Will’s Poetry Blog

(NaPoWriMo Day#10)

Well enough is done and said
Silent words spoken instead
In response to verbal barbs
Shot quickly and meant for harm

Why is it that time flies by
Before you attempt to try
To defend your wounded pride
Your honor will hide inside

(NaPoWriMo #9)

Alone flew a bluebird
So happy so free
Soared high in the air
For the whole world to see

Not a care in his head
Not a fear in his mind
So happy go lucky
So joyful so kind

Each flap of his wings
Brought peace to his heart
Each song from his beak
Spurred others to start

Up down, up down
Wings move with a thrust
Fly higher, fly forward
With passion he must

He knows his time
Is allotted on Earth
He knows he must live
Each day after birth

He lives with fervor
With pride with life
No fear of death
No need for strife

He glides over oaks
Finds rest in their bough
A happy little bluebird
No baggage in tow

(NaPoWriMo Day#8)

Rain drops fall shedding
Mist in air floating
Inhaled by nostrils

Trigger memories
Youthful energy
Splashing in puddles

(NaPoWrimo Day#7)

Tears freeze to scarred skin
In the harsh Nor’easter wind
Ankles sink to sand as
Waves grasp at heavy heels

Five years have past now
A car wreck but a shadow
In shallow memory of time
In one man’s mind

Perhaps the cold can tell
The account of that night
Laying in mangled car
Rocking in icy stream

Arms outstretch for answers
Eyes look up to heaven
Legs shake in cold and pain
Voice cries out in anguish

Remembrance blows away
In the wind remains silence
The mind races still
The body falls to bent knee

Tears freeze to scarred skin
In the harsh Nor’easter wind

(NaPoWriMo Day#6)

I have been thinking about you
I know we should be together
But not like this

Shhhh

Not like this

You are gorgeous when you sleep
An angel on hiatus
Resting wings on earthly bed

I want to take you from here
From these that do not love you
To my home where love runs pure

Shhh

Do not wake

Your hair so long and brown
Sparkled with angel-dust
Remnant from answered prayers

I will take you with care
Lift you in arms gentle
Through window we depart

Shhh

Do not fear

Your eyes dance beneath
Lightly veined eyelids
You must be dreaming

Of me

You and I in a dance for ever
Laughing and loving and living
They mock and wish that they were me

While they wish they had you
But you are mine my angel
You are mine forever

Shhh

I love you

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Ok, so this one is notably dark and creepy. Sorry.
Those of you who have read are heard my works on older Cloudy Day Art episodes know all about that. It just comes out sometimes!
There was a strong debate within me to post this, but it is what it is.
I’m not trying to glorify anything. It’s just creative writing.

Feel free to comment below…

(NaPoWriMo Day #5)

I thought it was a dream
The night I learned I could fly
Floating just inches above pavement
Feet dangling; reaching for ground

I wasn’t unsteady or scared
But caught up in the beauty
The crisp spring evening air
Flowing over face like mist

Thinking back on the moment
I know it was reality
I know nature was with me
Welcoming me back from the dead

It knew my name
It knew my desires
It knew that I needed it
I needed to fly

So, tonight I go again
Fully aware of the gift
Eager to explore it
Longing to lift away

On street curb I perch
Inhale cold air deep
Eyes close soft
I step off

(NaPoWriMo Day#4)

I didn’t know you
But I know
You did it
For us all
I know the sacrifice
You paid
For us all
I know the legacy
You left
For us all

I didn’t meet you
But I have met
The children of your labor
I have met
Men and women
Forever in your debt
I have met
Those who carry on
Your vision

We thank you

(NaPoWriMo Day #3)

Bleup Bloup Bleeup

Dripping water expands
The mass of massing water
In pail number seven

Bleup Bloup Bleeup

Fragile aged knuckles
Bending to grasp another
Switches pail between drips

Bleup Bloup Bleeup

Lord give me strength again
To make it through until I
See your sun-smile again

Bleup Bloup Bleeup

Day-dreams of grandchildren
Skipping across wooden floor
Into arms wide open

Bleup Bloup Bleeup

And the rain stops falling
Gathered water slows to rest
Sunlight sparkles the eye

(NaPoWriMo Day #2)

I can feel the air move
As I breathe. Not in my lungs
Or through my nose or mouth
But around me

Like the pressure you feel
When somebody stands too close
Invading your space and
Compressing the air in between

But it’s all around me
Pushing in and against me
Making itself known by
Every move I make
By every breath I take
So I breathe and
Breathe it into me

(NaPoWriMo Day #1 Poem)

Hands grip the steering wheel
At two and ten o’clock
White-knuckled and trembling
A drop of sweat rolls
Down his nose and waits
As if waiting to jump

He’s tempted to lift
Foot off of brake
To push pedal to carpet
To leave the scene
To not take the blame for
What he has done

A discreet glance left
A bolder peek right
A head raise to
Review mirror hints freedom
Foot eases to gas
A drop of sweat falls free