A door is opened some call it a prison I am refreshed you are there dressed in yellow your face lights up moments float like petals younger times come to mind we giggle I take off my uniform reminded of a perfect day in a world Alzheimers is a not allowed
Tag Archives: freedom
Beyond Abuse #poetry #art #abuse
dog eared pages leaf through journal too many wounded whispers tears spilt in heavenly petition hearse turns the corner cut on cracked window suffer not, leap of faith no crying over turned milk wounds will heal I whistle for man’s best friend fresh are the page’s delight
Happy 4th of July #Independenceday #haiku
fly red white and blue still standing for freedom nation under God Happy Fourth of July to the United States of America! Autonomy is the one word prompt for WordPress today. What could be more autonomous than a country like America that has always encouraged free speech, freedom of ideas, freedom to create, freedom […]
The Standard #flagday #poetry
Gallant stripes ripple in the breeze children in unison pledge allegiance at attention heroes salute her beneath her the dead have lain scorned, torn and burned the battle beneath her rages her rags wipe up man’s derision emblematic she flies for freedom * “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe […]
Horse #atozchallenge
Have you ever jumped on the bare back of a horse? You have to hang on with your legs as the two of you escape the world’s gravity and ride in the breeze of freedom. Sorrowfully you must resign yourself to the dismount and returning to regular mundane terra. equine beauty man and beast seek […]
Mercy’s Butterfly #poetry
She confident, flits over my dry and barren soul brush against fingertips of my sorrow do you know? Neither can we speak I stand in silent wonder vibrant never weak heart beats strong like thunder Daring and alive this race that she is in touch hope, now I strive She vibrant as the wind our […]
Freedom’s Wings #poetry #july4th
It’s your moment you look over the edge no words can express the exhilarating dread * what if I fall? it seems I could fail look up at the sky freedom’s wings will prevail * I’ve been taught all I need will it be quite enough? to hold the scepter of truth the first leap […]
Lost on the Train #Ukraine #poetry
Uneven are the clickity clack as the wheels slide along rails It’s hard not to echo silent words that I heard on that Crimean train the subtle all but lost except in the shudder of the cars the steel sparking off the tracks Clickity clack they gossip “she was thrown from the train – […]
When We Sold Freedom #presidentsday #poetry #loveamerica
It was bought bravely two hundred years ago Washington ably led us through the bullets and the snow Lincoln spoke for man’s rights it was the Constitution’s stand abolishing slavery giving hope, our Forefather’s plan It was spoken of in the streets and across the golden waves stronger than a concept it ruffled in […]
Not Ashamed #poetry #freedom #veterans
Sails billow as they unfurl we prepare to release our mooring waiting expectantly for the wind to greet our faces as we set sail and why should we be ashamed? Quickly and purposely we unchock the wheels remove the air intake blocks pull the flags covering the pitot engines start to cycle and why should I […]
