered champagne flute

Sweep them into the dustpan

and lay them to rest with the stale leftovers

You think they are forgotten

Yet they merely lay buried

with the second verse of "Auld Lang Syne"

and the tiny shard of glass

that pricks your foot

in the most tender spot

like a broken promise.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Kerry Says: Let's Make a Few Resolutions