To trust once trust is broken
To love again once love has died
Difficult at best
Impossible for most
But possible none the less
When necessity is born
And choices are taken away
To overcome impossibilities
So life may survive another day
– @ 2013 Heidi Barnes
Your skin silky smooth
Long
Hot
Tempting me to tread
Places I know
In the end
Will haunt me
For eternity ©
I was at Red Robin waiting for my hubby to show up when and idea hit me. Why not take something in everyday life and make it sexy. I have seen this done before, but I being around all that food gave me my subject. I also wanted to see the response I would get on Twitter since no one would see the picture until after they read the poem. he he he. It was a lot of fun. 🙂
I stare at the computer screen
Wanting…no needing to write
There is something inside me
Desperately wanting to come out
To weave that magically spell of words and emotions
Us storytellers live for
But something is stopping me
Holding me back
Turning my words into distance cries
Keeping the emotions of my thoughts
From showing me what it is they yearn to tell me
Somehow I must break this dam
Purge my mind of distractions
So the story inside of me
Can weave its magic
Spellbinding those who wish to fly away
On a journey of horror, romance, suspense
But most of all
Happy endings
– Heidi Barnes © 2013
Always together
Never apart
Whether in spirit, body or mind
In this exsitenance or the next
We will meet again
For nothing
Not even death
Will come between us
And our love
This I promise you
– Heidi Barnes © 2013
You tell me you love me.
That what you do to me
Is for my own good.
That if I was only prettier
Smarter
Obedient
You would not have to do
Such horrible things to me.
As I look in the mirror,
Colors of the spectrum no one person
Should see mottling my body
Where clothes hide what others suspect.
For no one can see
What you need to do to keep me
In line.
A very small part of me,
The part that still rails against you
Cannot understand why you do this to me.
I do everything you ask
When you ask.
I am careful to keep my eyes downcast
Show no interest in another man
Another person
Yet it is never enough.
How can I escape this hell I live in
Who can help me when I can only scream
In silence.
Someone
Anyone
Please help me
Before it is too late.
Before he finally
Breaks me
Copyright: Heidi Barnes
Before I get too many comments, I want to let you know that this poem has nothing to do with me. I have a very loving, caring, if not at times exasperating, husband who I love very much. What inspired this poem is the name of one of my followers. I also started thinking of a couple of books and movies I have seen that talks about spousal abuse. This is what came of that musing.
I hope you all have a safe weekend, and to those trapped in this situation, please, find help and escape. No one should be treated this way.
Thoughts forbidden
Nudge through barriers
Finding cracks and crevices
Burrowing deep
Until walls crumble to dust
Opening new holes
Releasing ambitions denied
Flooding dreams with
With fantasies bold
Until reality blurs
And destiny is born
Copyright: Heidi Barnes
We join as one
Heart, body and soul
I am yours as you are mine
But we are not alone
Love encompasses those who show
Loyalty, strength
Above all willingness
To open their minds and hearts
To possibilities unbound
To love thrice found
Growing each day
New surprises as power is displayed
We learn together nothing is beyond our reach
Nothing is impossible or will be denied
So we ease into this new world
Of lies, hate, betrayal
A world where pain forges alliances
As well as foes
We will survive
With strength in numbers
With strength in mind
And above all else
With strength in love.
Copyright: Heidi Barnes
Do I know you?
You seem familiar.
As I stare into your eyes
so clear
I know somewhere,
some…time,
I have seen those eyes
that sees into my soul,
laying everything bare
at your feet.
Do I know you?
Oh, this is so ridicules!
I mean,
I have heard of this.
Others meeting someone,
someone they have never met before
yet somehow instantly recognize.
They call it
love at first at sight.
But that is only in fairy tales
fantasy.
None of it is real…
is it?
Do I know you?
Have we met before?
At some party,
some other place
other….time.
Can it really be true?
That we live other lives,
each one a new experience
a new lesson,
yet in those lives there is that one person,
that one soul,
who will always follow us,
waiting for that moment
when they finally find the one they seek.
Is it always like this?
So sudden,
so unexpected,
so…final?
Do I
know
you?
Copyright: Heidi Barnes
This was from a dream I had a while back. One where my family member that had passed on were all there. But there was one person who I did not know yet they were very familiar. Like I should know them. This poem comes from that feeling of knowing and comfort even though you may have not ever seen them before.
Throughout our lives
we dream of love.
One that is pure
fulfilling
eternal.
We search
for that one person
who will fill our souls
with peace
joy
completeness.
Some of us find that love.
Build our lives around it,
full of happiness
comfort
serenity.
Some search forever.
Seeking that one who will
fill the void in their heart
that aches with loneliness
anger
dispair.
Never realizing that in order
to love another,
you must first learn
to love yourself.
You must be brave
strong
accepting
to the possibility that
pain is a part
of love.
Love is there
if you only open yourself
to the idea
even though it is not
perfect,
it is real,
and it is yours for the taking
if you only
believe.
Copyright: Heidi Barnes
To write
Put into words what I see
What I feel
To watch the words form on paper
To weave a tale
That excites the mind
Takes the reader to a place
Far from their existence
Into a world of make believe
Where monsters bring evil
And white knights wield light.
Where love is true
Forgiving
Always bending
Binding
Never judging
Demanding
Encompassing those who
Are willing
No matter the price
To give everything
Anytime
Anywhere
Forever
To weave a such a tale
Is what makes me
Me
What makes me happy.
Copyright: Heidi Barnes
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