| POETRY |
| MIDI: RAINSONG |
| BURIED EMOTIONS We laugh beneath trees in new leaf blossoms releasing nectar attracting bees honey makers incensed with greed grief encountered briefly as we dismiss silent woes chuckling among the mounds of earth we shovel emotions six feet under ground dying inside coldly placed upon an icy shelf to later view as mementos long past we laugh by Sheryl McCurdy |
| BECOMING COLDER NOW Rows of paling corn Stalk the greener pastures beyond Rolls of hay mimic giant loaves of bread Steaming in the early morning sun …my heart is buried beneath the falling of the autumn leaves blood red tears from sugar maples trees bathe my wounds as they cascade down smothering O tender heart I will miss you so! Your empty nest Feathered now with stones… Cold and gray and dead by Sheryl McCurdy |
| SIMPLY HEAT WITH A SMOKY HAZE She stood at an open window frozen eyes flat glass tears turned to ice reflecting fires of hell burning closer still until thawed one tiny tear loosened a falling spark igniting a blaze creeping up the filmy curtains to the trembling hand that gripped a rose gone black consuming her held in brimstones embrace she shivered she danced she pleased her hair glowed with flames not a halo not a moon beam simply heat enveloping, embracing, embalming forever preserving hades gaze in eyes no longer glassy but filled with a smoky haze. . . by Sheryl McCurdy |
| BITTER AWAKENING Another day weeping Into a pale flat sky Another day of uncaring Winds sweeping the wails away while Traveling the outskirts of yet another dying town One more day of grief echoing midst the empty canyon bed Painting landscapes in bleak and cold sighs Day after day falling into the aspens quaking arms Awakening with the bitter taste of blood upon the lips Then wandering the byways alone Trailing words that dry into a chalky residue Blowing away like autumn leaves without a trace Another day Lost in the vast plains of unseeing eyes Just another day by Sheryl McCurdy |
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