I don't understandwhy people hate so easily.I don't understandwhy we can't get along.I understandpeople are different.Different colorsdifferent culturesdifferent beliefs.I understandsome people do not like different.Do not like the unknowndo not like change.I don't understand why we hate so easily.I think many truly do not understand what hate is.When I was young, I used the word …
Sweet Words Devil’s Work
I ask youwhy do you persist?I ask youWhy do you resist? You tell methis is my choice by rightYou tell methis is my soul's plight I wonderdo you see the truthI wonderdoes ignorance bleed youth You followwalking blindly into darknessYou followwalking where evil harkens I seethe danger aheadI seethe traps they set You don't hearevil's …
Spring has Sprung
Spring as sprung the birds chirp the frogs burp Spring has sprung the grass needs mowing the weeds are growing..... Spring has sprung the sky is blue the flowers bloom Spring has sprung the mood is lite words at last take flight © Copywrite 2021 Heidi Barnes
Someone Dies Tonight
Witches screamfires brightsomeone will die tonight.Chaos reignswhile demons playthere is only one god tonight.Devil spawnchant deep magicas shadows stretch in firelightdark secrets revealed,someone will die tonightStruggling, pleadingdeaf ears it fallsCrying out to a godwith words they were taughtwho seems to care naught.You are naïve,they sayYou have hope where hope is no more,they say.Give ingive himyour …
Secret Dreams
One steplong, silkyblack as night.All eyes turnbreath stills.Eyes hooded,blood red lipssmile.She is nightShe is desireShe is all men's dreamsdeep in the darknesswhere secrets liewaiting for a sparkto set them afire.Slight shift,tongues slowly slidewetting lipssuddenly dry.Full of possibilitiesunknown danger.Who will fallprey to a strangersdesire.
Open Your Eyes
I try.Every day,I try.Yet,it's never enough.I see what I want,feel the rush of lovea warmth that envelops mesoothes melifts me.Yet,I cannot reach you.Don't you feel it too?Can't you seeall I want is for you to feel what I know is truewhat is real.Fly with me.All you have to do isopen your eyes andsee. © 2021 …
Pain
Sometimes you have to embrace the painor it will consume you.For there is some paintime will not healonly dulluntil one dayit consumes you again.
My Decision
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Gardening – Summer Project #2
Well, I'm not sure if the first one was an actual project. Seven yards of compost on all the gardens in April. Eight yards of dirt around the yard and filling in the round bed in May and a lot of Preen in those areas that I don't want things growing. (Spring Project) While compost …
Do You See Yourself?
I see youstanding among the trees,aware of the painsurrounding you.Uncaring that you are its cause.What are you waiting for?Are you waiting for me?Do you think I could forget?Forgive?The wisest of us are wrong.Time does not heal all wounds.It just wears you downuntil the burden of painis too heavy to carry any longer.Until one day the …
