Nine Months

Nine Months

Month one, you found a special home
So tiny and so frail
Beginning life inside your dome
A mansion set to scale

Month two, you are so busy
Your heart begins to beat
You’re growing to perfection
A little face and hands and feet

Month three, you are so strong
Your body is now whole
I gaze in sheer amazement
At my first glimpse of your soul

Month four, you hear me talk to you
We begin a special bond
Not only do you grow close to me
But to you I feel so fond

Month five brings such excitement
It turns out you’re a boy!
In four months I will hold you
Your stare will be new and coy

Month six, your hair is growing
Eyebrows and eyelashes, too
Soft, white, gentle hair so fine
Is growing all over you

Month seven, I can’t believe it
You opened up your eyes
You blink your way to dreamland
And let out content sighs

Month eight, you have no worries
You suck your thumb and breathe
Your body is getting bigger
As you prepare to leave

Month nine, you are so perfect
I can’t wait to see your face
I promise to love you forever
As we have our first embrace

It's Time

In the middle of the night
it mocks you.
The words are
harsh and oft
 times driven with fear.
There is no way to stop
 this with a night’s rest.
Your mind knows that
 the test is almost
 here. Shadowy knights come
to steal your thoughts;
you fight with all your might-
they win anyway.
The heat is on.
It’s time for you to go.
You can’t find the right
building.
The classroom starts to swirl
around you. Drink up;
water will help.
Pencils grab your hand,
and drag you down to Hell.
Wake up now and go.
It’s time.

Passion Unrivaled

Passion unrivaled.
A deep sea of velvet covered lust.
The water thickens.

Drowning now.
No way to escape the current.
Give in to it.

Feel the fury.
Let nature take its course.
Relax now; it's over.

A New Day

Water droplets are forming as dew begins to gather
A sweetly scented breeze flows past my face
The virgin day is forming right before my eyes
I close them tight to feel her brisk embrace

One second is what breaches then and now
In this moment there is no day to be
It's a rare and honest glimpse of perfect limbo
I mustn't blink for fear I will not see

Or could I close my eyes and feel the merger
Would I sense this change of beauty on my skin
No, such splendor simply cannot be determined
But by the change the happens deep within

Gone

As night calls me to slumber
And the day has set me free
Your memory is all I ponder
Your essence is all that can be

Briefly scented memories
Of pine trees and cologne
Sun-kissed golden yesterdays
Have left me all alone

I shivered in the cold
To wait for your embrace
Hours of lonely pondering
In silk and fragile lace

Somewhere in these years
Since love welded tight it's door
You have found a devious way
To make me beg for more

My stupors of sleepy consciousness
In realm from day to night
Beseech for your encounter
I wish I had seen your plight

Somewhere in the dark I hear him whisper
His words are so sincere, and always sweet
I reach for him and find a manly whisker
In the waking night I feel when our lips meet

The softest kiss can melt my heart completely
One touch is all I need to be set free
I know when he looks at me so lovingly
My soul will always long for him, to be

How he came into my life is just a detail
A tiny blip on a map of happiness
I can"t remember a life before I fell
All I know is that it now is pure bliss

I love you.

Shadows

I wonder what they're saying, and how they came to be
I see a boy play freely with a ball
I wish that I could see the things that they can see
Amazing are these shadows on the wall

A memory that once was frozen, now it comes to life
I wish you could see them all
They remind me of a past less filled with strife
Shadows on the wall

I see a girl with glowing skin and eyes that see the stars
There are children bundled snugly in the fall
A lifetime of memories set loose from wooden bars
Free at last, my shadows on the wall

I caged you once, but now, I love to watch you play
Your innocence has finally come to call
With my last breath on earth, all that I can say
Thank you for shadows on the wall

For my love

In his eyes I see the ocean

I can hear the roaring sea

I can even feel the sunshine

That is raining down on me

In his heart I see the love

The he gives so graciously

I can feel his dedication

I can touch eternity

I can see the clocks tick slowly

As his mind perceives my face

I know it will be forever

When I feel his warm embrace

I see his perfect image

His mold must be so pure

Unfailing to amaze me

I've never been more sure

Some people wish for riches

They ask for fame and gold

All I want is you, forever

Here's to growing old

She works to pay the mortgage while she thinks about the past

She just can't understand why her dream was not to last

It wasn't very long ago when possibilities were so vast

Now her future with her children is moving by too fast

There used to be a time when love was all she knew

She'd stay at home so happily attending to her brood

Then one day fate was not so kind, and tragedy ensued

Now within her walls, one would guess a solemn mood

But inside her home is joyous and her children smile and play

Just like the happy moments in their life of yesterday

She gives them hugs and kisses in her motherly way

Then she lays them down to sleep and together they pray

They pray for all the silly things that children hold so dear

Stuffed teddybears and friends are the first things that we hear

Next the prayer changes to a different atmosphere

When Mommy hears her children pray for something more this year

It is no easy task to fill her burdened shoes

But she does it with a smile, and her smile is not a ruse

Her strength cannot be seen with uneducated eyes

She is a woman of His glory seeking Faith from up on high

I'm sitting in the dark wilderness and nobody can see me.

I'm screaming in the vast wilderness and nobody can hear me.

I exist in this wilderness but nobody can feel me.

I'm rotting in this wilderness and the beasts do not smell me.

There are others in the wilderness and I see them.

They are screaming in their wilderness and I can hear them.

They exist in their wilderness and I touch them.

They do not rot in their wilderness but I smell them.

Why are they so blind but I can see?

Who gave me ears to hear when I can't breath?

When will they feel my gentle need?

What scent must I emit to stop their greed?

Perhaps this wilderness is not for me.

Maybe I should leave and let them be.

Conceivably this dream will end, we'll see.

Possibly I will take my pain and flee.

I could paddle down the river, but there would be no fish and I would starve.

I could move into the city, but the restaurants would disappear and I would starve.

I could build a treehouse in the jungle, but there would be no fruit and I would starve.

I could stay here in my wilderness, alone, and my soul will starve.

Which path in life will I choose?

What plan is in store for me?

What dreams will I lose?

Which road will it be?

This is dedicated to my firstborn...

For months I held you safe in nature's sweet embrace

We'd talk and read and sing, and I'd long to see your face

In every waking moment, I was thinking about you

Thinking about the day you would make my dreams come true

I was dreaming of your innocence and counting down the days

I was thinking of how I would love you in oh so many ways

I was waiting for your presence to be known unto the world

I was hoping for an angel that I, myself, could hold

Plans were made, and one day soon you came into my life

I soon found out it's hard to be a mother and a wife

I worked so hard, but still you cried, and I didn't understand

I looked for someone stronger to come and take my hand

The next few years were not the way I thought that they would be

It took a lot of love and work for Him to make me see

That every dream is different, but every one comes true

Through all the trials and hardships, I'm so grateful He sent you

A memory is fading, all the while I take a drink

I know it isn't worth it, but your presence makes me sink

My tears will fade and for a while my heart will bleed no more

I know I had a life, but my future is so unsure

I pour another glass because I still can see your face

Why won't this pain just go away, why won't this drink erase

Without you here I'm just not whole, and life itself is dim

I know it won't be much longer now, so I put my mouth to the rim

Oh grant me liquid freedom! Loose these ties that bind

Bless me with serenity and let my pain unwind

It will not be much longer now, I feel a sweet release

Suddenly I realize I need your inner peace

I need your face, your smile, your love, please don't disappear

I will drift off in your beauty, so grateful you're still here

A stream is trickling slowly by

I gaze into it's blue hue

Every piece is perfect

Not a pebble set askew

The world is full of wonder

My heart smiles in delight

At all the gifts God's given me

Everything seems so right

A bluejay sings

A cricket chirps

Dew poses daintily on a leaf

And for a moment

I feel His presence

And the world is perfect