Archive | October 2013

Hometown by Linda V

Oct23

The grass was soft there

Beneath the feet of my youth

In a picture perfect neighborhood

That held secrets as dark as the soil below it

Red clay nightmares

Under bleak grey skies

Time drifted and seemed to stall

Across that urban sprawl

I longed to belong there

Yet those feet itched for a world beyond

Wandering across prairie and field

to the wide open skies

Where time moved as swiftly as clouds and cowboys

and the breezes carried soft and light hope

roots grew there from those once youthful feet

and I belonged in ways I never dreamed real

Awakening the laughter and peace

Far from the grips and reaches

of my Hometown

Still Warrior by Linda V

Oct11

She had dreamt of a time
When the world would be still
But the Warrior knew
She would long for the thrill
Of battle and tears
Of the path left unknown
How far she had travelled
How often alone
Not long ago
She turned her eyes from the black
But always inside her
She knew what she lacked
In her time on her terms
A new war would be waged
But she wouldn’t be held
Like a creature that’s caged
Instead she would rise
Like a phoenix from ash
Rise above all the mayhem
And find peace at last

Come Hell or High Water by Linda V

Oct11

Come hell or high water

That’s the motto ‘round here

Looking at the destruction

That caused so much fear

The river raged hard

And this city knew flood

Now there’s a river of hope

Filled with tears, sweat and blood

Destruction was great

But our faith kept us strong

Though the mud it was sticky

And the hours were long

Shoulder to shoulder

Always hands they could lend

Come hell or high water

Once strangers now friends

Angel by Linda V

Oct11

He still lays in the sunshine

Though by now his spirit flies

Up beyond the rainbow

The farthest reaches of the skies

He still lingers in his armchair

To watch the world go by

Dreams only of his lady

Lays across her when she cries

He still walks beside her

Though his angel wings are real

Bounding down the alley

With all the joy he feels

He still dances with delight

Only now with a puppy’s gait

Forever in the sunshine

For the lady will he wait