Hello everyone;
I did say "haphazardly" participating in the April PAD Challenge. This is why day one is being posted after day two.
Day 1 prompt of "write an optimistic poem"
Not Dead Yet, Me
Is it really such a tragedy
that my sentences are raggedy
words tread together by similarity?
The conversation is still defiantly
expressions of me.
Is it really such a travesty
that I wander aimlessly?
When I can travel through time so easily
…our life history
…a life lived outrageously.
Is it really such a disparity
that I have forgotten the melody
of your name? Still there’s some clarity….
I know the feelings of family
and passions intensity.
Is it really such an indignity
that something once familiar is now a novelty.
Or that simple tasks escape me.
I still dance to life’s jamboree
and sing majestically.
Is it really such a finality
even as I become more absentee?
There is plenty of life in my legacy.
Don’t bother writing my eulogy,
when there’s still time to create a memory.
©2024 Delaina Miller
You
On the edge of existence
Just over the Eastern horizon
the sun peeks. A new day born.
Pink hues brighten the night.
Light lifts shadows
from the ground.
From a closed room a mother’s cry.
Life opens
To the possibility…
Of you.
In her arms
You.
In her eyes
you.
In her heart
you.
Life; Joy; Promise; Eternal
Light, a daughter.
Your early years
of discovery, a treat,
I’m sure.
Her ray of sunshine grew.
Her hopes for you grew too.
As did you.
Your gift to love
Illuminates through
The hearts that know, you.
A woman now
the choice is yours
And your passion,
mine.
In my arms
you.
In my eyes
you.
In my heart
you.
Passion; Grace; Unconditional
Love, my beloved.
You!
Happy Birthday Kristin
wow.. beautiful..
xxoo
Mom;
Thank you. Thank you for having her so I have someone to share in life with.
I love you,
Delaina
So beautiful. I seriously don’t know how you have this incredible talent! I bet that was so great for Kris to read!!
Thank you Golda;
I hope she enjoyed it but as I have been writing her poems for almost 17 years their charm may be waning a bit 😉
As for the other. I don’t know I have always been a sensitive person I think that helps. We all have something to offer if my passionate words help others then my life has relevance. In the end I think relevance is what we are all looking for.
Thank you again,
Delaina