by: Sarah Please be patient; as time has no boundaries Measurements throughout life’s sorrow becomes Smiles and light For tomorrow Standing alone Letting go Her ashes fly Catching a glimpse…

by: Sarah To what do I owe Seeds planted Threads sown Needle in hand Worn yet; grand Perspective is key Threading or winding Gifts within ourselves Taken for granted Seeds…

by: Sarah Some see a road I see a view Opertunaties ahead Reaching for tomorrow through clouds For every mountain climbed Lessons were learned Leaving memory stones as messages to…

by: Sarah Come follow me Take my hand on a journey through bitter sand Swallowed whole from my own hand Sink or swim I pull other’s in A journey we…

by: Sarah The irony of a picture; Life’s circle A name, your name written in stone. Mirrored Choices reflect Molding futures of tomorrow’s hand.

by: Sarah Momma why aren’t you happy… I made you breakfast cleaned my room. Still you, yell your anger shows as I’m thrown from room to room. I wait to…

by: Sarah I fell in love with the devil himself… After dancing with every demon there was; he waltzed me off my feet into flames I couldn’t escape… As hard…

by: Sarah So determined to life’s challenges Testing boundaries, rules and patience as well as learning yes and no. Teaching ABC’s and 123’s Endless nights of sleep As you crawl…

by: Sarah Life’s little blessings Near and far. Mind over matter wherever You are. From babies to men, Reading with me. Life’s little blessings, Turn to lessons. In learning and…

by: Sarah Fifty years from now I want us to be able to look back on how far we’ve come Cherishing moments wrapped in each other’s arms At times one…

by: Sarah While wishing from a far Who would’ve known Within the wind beheld all stars Flying free Scattering As a new life begins Another one ends

by: Sarah Buried and bitter Roots, surface thorns. Unbeknownst, Hidden deep, Our shadowed selves once fast asleep. Behind a door Unexplored. Silent no more.

by: Sarah Nobody gets anything forever Everything passes Truth behind beraved Some sorrows fade as time passes A memory secluded Smells Hands The way you grow All triggering Certain sorrows…

by: Sarah Devil on my back God on my sleeve Glimpses of real Beauty Transposition of reality

by: Sarah And alone he waits As this time there is no escape Once a friendly foe Displayed for those That fall Now in despair Awaiting his fate

by: Sarah Giggles erupt into thin air Children play as if someone is there Conversations in the mind Make believe Or can it be Whatever the reason A child’s laughter…

by: Sarah Beauty can be deceiving Especially when pressed A mother’s love Not one to test

by: Sarah From the first breath of you I knew my fate was near Both heaven and hell This wicked spell to which I fell

by: Sarah It wasn’t the sun nor moon I crave but time. “Only” your time. You laughed! As though I was mad. I forgave you then. I forgive you now….

by: Sarah There is Beauty in her madness Though she tries to hide Passion for life For a world untold Wishing them well As normal becomes hell Madness to her…

by: Sarah Fractured from within Though few have witnessed her sins Both beauty and beast. Her mask; flawless as she speaks Never doubt a fractured mind . Deadly beauty is…

by: Sarah I’ve heard tale Home is where the heart lyes Looking up I realized Gazing through glossy eye’s My heart of hearts shining through Starry skys I held you…

by: Sarah Lingering memories as September approaches A lock of hair worn like Old time broaches Footprints stain a weathered brain Tears you cry but, You’re short of the rain…

by: Sarah I wrote you letters as if you were still here I read them word for word Tore them up Watching them scatter into thin air You once loved…

by: Shirley Satterfield Let’s keep our eyes On the radiating light, And “not be weary in well-doing.” Let’s continue in our goodness fight And spurn our chronic boo-hooing. His rewards…

by: Sarah Greed to the point of madness Spiteful in spirit holy in lies A endless spin On who will win God’s the one who’ll Make the call As I…

by: Sarah They lye and wait Take and take A bitter shame Time became the Prey

by: Sarah You have this heart But, you hide away Shy to the world Fore; things unseen I see you This little boy so blue Life’s not fair To those…

by: Sarah I made a mistake Gave you access to a Place Within the walls You found the Flaws Digging your claws No one came As I bare The shame…

by: Sarah Inhaling your lies, Drinking them down In Surmise To protect and serve Honor, and respect Yourself only Standing there Boastfully Foolish I was to fantasize Hope for this…

by: Sarah Unlock my mind Step back in time. A twisted tale Of show and tell. Secrets and lies Swept under the tides. Alarming retreats To say the least. Enabling…

by: Sarah Don’t you find it Odd You’re in recovery After all these years you’ve Tried to hide Feelings buried, lost so deep Tragic memories one must Keep On this…

by: Sarah Remarkable beauty behind the scene Her ability to conceive and feed. Marks that bare Family pairs Her very soul behind the each fold.

by: Sarah Strange how I perceive this view Alluring fascination sweep in As a child’s life begins. Cycles can only break When learning mistakes Forgiveness and shame. A child’s cycle…

by: Sarah Burning desires spring forth Hidden truths lye behind the Lines. A best friend’s heart a challenging Wall. Do I climb, or do I fall.

by: Sarah A helpful hand Turned sacrifice. Without pause, A faulty clause. Helpful hands have no Stand. Within these lands. To Sacrifice means a price. A world unclean. Who choose…

by: Sarah No they are not mine. I get it all the time. Your daughter couldn’t make it on her own. Little things they love to tell While tossing their’s…

by: Sarah Temple To love is a rare thing. In a world that chooses objects Over blessings. A world that chooses idolesm, greed and glory. Compassion, loyalty and love are rare….

by: Sarah I once had money and a lot of so called friends. I once found peace. A sense of self. Alone I worked. No electronic, no plumbing. Only a…

by: Sarah Lost in thoughts from what might have been. A world apart as her lifetime ends. By chance or choice, Situations arose. Clinging hope after that final blow. People…

by: alexis karpouzos When I shall end my days on this earth. Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die The soul, denies its divine heritage in life Hold fast…

by: Shirley Satterfield Beneficial Rains ☔️ Here come the beneficial morning rains, To liven up the world, To bring color to the grasses and the roses. They mitigate the pain…

by: Sarah God gifted you, while blessing me. Deeply wounded I couldn’t see. Through tears and pain. Grieving my Rain; Observing you, a gift of so few. Rarity comes but,…

by: Shirley Satterfield Seeds of Rain ☔️ Sowing seeds of rain In the silence of the sky. Doing deeds of love with no outcry. The children of the Lord Are…

by: Shirley Satterfield Godly Dreams 🎲 Let’s just go for our godly dreams. Closed doors are not what they seem. Little Master Branson dreamed of going to space. Took him…

by: Sarah Endless torture, Enraptured. Agonizing screams, Caged. Breaking free, A flightless flight. Trapped within, A timeless grin. Two bodies engage; A boldly sin. Mastering the hearts Desire.

by: Sarah Endless torture, Enraptured. Agonizing screams, Caged. Breaking free, A flightless flight. Trapped within, A timeless grin. Two bodies engage; A boldly sin. Mastering the hearts Desire.

by: Sarah I’m that beautiful Disaster. Created from life’s Tragic mistakes. Surrounded by misfits And fakes. Timing changes Everything. From wrinkles, the grass, Even trees; Depending on how one Sees….

by: Sarah Bitter they say… As life did not go Her way. She’s full of anguish And pain. From far away, These things they say… Day to day, She flies…

by: Sarah Tiny fingers and tiny Toes. Dimples appear in The folds. A baby today, A girl tomorrow. Loving you has completed Me. I hope you’re every bit The lady….

by: Sarah Haunting dreams. Entangled screams. Eye’s once fair, Coldly glare. Awake, she’s free, Of memories. Hands that crept from The past, now reach in solace. As she sleeps, soundly.

by: Sarah Toxic insight, Poisoned minds. Little souls mangled, Before they shine. Eyes that hear. Heart’s of pain. Bitterness surrounding. No place grounded. A perfect world, a perfect Place. Real…

by: Sarah Tattered as She… Finds strength Embodying. A gift of time. To those who Apply. Destitute; unhappy Lifting spirits as She Flys.

by: Shirley Satterfield Wholeness 🏝 👩🏻 I am a woman of vivid and intense emotion, But it’s God who moves my choppy ocean Towards a more peaceful shore. A more…

by: Sarah Why judge me… When you yourself, Have skeletons Hanging… So quick to Point. Yet, vividly sweep. Imperfections that qualify. To which most identify.

by: Sarah If only eye’s Could see; Through eye’s of a Child. What a blessing that Would be. Born nieve taught Early. Eye’s that love Unconditionally. Eye’s and ears are…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Rebuilder 🏙 The man hit me Right in the eye of my character and Destroyed the foundations of my identity. Lord, You are a carpenter. Please…

by: Sarah Oh how time Flies. Sure as season’s Change. The leaves begin to fall. The song bird sings, As she leaves. Promising tomorrow She will bring.

by: Sarah After all you put me Through… I couldn’t wish bad Upon you. I played my Part, From the start. I planted seeds, And memories. You set me free……

by: Sarah Normal they say… Feelings put on Display. I see you, In all that I Do. Walking down the Street. A child falling Asleep. From each strand of Hair….

by: Sarah Voices echo all around, As visions appear. Now locked and bound. There’s no escape. A personal state. No one to care, only point and stare. Daily feeding consists…

by: Shirley Satterfield He Blows Away my Bloody Sin 🩸 It has been said That I am not enough. And maybe that is so- For no, I am not all…

by: Sarah Once so vibrant And free. A spirit so beautiful even She could not see. Years of tare, And through the ware. She lost her place… To watch: and…

by: Sarah Their skin is tan A mix between. Eyes of blue that haunt One’s dreams. Caught in a world of disbelief. Where love means nothing and diversity Everything. Innocent…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Seed💫 ⭐️ You can bury a star-seed Deep into the miry ground. You can put one in a silent tomb, But you cannot keep one down….

by: Shirley Satterfield Unction 🔥 Stoke the fires of my love, dear Lord, And give me greater faith. Faith is but a rod we cast at Pharaoh’s feet, as Satan…

by: Sarah Once you soar; Wounded wings, spread Wide and far; Stretching, whomever Needs that voice… A song. A vision, for so long That once was hidden.

by: Shirley Satterfield Care Everywhere 🌳 🌳 🌳 Father, I thank you for the abundance of this day, The endless blue sky above me, The many green trees that surround…

by: Shirley Satterfield Really Livin 🏡 If you’re sittin on the porch and soaking up the sun, And having small talk fun With a dear loved one, You’re really livin….

by: Shirley Satterfield The Godsends 🦅 🦅 🦅 🎨 God sends His birds every morning, Blue birds And red birds, Black birds and brown, Then multicolored birds, bright, As if…

by: alexis karpouzos My child, let your life come into the world of darkness like a spark of light, without flicker and pure, and thank them in silence. You know,…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Rest of God 🕊 I do believe In the serendipitous will of God, Supernatural steps firmly ordered By the Lord through A life in His accord….

by: Shirley Satterfield The Black Sand Beach 🏝 🔥 I was at a black sand beach, At the very shoreline Where liquid fire lapped my feet. But God rescued me….

by: Shirley Satterfield Low Self Esteem🫂 (It’s Mental Health Awarenss Month) What is low self esteem but the flip side of pride? What is pride but the flip side of…

by: alexis karpouzos Listen, if stars are still lit it means there is someone who needs them. It means someone wants to love, Why then do we feel so much…

by: Shirley Satterfield Social Anxiety Oh my, I feel like a grasshopper in a field full of praying-mantis, Statuesque, tall insects towering over me in their eerie magnificence. I feel…

by: Shirley Satterfield Poetry’s Key 🔑 The Lord has marked me for life, somehow, For first He baptized me Into the wrath of man, And then into His amazing love,…

by: Shirley Satterfield Glow Trees 🌳 Glow trees standing tall in all their green glory Have such a compelling his and her story. Standing stoically against the setting sun, They…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Porcelain Painted sky Behold the porcelain painted sky. I’m not to shy to cry for the porcelain painted sky. Tears of joy flowing down For the…

by: Shirley Satterfield My Day by Day Future 🙏 You are my only hope, Oh Lord, for my day by day future. Help me to walk in my integrity. And…

by: Shirley Satterfield I stand helpless In the shadow of my shadow self, Oh, Lord. Save me to the quick of me, And make me resilient in the storm Like…

by: Shirley Satterfield Dirt🥀 I’m old; I’m as plain as dirt. But dirt has a beautiful spirit; Dirt gives life, Blesses everything near it. Dirt gives life to the tree,…

by: Shirley Satterfield Overflow 💦 I am a receptical of reception. Pour out your blessing on me, Oh Lord, For like Father Jacob, I will not let You go until…

by: alexis karpouzos At the dawn of the third decade of the 21st century, the existence of humankind has become highly perilous. We are cutting down our forests, exhausting our…

by: Shirley Satterfield Beyond Afar 💫 ✨ God is God And He stretches beyond An expanding universe. And I am made In His unlimited, limitless image. He is the God…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Chevron of Freedom 🌟 🕊 🕊 🕊 (A Dream) An image grand formed in my mind’s eye. A flock of snow white birds Was flying in…

by: Shirley Satterfield Ireland ☘️ Ireland is A land of mossy mists and ancient myths, Flutes and dance, stringed instruments. The wearing of the green is always seen on St….

by: Samantha Leboeuf THE PERSON I THINK OF HAS A BIRTHDAY TODAY. HE SPARKLES AND WRITES IN A MAGICAL WAY. A YONNG MAN WHO SHINES LIKE THE STARS, SMILES WITH…

by: Shirley Satterfield When you mix church and State It makes a bad smell. It’s a witches brew That can frighten a crew. A “Pope” can put you to death,…

by: alexis karpouzos Time is the architect of fate, and our life is the play of love and death, To live a life that matters, make the house, where Gods…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Little Gray Rocks 🪨 I am a gray rock In a quarry full of little stones. We stand together alone, All invisible, for not to be…

by: Shirley Satterfield We Are the Lesser Lights ✨ Special needs adults, We are the lesser lights, The lower lights along the shore Shining faintly more and more. But we…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Blessed Marriage Dance 💍 Romance, Warm kisses on a hot beach, Stars and shimmering moons Shining in the sky That catapult our hearts up high. This…

by: Shirley Satterfield This little poem comes with a disclaimer because it is my naughtiest poem ever. I wrote it one day to amuse myself when my slightly OCD husband…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Objectification of Women 👩🏻 (A Poem) My life is no longer an open book. I am a gray rock now, A dead thing cast away in…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Pearly Gate of Heaven 💎 Jesus is The pearly gate of heaven, The foundation of precious stones, The translucent streets we walk on, The rainbow that…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Space🪐 I like to sit alone In my inner-intuition zone Where my thoughts are wont to roam, And lovely things are home. In that space inside…

by: Shirley Satterfield Earth Place 🌎 Earth place is a bold place With its massive mountains And its dancing trees, Its carved out bowls of endless seas, With rainbows appearing…

by: Shirley Satterfield Ice Storm 🧊 Ice storm, Out of the norm. Slipping and sliding all over the place, Terror of the human race. Ice storm, Out the lights gives…

by: Shirley Satterfield Baltimore 🚢 Baltimore is a historic place Where spices are brought in sailor’s haste, But isn’t it a pity That the city is known for “The Block”,…

by: Shirley Satterfield Been praying tonight and I want the world to know that I have decided to follow Jesus. The cross before me; the world behind me. The cross…

by: alexis karpouzos i’m looking for the face i had before the world was made I was the primordial flaring forth, the gravitational waves, the whirling galaxies, and the exploding…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Modesty of Tombs 🏝 Who can fathom the mystery of the desert Veiled in wind-driven sand With a certain modestly of Tombs. For death is a…

by: Shirley Satterfield What Are Poets? Part II 🌳 Poets aren’t pansies. Poets are Redwood trees That stand the storms And the test of time. Poets will expose a mankind’s…

by: Shirley Satterfield What Are Poets? 🐎 Poets aren’t pottery. Poets are forged In the fires of a blacksmith shop And beaten by the Master Into their unique, organic Horseshoe…

by: Shirley Satterfield Bound All-Around 🗣 Lord God set me free. She’s a fake friend if ever there was one. She’s like Attila the Hun Goose stepping across the landscape…

by: Shirley Satterfield Otherworlds This fountain plant delights my eyes, Makes my spirit man arise. The body is the receptacle of pleasure, And the discerner of much pain While soul…

by: Shirley Satterfield Oh Fort McHenry 🇺🇸 Oh Fort McHenry; Little fort on Baltimore harbor, Color guard of a country tried sore, Little bastion of liberty For yonder young Promised…

by: alexis karpouzos Our Universe exists as a unified field or whole. Creative energy swirling as atoms, giving rise to molecules, forming galaxies, stars, planets, mountains, rivers and the bodies…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Cure Treat me softly. Tell me that you love me, Often. Give me a hug when you can, Post pandemic. I have BPD. I have major…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Hard Places Wilderness, I like wilderness With rocks and rugged land, And wide open sky Where the wild-eyed eagle flys. Yes, those wide open spaces Is…

by: Shirley Satterfield It is easy to glide over the Ocean of Good effortlessly. gracefully when the sea is like glass and the path to good is brightly lit by…

by: Shirley Satterfield God breath virtue Deep into my soul, The unconscious kind of virtue That does not boast of itself Because boasting goodness is Just the flip side of…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Sinner’s Now Prayer 🙏 Lord, I have been through the WAR, Refugee of psychological torture. Early childhood was pain’s stem. Workplace sex abuse victim. Home was…

by: Guildford Windley A Christmas Star ___________________________ As Saturn and Jupiter align The Christmas star does shine bright A new Christmas is upon us now A time for love and…

by: Guildford Windley There Is A Virus Going Around _________________________________ There is a virus going around It is taking this Country down There is a virus going around Our lives…

by: Guildford Windley The Never-Ending Election ______________________________ In the wind, the words blow-by Inaction, nothing done Time and energy wasted for what People pouting, people shouting In the streets and…

by: alexis karpouzos Burst from the verdant void before time. the particles of our souls were born, a million stars, Codeless truths blink, to those who seek, meaning en route,…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Human Soul Magnificent! 👨🏽‍🦯 When I see a special needs adult, A homeless person, I get the urge to feed them. To look into their eyes…

by: Guildford Windley But What of The Poor ______________________________ But what of the poor, they should do a lot more But what of the poor all they do is ask…

by: Shirley Satterfield You have to press through To touch the hem of His garment, Through the doubts, the fears, The jeers of a crowd That is telling you, you’re…

by: AndreaL17 Now that the family has explored the stately home, and its lush, verdant garden, the gift shop beckons. So it’s down the stairs, down from where the ground…

by: Guildford Windley The coming of Winter _____________________________ Bend to the wind as it does blow Wet is the rain that does fall Feel the chill of the coldness as…

by: alexis karpouzos He told me a tale of woefulness, one upon a time the heaven woke up and the silence spoke, then came the separation, the agony began, the…

by: neildavidchan Life is not a journey, It is a process that starts in each of your moments. How you respond to the moment creates your path forward. Should you…

by: AndreaL17 As I walk through the park, with the wind tugging at the branches of the trees, and the rain beating down, I see a bare tree, with one…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Dan River After the Storm ☔️ The Bold and Beautiful Dan; High and mighty after the storm, Loftier than the norm. Big water spills over the…

by: Shirley Satterfield Look, It’s Snowing! Sparkling, spanking feathers Falling from the sky. Dervish dancing, dancing down From fragile wings on high. Each one a little different, Each one is…

by: Shirley Satterfield Singing Out the Joy 🦅 🦅 🦅 🎶 Danny dear, Don’t you hear? There’s a whole choir of bird outside Singing out the joy of a new…

by: Guildford Windley Time for A New Day ______________________________ The people cry for a new day The time is ripe for change Time for a new day Things do not…

by: Shirley Satterfield Bread Upon The Waters of the Lord 🥖💦 There’s a dearth in the land, In this soul sucking emotional quicksand Afoot on planet Earth. There’s an encouragement…

by: Shirley Satterfield Sarai’s Dream 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Give me the multitude of hoary stars Abram Lord, For I cannot count the worlds. Give me many children from the faith, This frail…

by: alexis karpouzos Look, for once the face of the earth, look, one life in every seed self sacrificed for us, look the sun, shines in us, look the river,…

by: Shirley Satterfield Unity Bud Thank You, Lord, For the gift of a rosebud in the Fall, Autumn’s bright gift of living silk Marking winter’s briefest stall. Splendid scarlet petals…

by: Guildford Windley Freedom is just a word ———————————– Freedom is just a word Too few people know it is worth They blindly follow other words They live their lives,…

by: Guildford Windley Mountain High ____________________________ On mountains high Of granite walls Sierra rises to the blues sky In deep forest green miles upon miles of trees, mostly pines I…

by: Shirley Satterfield Let’s Be Somebody Too. 👑 Hi. I’m nobody in particular, But somebody too. How about you? Do you reach for a star? Do you walk very far…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Smallest Creature of God 🐿 There’s a chorus of insects and birds Singing at me this morning, As a squirrel does a little whirly dance up…

by: Guildford Windley A High-Country Evening Dinner ______________________ In the high country of the Sierra’s In the early evening light By a Pond is where I sit As the fishes…

by: Shirley Satterfield The War of Art I’m fighting the war of art. Pressing through the weary mind, The spent heart, The tired bones. I’m fighting through the war of…

by: Shirley Satterfield Faded Glory Faded glory of a flower as it dies. Releases her colors to the sky. Fall comes and nips her in the bud. Family holding hands….

by: alexis karpouzos When one door opens, another closes. this is the eternity’s circle, mistakes belongs to us, but not all, the fate mapped out for us to follow, but…

by: Guildford Windley An Old man’s Birthday Ramblings ______________________________ It’s been Seventy –five years Since my first breath Of the sweetness of the air Of the life that would take…

by: Guildford Windley An Old man’s Birthday Ramblings ______________________________ It’s been Seventy –five years Since my first breath Of the sweetness of the air Of the life that would take…

by: Guildford Windley The Time We Lost _____________________________ Lost is the time that tore us apart- For a big miss-understanding The time we spent in our own self-inflicted pain not…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Human Soul Magnificent! When I see a special needs adult, A homeless person, I get the urge to feed them. To look into their eyes And…

by: Guildford Windley The Beating Heart ____________________________ Beat, beat the heart Beat, beat the heart The blood runs through the body The pounding of the heart plays on the feelings…

by: Guildford Windley Sleeping (that would Be Great) _________________________________ Laying here in my bed, it’s 3 AM My sweet wife, asleep just as soon as her head hits the pillow…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Song of A Soul in Raptured Wonder I’m a Christian Transcendentalist poet. Can rhyme the words because I know it. I can beat it. I can…

by: Guildford Windley Her Honor _________________________ We lost an icon We lost a Feminist We lost a legal genius A person who would fight for equality for all Not just…

by: Guildford Windley Eternal Love __________________________ There were waterfalls that we saw on trails that we took There were rainbows, of multi colors That followed the storms As we sheltered…

by: Shirley Satterfield A Personal Response to Shelley (England’s Anarchist Poet) 🤒 No, Percy, we cannot do without the State. But the Fate of the State is always up for…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Omnipresent Home There is a sweet smell Residing in the rain, And the sound of music in the rain’s sweet refrain. A lonely bird stretches one…

by: Laurel A. Porter Your apathy toward me is shocking The person I have come to know is now completely unrecognizable I guess the script you wrote for yourself and…

by: Guildford Windley Our heroes are the Military The suckers are loser Trump supports ________________________ In harm’s way, we send the young To fight in a war of old men…

by: alexis karpouzos After time, people will say, in those years, we lost the meaning of we, we lost the sense of universality found ourselves prisoners into ego, in a…

by: alexis karpouzos We know so little, so little, almost nothing and this is only truth, when and from where? from the fissure of infinity and the unreel of time,…

by: Guildford Windley The Illusionary Man _____________________________ Illusionary man, his feet are made of sand Illusionary man has no scruples; his soul is black and cold Illusionary man his words…

by: Guildford Windley The Omen of the Raven ________________________________ The Raven came on a dreary day No peace can come of this The darkness spreads across the land No peace…

by: Shirley Satterfield Keep Me in a Starry Awe 🌟 The sky is big, and I am small, And the worlds will be here when I am gone, No longer…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Good Shepherd 🐑 The Good Shepherd corrals the sheep. Keeps them safe from ferocious teeth. “Makes them lie beside still waters.” Receives them into His inner…

by: Guildford Windley A Love not meant to be _______________________ Sad is the lost alone with this pain She was my heart But our souls could never be Beyond the…

by: Laurel A. Porter Flies the eagle by the dawn Above the dew upon the lawn Whispered prayers that don’t belong Just like me . . . Already gone

by: Guildford Windley The Day That Never Was _______________________________ The day that never was A day of love and joy A day filled with laughter A day with music in…

by: Shirley Satterfield Ugly Plant So Pretty Someone caring clipped the dead in me, watered my dry hungry roots. Now my flowers are opened wide to reveal my purple flutes….

by: Shirley Satterfield You Were So Pretty…What Happened? The storms came and ripped up my leaves, Robbed me of my flowers. But soon I will be pretty again When dawns…

by: Guildford Windley I Am ____________________ I am the wind that brushes your hair I am the rain that touches your lips I am the sun that warms your body…

by: alexis karpouzos We live in a time of cosmic bifurcation, we live in a time of unprecedented existential threats to life on Earth, including climate change, deforestation, food insecurity,…

by: Shirley Satterfield You Were So Pretty…What Happened? The storms came and ripped up my leaves, Robbed me of my flowers. But soon I will be pretty again When dawns…

by: Guildford Windley The Storm is a Coming _______________________________ The storm is a coming Portland under siege Camel green mercenaries Occupy the city streets Causing pain and unrest Peaceful protesters…

by: Guildford Windley A Cat Coffee and a Chair ______________________________ This morning as I woke The first thought that came to me, was coffee Oh yes that’s what I need…

by: Guildford Windley The Present ___________________________ His Perception ________________________ I see her image in the morning fog Through the haze, she floats by me I’m haunted by the sounds I…

by: Shirley Satterfield My Recovery of True Self Dear friends, I know that I have been a big pain in the butt for the past 10 years. But today after…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Naked Shining Morning Night about to disrobe It’s darkness deep. Think I’ll sit here To take a peep. Morning naked in all it’s glory. This is…

by: Guildford Windley Butterfly Hill _____________________ There’s a place that I like best; it’s an enchanted place A little unassuming spot, really just a little dot of a spot on…

by: Shirley Satterfield Sky Moods Angel cloud passing over me. Fleetingly. Fleetingly. Mother Nature’s on the move. Nothing ever stays the same. First an angel. Then a dog With a…

by: Guildford Windley Writers Block ______________________________ Writers block, oh my writers block What to say, what to right Oh look there a bird in flight Gee see that bug on…

by: Shirley Satterfield On The Holy Moment of Death 😇 (Dedicated to Samantha and Jenny at the hour of completion.) 💕 The Tide comes in. The Tide goes out, As…

by: Shirley Satterfield An Attitude of Solitude 🌅 I’m going outside to enjoy the wonders of the morning And the company of the fearfully anf wonderfully Made me. Oh what…

by: alexis karpouzos We fall, we fall so fast, so fast to shadow, and the skies of love diminishing, our humanity is not here, there is no humanity here, in…

by: Guildford Windley There Was a Letdown in Tulsa ______________________________ There was a letdown in Tulsa He got Blue seat pneumonia His staff is testing positive But he is lost…

by: Guildford Windley The Wind of Change __________________________ A new day is a dawning A new time is a coming The wind of change is blowing There are people they…

by: Shirley Satterfield Jesus said, “Come unto me all you who labor And I will give you rest,.” Just rest and be blest. But I must think I’m Hercules For…

by: Shirley Satterfield The mighty ocean, An organism in its own rite. Teeming with life, Rife with the nice music of the moon. God’s precision instrument Embracing earth’s sandy sod….

by: Shirley Satterfield Bad lands. Red dirt. Ruddy rocks rising up Like a menacing jerk. The landscape speaks of an angry hand. God is looking down at a sinful Man….

by: Guildford Windley The Next Chapter of Your Life __________________________________ We live in trying times With sadness and some pain We struggle with the past, for now, the winds of…

by: alexis karpouzos To dream with the black man in one eye and the white in the other, a blame for all, we are human beings and ought to be…

by: Shirley Satterfield Ah yes, that’s a picture of me, A lighthouse at top a rocky rock Over looking a stormy sea,. That picture is the real me. Passion, Energy,…

by: Guildford Windley A Memorial Observance ______________________________ As one looks out across the land One sees marble stones of white On fields of green, that stretch out wide to the…

by: Guildford Windley A Look into Us _________________________________ But what of the fireflies caught in a jar The fireflies light will go out and die for our amusement But what…

by: Shirley Satterfield Good to Be Alive I used to think about committing suicide a lot. But now I’m glad that I’m still alive. I am glad to hear the…

by: Guildford Windley The Loss of a Paradise Love ________________________________ In my dreams, it returns to me Love that I lost to the sea, He had come from far away…

by: Guildford Windley The Sneezed __________________________ Di Di, Di Di, Di, Dic Di, Di, Dic, Dicta Di, Di. Dic, Dicta-tor _________________ Gesundheit _____________ Not all harmful viruses are covid-19 But…