There is a stirring in my soul tonight

the bright

sun that glorified the day with gold

is gone. Now hangs a blueness on the air

a rare

and melancholic drift my thoughts enfold

I cannot resist (my heart unsure)

the lure

of time-marked memories of days long past

when everything was possible, if dreamed

It seemed

the stars were mine to reach

my world was vast

Gone may be the days of gold desire

the fire

of youth, but twilight is a velvet clime

If stars have spurned

my too-short reach perhaps

mayhaps

I’ll find new joys

in this soft blue twilight time

#Aging #Melancholic

On frosted window

early light—dawn striking sun pearls

It’s Christmas morning

#Christmas #ChristmasPoetry

Naked with fear,

Terror-cold in the doorway,

You cried:

Save me!

Light struck the blade

And blood stained the night

You cried:

Save me!

But we passed you by.

There’ll be no peace for us

No matter how we try

We never knew

Our hearts so shriveled dry

Until we passed you by.

#ViolenceAgainstWomen #Shame

You wandered where I could not go

And followed ways I did not know,

But you were mine—not long ago—

A maid so mild.

When you first turned toward distant flow

Of waters wild,

I searched for you where poppies grow,

Where dark shapes rise and cold winds blow.

Beloved child

Time passed. Love taught me how to cope:

So now I pray and now I hope

That one day soon from far-off roam

You’ll turn again and come back home.

#MotherLove #EstrangedChild

The star that took to flight

has left the sky all black

How goes the dream tonight?

When suns burn out and light

is spent and life gone slack

what remains is blight

and loss and bitter lack

How goes the dream tonight?

A useless nightmare rite

pursues by lightless track

the star that took to flight

No telescope can sight

no passionate plea call back

our star that took to flight

How goes the dream tonight?

#Mourning #ElegyPoem