One a Day: Themed Poem: Death

Tell me a story
Sing me a song
Birds with no feathers
Moths six feet long

I’ll write you a poem
I’ll draw you a map
I’ll give you a skull
As a place for your hat

The flesh of your bones
Will melt when I tell
Of witches and demons
And bats out of hell

My tale may be gruesome,
A story of pain
But at least it’s your choice
To go down that old lane

So pull up a chair
Or sit tight in your bed
Snuggle down in your blankets
Perhaps hide your sweet head

But fear not my dear child
For each tale ends in laughter
With princes and crowns
And a happily-ever-after

One a Day: Sonnet (more or less)

I gave you a piece of my own spirit
you offered it back when we said goodbye
Yes, the last thing you want is to hear it
but for my sake, I must give this a try

We were so happy, or so I believed
you would hold me gently in your safe arms
Imagine my shock, you looked so relieved
bye to your love and protection from harm

No more tenderness and warm gentle nights
no more shared dreams and farewell to shared plans
Misunderstandings and horrible fights
all that you’ll lay on my shivering hands

I miss our conversations and laughter
my dreams of happily ever after

 

One a Day: Septolet

Moon slivers
mirror
my fate line

Tip to tip
Fingers entwined
Two becomes
One

One A Day: Limerick

There once was a girl with a big heart
She did not know how to make it start
So she gave it to you
But you let that heart stew
Now a woman, she’s falling apart

One A Day: Palindrome

“Forever”

Sunshine, mine
You are loved, we’ve
Lived
We’ve loved
Are you mine, Sunshine?
 “Forever”

One a Day: Essence

Soft-spoken words, good deeds
Two hearts stirred, two souls freed

(I’m late by 10 mins.)

One A Day: Themed Poem: Love

Good Morning

I send you a text, it says,
“Good morning, Love”
As I get dressed to go to work,
I look over at your sleeping form and smile
The weather is cold, dreary and wet
But I woke up next to you today
Arms and Legs tangled in sheets that were warm from our body heat

As I pour my first cup of coffee, my phone vibrates
I have a message, it says,
“Have a great day, I love you”
I glance up and see you, standing in the doorway
A shaft of sunlight making your hair glow
Your smile pulls one from my lips

We kiss goodbye, and though we don’t speak
We’ve said all there is to say,
I know today will be a good day.