via Daily Prompt: Overwhelming
Everything, everywhere
All at once
Never ending barrage
Of negativity, woes
Pushing, pulling
Stretching too thin
Overwhelming until one day
There is no more to say
No more to do
No more to give
Done
© 2016 Heidi Barnes
One look
One utterance
and the devastation left behind
will forever
stain my soul
Copyright 2017 Heidi Barnes
There it sits,
beckoning me.
White, pure, pristine.
Golden secrets swirling inside
coming together to reveal
when magic appears.
Dare I open it?
Dare I see
if the invitation is really
for me?
Copyright 2017 Heidi Barnes
Tea for two
Apples are blue
When the night sky alights
I think of you
Come to me
When daisies can see
I will give to you
Kisses so sweet
Lie with me
On angel’s wings
Promises of true love
I will sing
Listen if you must
To serpent’s lies
See the truth
Within my eyes
Tea for two
Apples are blue
Wish upon a star
I will never be far
Copyright 2017 Heidi Barnes
Someday
I will walk
where no one has walked before
Someday
I will keep that promise
given so long ago
Someday
when the rain stops
and the sun shines bright
I will smile again
Someday
I will tell you how I feel
what you mean to me
why I need you
why you need me
Someday….
Copyright 2017 Heidi Barnes
The notes run through my head
an endless loop
the melody haunting
reminding me of days long past
days that will never be
forgotten.
Copyright 2017 Heidi Barnes
Ever since you entered my life
the world has tilted precariously
the ground uneven
beneath my feet
If this is what love is
a chaos of emotions
lifting me then dropping suddenly
only to be lifted once again
leaving me breathless, disoriented
I am yours.
Copyright 2017 Heidi Barnes
It’s a daily struggle
one not easily won
but battle on
I must.
I see you there
innocent
seemingly aloof.
My willpower is strong
I should not be tempted
by one such as you
yet tempted I am.
Begone vile creature
before my will fails
and I reach for that
which my growing waistline details.
Copyright 2017 Heidi Barnes
The days go by
one by one
there seems no end
to this torment
and scorn
When lines are crossed
and bridges burned
there is no turning back
no redemption earned
The chasm before me
is wide and deep
Desert lay behind
green and lush before me sweeps
Crossing into the unknown
is scary at best
One last bridge
one foot forward
one last hope
for a life worth living.
Copyright 2017 Heidi Barnes
Crisp clean lines
Scrawled across the paper
Images of beauty
Tranquillity
Death and renewal
What ends
Will begin again
Different in all but one
No matter how long you fight it
Rant and rave against it
Ignore what is so plain to see
Life moves forever forward
Do not dismiss the beauty around you
Revel in it
For tomorrow is another day
The beauty different
Wonders to take in
Process
Put to paper
What the eye sees
The soul feels
And the heart hears
Be it a sweet song
Or tradgey
Copyright © 2017 Heidi Barnes
This is from a prompt on Writing Outside the lines.
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