Category: Poems

The Key Within – A Poem

A new year is beginning, its pathway stretching out before me like a yellow brick road. I wonder what the year will bring and I contemplate what will come. I decide to meditate on the year ahead and when I close my eyes, I… Continue Reading “The Key Within – A Poem”

Light Given Shape – A Poem

When I fall, you are there to help me. When I stumble, you are there to steady me. When I lose my balance, you are there to help guide me. Not once have you treated me with anything other than love and the light… Continue Reading “Light Given Shape – A Poem”

Blood Flowers and Hope Seeds – A Poem

Your words are like flowers. They are pleasing to the eye, soft to the touch. Yet, when I try to hold them, it is to discover that needles hide within the veins of the flowers and the petals are made from shards of glass.… Continue Reading “Blood Flowers and Hope Seeds – A Poem”

The Gift That You Are – A Poem

I am, first and foremost, a writer. I am unable, most times, to speak what I want to say. And so, like every writer, I turn to words. I try to emote without speaking, paint my emotions across the page with ink. When I… Continue Reading “The Gift That You Are – A Poem”

The Hope Light – A Poem

* I wrote this for Cait because she is awesomeness personified.   She descended the spiral staircase that was within her mind. Gradually, as she went down each step, the light became filled with shadows and the air became cold. At the bottom of… Continue Reading “The Hope Light – A Poem”