I wish to walk the rest of my life with dried lavender and rose petals beneath my feet
Sprigs of chamomile and orange blossoms tangled in my hair
And warm, tea-colored afternoons in my heart
-gws
Tea
Moody Skies
How I love a blue-gray sky
Hanging heavy above a blue-green sea
Or a sky of vibrant summer blue
Filled with the white puffs of lazy clouds
How about the velvet blue of a midnight sky
Glittering with silver stars
The enchanted pastel painted skies of dawn
Dressed in pinks and sherbet oranges
Or better yet the jeweled-toned shows of sunsets at the closing day
Painted with deep reds and purples and burning oranges
The sky's moods are all so beautiful
-gws
Magical Me
My heart screamed,
“What about my hopes and dreams?
The magical things
That make me, me?”
-gws
A Heart for Art
Lightning bugs
Fairy wings
Eyelash wishes
Magical things
Puffy clouds up in the sky
Shifting dreams just passing by
Daydreams spinning round young heads
Sweet dream wishes for their beds
Storyteller's well worn seat
Children sitting at their feet
Wonderment in every eye
Silent tears for sad goodbyes
Weave for them a strange new world
And embed it in the heart of a girl
Or a boy who's heart still dreams
Of mythic heroes or vicious fiends
In the core of every child
Lives possibility fresh and wild
A precious gift within each heart
Inspirations from which grows art
-gws
Indifference
Indifference is a condemned building
Crumbling to dust inside a heart
Boarded up and abandoned
Left to rot
-gws
Write
Write to free the burdened mind
Write to mourn what's left behind
Write to fill the world with love
Write a prayer for a god above
Write to get you through the night
Write to save a stranger's life
Write to make the world make sense
Write without care for consequence
Write regardless of the words
Write so that your voice is heard
Write to free a soul locked tight
Write with rhyme for pure delight
Write of love or foe or friend
Just write and write then write again
-gws
I Was You Yesterday
I was you yesterday
Broken down and broken hearted
Today, I begin my ascent with the dawn
And tomorrow, so can you
-gws
Poetry Roulette: 80s Radio
Hello
I hear the secrets that you keep when you're talking in your sleep
Don't stand so close to me
Take these broken wings
I want to live the glamours life
All night long
That's my prerogative
Sweet dreams are made of this
It's a kind of magic
A total eclipse of the heart
Sweet child o' mine
Two of hearts
Livin' on a prayer
Don't stop believin'
That's the power of love
I wanna dance with somebody
Call me
I'm addicted to love
Never gonna give you up
What's love got to do with it
Love is a battlefield
I need a hero
Like a prayer
If it isn't love
It's a cruel, cruel summer
Highway to the danger zone
Do you really want to hurt me
I'm crazy for you
I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
Time after time
I want to know what love is
Take my breath away
-gws
On Being Done
Being done feels like
A dead place in the heart
Where nothing wants to grow
Where the will to try is blighted
And indifference is all that remains
-gws
A Love Song for Myself
I will write a love song for myself
A song of hope
A song so free
A song of everything I want to be
I will write a love song for myself
A ballad of returning
A ballad of ascension
A ballad celebrating my redemption
I will write a love song for myself
A tune for forging forward paths
A tune for changing ways
A tune for the coming better days
I will write a love song for myself
A triumphant magnum opus
A symphony of surrender and release
A life-renewing masterpiece
-gws
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