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 …
Gardening – Spring Project
Spring sprung early this year, and with Covid 19 shutting everything down a lot if people were able to get ahead start in the yard work. I have posted a couple of projects. The seven yards of compost, the back corner with the shed that has filled in nicely. Because seven yards of compost wasn’t …
Oath Bound – Trials
Oath boundNaivete spokenWith wisdomTime lostSoul brokenEternity stretchesNever endingLove givenNot takenAnger lashesInside crumblesMust forsakeMust forswearRedemption pleadingForgiveness denied Copyright © 2020 Heidi Barnes
Just too Funny
I wanted to share something that happened last night because I'm still snickering over it. It was one of those moments when you are in say a library or a large meeting, and you try to keep your emotions inside because you don't want to disturb the person next to you and you have an …
Love and Kindness in Leadership Class
In these crazy, uncertain times, it's hard to remember that there is a light somewhere at the end of this tunnel we are all traveling. It may be hard to see, but it is there. Somewhere. As a Para-educator, we have had to weave through legal contracts to see just how we can help our …
