SEEKING SUNLIGHT
By Laurie Roth
I walk the tears across
hillsides dripping red desire,
after you
refused to find
the way through
your private battleground
to the other side:
and melt in love’s sweet laughter.
The oaks have caught a blight
no leaves are stretching from their branches.
Yet, they stand upright, majestic, proud
Caught ‘tween life’s light
and death’s dim shroud.
Watching, waiting, holding tight
But without the breath to fight
As you, with lichen around your heart
Stiffen, gasp…………and then
Abruptly choose to let in Light
that pushes outward.
Hissing, scraping, stamping, crying
singing, laughing, dancing, howlin,
in the new wind blowing
straight from the soundless sound
deep within the center atom
of your tender tear torn love.
©Laurie Roth 2005
I find writing a poems a great way to express myself and it moves me along into some other part of myself.
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Oh, Moon Goddess in Bliss so close
to the truth
that one should ner deviate
to stay satiate in
one’s happy state.
John Delta 2/24/09
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Sweet life
of wood and green plant
birds on a limb
of pine
The summer scent in the air
I think we have forgotten
what it feels like to be alive
not burdened by fear
My tender heart knows
this place of innocence and
grace
Not needed to create
already here
Nearer than near
We must return
to go on
We must touch
and smell and love to dwell
upon the earth
Something has come over us
and is time to come back
come back to what is innately real
so we can go on to
Live on
This earth
and not kill.
John Delta 2/27/09
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Hi Laurie,
I’m drawn to the intensity of your poetry and
how it moves you to another facet of yourself.
My Haiku poetry creates an opening for
me and transforms me to more peaceful
feelings.
Here is another poem from a wonderful woman who says she hardly ever writes poems but looked at the site and wrote this.
Thank you Philippa.
Firefly
I have traveled far
And been through many seasons
I have met others along the way
A few who have deeply touched my soul
I found other fireflies
Whose light was strong in them
We recognized each other
There was strength born of trial and courage
Spent some time together
Basking in the light
Then moved on to follow our respective paths
The fates had chosen for us
I have also met people with no light
And there was no connection
What I seek now and for a lifetime
Is a firefly heading in the same direction