This month’s theme is:
Stars
To light
My dark nights
To show me more
Dancing colours bright
Moving for my delight
Between the trees a jewel
Sparkling magic to dress each branch
Great wonders made by His word alone
To always light my way home, on the edge…
©anitadawes 2020
Broken dreams
Where many hands reach for me
Tearing pieces of my mind
I’m somewhere
where the screaming never ends
Have I crossed over to the dark side?
Is my soul lost
Along with the pieces of my mind?
The ground I walk on
Is no longer as solid as it used to be
Can I save some small part of me?
Will I find a way to stay in my own world?
To hold on to self…
©anitadawes 2020
What do you see # 47- 14 September’20
As I sat at my workbench
I told myself I would paint myself into history
Like Di Vinci, Van Gogh, Monet
Only my mind is as blank as the page I looked at
Where did they get their inspiration from?
The five and dime, the local minute mart?
If only
I don’t remember painting the strange circles
Other worlds, my notepad splashed with paint
As if a five-year-old sat in my place
Fred, my friendly skull
Told me to pursue a different career
I thought this a good idea, closing my notepad
The next time I look at a blank page
I will fill it with wonderful words
Produce the next best seller
Ten weeks at number one I told myself
Hoping that one day, what I say
will be so…
©anitadawes 2020
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COLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 195 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT
Sat
Beneath
The mushroom
Misty morning
My own quiet time
My thoughts run ahead wild
Free from boundaries I roam
I am now become the blue mist
My heart and soul one with all I touch
I am content to stay, to roam free, wild…
©anitadawes 2020
His hair is greyer now
He no longer has the glow of youth
His stride slower
Each step in tune with mine
I hold his hand
It feels the same as yesteryear
As we walk into the glow of evening
I know love never ends…
©anitadawes 2020
I was watching
The face of the moon
Watching me
When the moon winked at me
I thought, you loon
The moon can’t wink at you
I could see the eye wrinkle
At the time I was overcome
I considered it an unusual present
A wrinkle in time
I felt my heart bloom with joy
I continued watching wanting more
Blow me a kiss
Pucker those dark grey lips
Speak to me
Give me more to reflect on…
©anitadawes 2020
Blackout
I pulled down the blinds to my window
Pushing out the sun
I lie behind my blackout blinds
My mind in a cyclone
Floating with the debris it collected
On its way to me
Before I can be blown all the way to Oz
I pull on the cord and let the sun in…
©anitadawes 2020
ABOUT US: For those new to our website and blog, we would like to thank you for visiting. Between us, we write in several different genres, so there should be something for everyone to enjoy. Anita cannot abide computers, so I (Jaye) do all the technical (oily rag) stuff! Our books tend to be varied, from horror to supernatural romance and coming of age, and mystery thrillers. We try to keep our website interesting with guest posts, bloggers, poetry, and reviews for all the books we read. Our books are shown in the right-hand sidebar and clicking on the images should take you straight to Amazon. If you enjoyed your visit, we would love you to leave a comment… Hoping to see you again!
My story
The story of my life has not been played out yet.
The end has not been written.
At least not in the way I want it to.
God will have to hold fire on giving me
the key to the pearly gates
I don’t need to know what lies within
Not yet.
So far, I have managed an encore
I mean to make it the longest one in history
Keep watching this space
I’ll be back…
©anitadawes 2020
