Grant Me as I grow old you will hold me still, in high regard, in your arms. when the fringe of grey is on my eyes and my lips require your aid canes of steel and a hopeful gaze you will keep me in your reaches. if I falter in the pot and am stuck [...]
Posts Tagged ‘fear of the future’
Raging Globe
Posted in poetry, tagged aging, coping, elderly, emotion, end of life, fear of the future, free verse, growing old, longterm care, Love, nursing homes, poems, potry, relationships, soulmates, souls, true love on September 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hark
Posted in poetry, tagged change, changes, coming of age, concern, conclusions, coping, coping with change, end, ending, endings, ends, facing fears, fear, fear of the future, free verse, growing up, internship, internships, life, lifestyle, lonliness, moving on, poetry, post grad, writing on September 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Exit Fragile now, I am that bee, my hive went away and now I’m crushed They took my wings, educated then made me ready then they took off their spectacles chasing me into the darkness of that misty field with rulers. they took the clovers too and now I’m all outta luck. Love, Muse
Scarlet Butter
Posted in poetry, tagged conclusions, coping, emotion, emotions, employment, endings, facing fears, fear, fear of the future, free verse, future, growing up, internship, internships, job, jobless, joining the work force, life, living, meaningful living, new beginnings, poetry, the future, transitions, unemployment, work, writing on August 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Jurisdiction I want to talk about endings those awkward things everyone hopes will never come. we like to think that everything we do everyone is immortal that there is no end to our shopping list, our hours in the night that the week is infinite so when we come to the door to the stop [...]
Shatter Shatter
Posted in poetry, tagged control, emotion, fear of the future, free verse, poetry, sleep, solitude, the future on August 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
12 :56 I stay up late out of defiance against myself, I guess. If I flick the switch shut my eyes and crawl into the realm, I’ve given up on the day, thrown in the blanket, so to speak, and decided no, it’s ok, you fucked up today, but tomorrow will be new and empty [...]
Taught You Everything You Know
Posted in poetry, tagged body image, coping, creativity, daily life, destiny, dreams, emotion, fear of the future, free verse, future, identity, life, life experience, meaningful living, memory, personality, philosophy, poetry, solitude, the future, work, writing on August 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Rules I am so unsure of everything I know inside my skin outside in the air I have no clue pictures look like strangers reflections like ghosts that have haunted me since childhood when, at times, I stood in front of the mirror, eyes unfocused trying to picture who I would resemble when older [...]
Pomegranite Moon
Posted in poetry, tagged being in love, cities, city, cohabitation, coping, daily life, emotion, fear of the future, free verse, identity, life experience, living together, meaningful living, relationships, remodeling, the future on August 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hearth there’s a shift in my clock internally externally yours now that isn’t an analogy for a stroller roller derby time I just never know where I am in the year I see it on piano keys Tuesday is D the days rolling in a circle of 5ths and you count the months rent by rent [...]
Brown Sugar Alien
Posted in poetry, tagged aging, body image, childhood, coping, daily life, destiny, dreams, emotion, fear of the future, growing up, identity, life, Love, meaningful living, memory, missed opportunities, old age, philosophy, poetry, telescope, the future, the past, true love, writing on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Far Off I see you in the end of my telescope you’re 46 your eyes are not as clear as they used to be when I turn the dial your face becomes softer the years back off and the spirit of you as a child before I knew you before life dirtied your surface are [...]
Rubber Bug
Posted in poetry, tagged being alive, being human, blue, cold, coping, depression, dreams, ears, emotion, facing fears, fear of the future, feeling trapped, future, hope, inner battles, inner demons, inner turmoil, living, loneliness, meaningful living, mouth, nature, poetry, problem solving, sea, solitude, the future, the ocean, the sea, tide, water, waves, writing on April 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To The Tide wandering it’s like I’m drifting in to the blue sea waves licking my lips and tickling the small hairs over my mouth gurgling cold into my ears lapping my shoulders and pulling me back out far far away from the shore Love, Muse
Three-hundred-and-sixty-five
Posted in poetry, tagged aging, berries, bird, bushes, change, climate, cold, emerging seasons, emotion, environment, fear of the future, life, nature, plantlife, plants, poetry, red, seasons, spring, summer, the future, tree, trees, twig, twigs, warmth, Wildlife, winter on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bright the bush has the single bird a leaf some twigs red berries and the promise of a lying winter in a few many months. Love, Muse
