rain

when the rain comes
i open all the windows

just to hear the drops
beating down on
the rooftops

i lie down on the bed
and close my eyes

and feel myself
floating away
in the new rivers forming

gliding up and down
the streets and valleys

looking for a peaceful
place to land

away
far away
from the grey i've made

into the rainbow
mists
of the sea

prompt: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2017-april-pad-challenge-day-6

gold

gold was the colour
of my mistress's hair

it billowed in the wind
as she led me astray

down fields that bowed
in sweet respect

never letting on
what was ahead

until it was too late.....

prompt: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2017-april-pad-challenge-day-5

end of the day

at the end
of the day

when moon's play
is close to starting

my heart is full
of sadness

watching the sun
inch away

you put
arms around me

surrounding me
with reassurances

what begins is
what ends again

you whisper
to me

as the darkness
covers what we'll be

you and me
is all i see




prompt:http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2017-april-pad-challenge-day-4

memory of love

the memory
of love
is sometimes harder
that the real thing

your mind
embellishes
what once was

your heart
sketches in
what was needed

your spirit
dances around
what was a dream

hoping for a reality
that may never come

fantasies come
to those who sleep

not those deep
in the dawn
of the day

prompt: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2017-april-pad-challenge-day-3

not to-day

what's going to happen
when they've all gone away
and left us to ourselves?

i can't think about that day
maybe to-morrow
not to-day

what will we become
when there's just you and me
and no one around to blame?

i can't think of that entity
maybe to-morrow
not to-day

will we be content
with all the boring hours
that normal people live?

i can't see what will be ours
maybe to-morrow
not to-day

tortured rhymes of square words
crawling down the page
never seem give much hope

i can't see past my own age
maybe to-morrow
not to-day

maybe to-morrow
not to-day

prompt: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2017-april-pad-challenge-day-2

outside the lines

in times of pain
your spirit comes to me

coaxing me out to play

and i gladly dance
outside the lines

running down grassy steps
towards the endless blue
of the sky

and the limitless love
in your heart

whisper my name again
the rain is so loud here
and i'll lose my way
without you to guide me

i've come so far already

(stay)

prompt: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2017-april-pad-challenge-day-1

for you

even though
we don't talk a lot
there's coffee in the pot

for you

and even though
we don't see eye to eye
there's a bit of pumpkin pie left

for you

the ice that accumulated
on your car's front side
took the sun from the eyes

of you

so
even though
we don't look twice
i scrapped the ice

for you

and you're on your way......