Tag: memories
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Days Gone…
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Days Gone I heard a shadow scream With bodily form within My heart wrenched with need to help The cry held the tears of the world Weighing heavily on my mind Stepping into the darkness I heard the whispered words She took my life, I was flushed away I cannot move back…
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#Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge…
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Colleen’s 2019 #Tanka Tuesday #Poet of the Week & Honorable Mention(s), No. 142, “Character & Wild,” #SynonymsOnly Old Toy box memories Hidden treasures hands no longer play Time trapped in an old chest Why do we keep these old things? When we have no time left to play Too often life takes…
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Hidden box… #Poetry
In a box hidden from sight My mothers love letters Have come to light Written in 1944 A soldier’s heart she craved Soft word written with Such passion Tear stained aged paper Belies the woman who Stands before me Was it this lost love that turned her heart to stone? ©AnitaDawes
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Snow…
I remember the thick blanket of snow When I was eight years old I found a stray dog on my way home from school I carried him home, thinking my mother would let me keep him I sat him on the doorstep, rushed to tell her of the little friend I had…