Memories waken
Misty mountains loom high
I walk a path
Where dreams can fly
You come to me
Eyes full of fevered hunger
Answering the call
Of a Siren’s desire.
One touch
One smile
And I am yours
Until time is no more.
Hold me tight
Never let me go,
And I will be true
Through life’s many trials.
Give me your heart
Share with me your soul,
I will respond in kind
Sealing our fate
With a kiss to bind.
~ 2014 Heidi Barnes
Step into the shadows
The voices said.
Step into the darkness
And be fed.
Become one of us
And rewards you will reap.
Become one of us
To obtain the desires you seek.
But beware the price
For it may be steep.
Beware the price
Because true love’s heart
Is what we seek.
~ 2014 Heidi Barnes
Whimsically pastel
colors surround
pink, purple, green galore.
Surprises packaged
in oval plastic,
children squealing in delight
running here and there
seeking prices left by
bunnies who sneak around at night
finding those places
out of sight.
2014 Heidi Barnes
I know that Easter is a ways away, but this was beating at me in my head and I had to write it down.
To hear what I hear,
To seen what I see.
To understand through sorrow and pain
The joy and pleasure
That life contains.
That even though the rain is thick,
The thunder loud with waters deep,
At the end of storms angry scream
Is calm and beauty,
Awashed with colors pristine.
Is life easy?
Can every minute be planned?
Though some may try,
Succeed for a time,
Life is a fickle mistress
With a mind of its own.
Tripping best laid plans
As it moves ponderously on,
Seemingly oblivious to havoc
Left behind.
Do not despair,
Do not give in,
For there is light
In darkness complete,
And you can rise above
If faith in life
You keep.
© 2014 Heidi Barnes
I walk this path
Through orange and red
Down leaf strewn road
To winter’s bed.
With sleepy eyes
I gaze to the sky
Wondering what will come
When life springs high.
Will love return
Burn long and true,
Or will the sun’s rays
Burn too bright
Turning life into ashes
Bitter brew?
So I walk
One step, one time
Unto mysteries untold
Words swirling in my head
Waiting to be said.
I do not pause
On my journey’s trail
To ponder these words,
My future entails.
For Destiny’s mystery
Cannot be solved
With simple words
In rhyme or prose.
© 2014 Heidi Barnes
I see you beside me
one I once called friend.
Our differences too large
the chasm between us wide and deep.
The world survival depends on heroes
to keep peace divine,
but when hero’s are divided
peace will falter,
stumble and fall.
With stealth and cunning
our foes rise up,
take advantage of weakness
use distrust to cleave alliances,
and the world crumbs
while spirits are crushed.
The ultimate chaos rises in the flames,
with smugness bore from triumphant
utters,
“I am free,
and I have no strings
on me.”
Inspired by the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer
Flipping through
the pages of time.
Reading written words
of my thoughts of mind.
A pattern emerges
through words and letters
of times long gone
yellowed pages
ages settled.
I wonder what dreams
these words will conjure.
Emotions buried deep
long forgotten
till read.
Yet the saying goes
we learn from our past,
what lessons we heed
is our choice
our path.
Sleep will come
whether I will it or not,
to dream a little dream
my mind has forgot.
© 2014 Heidi Barnes
Feeling lost and alone
in a sea of people
all with purpose,
all with someone
to call there own.
I look to the sun
searching for that one
to give me meaning,
to see me for who I am.
To reach out and touch
my soul so broken,
so forlorn.
Please, someone
…anyone,
say something
before I give up
on ever finding
that one that will believe
I am worthy of love.
That one I will trust
with my heart,
my soul.
The one that will call me
their own.
~ © 2014 Heidi Barnes
I dream a dream
of witches and poppies,
where knights in shining armor
fight legions of armies.
Where sunlight is filtered
through smoke and fire,
from dragon breath
and warlocks ire.
I see a field
of daisies and posies
where pixies play
with one horned ponies.
Where wishes come true
and peace is unbroken
while tree filtered sunlight
cast shadows to hide the unspoken.
I ask myself,
which is true?
Do I follow the light
or is darkness my due?
I stand on a precipice
of right or wrong.
I put my foot forward,
close my eyes, step down.
My destiny Fates have chosen,
my waiting done.
~ 2014 Heidi Barnes
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