Kathy's Poems -1 for Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Off the Couch Poem Another chapter No couch Or pet dog My reason is meager My spirit is clogged Where is the hope That I put aside After so much assurance That his love would abide A shift of trust In a past mistake That has gone to rust In its rainy lake And the feeling of falling And slipping away... Sign in to see full entry.

Reference Point Looking back With tears And Forward With fears Stop measuring the years In marriage terms Learn A new reference point Sign in to see full entry.

Goodbye I think about you And the past I even dream And experience Real anger now How is it that you Are still hanging Around Inside my head I can’t declare That our love is dead Then neither can I move Toward the future I am not sure how To say goodbye For fear That I might die Of losing you Again Sign in to see full entry.

If Only Every time He leaves Or Turns Away I cry For the joy Of Alone And Discovering me Again If o nly I Could Uncover a way To embrace And not Misplace Myself Then I Would Yearn For Him To stay Sign in to see full entry.

Faust "…Dear God However is it such A man can think And know so much A poor unknowing child And he I can't think what He sees in me…" …. It's always there Reciting itself to me And I am here Wondering Why the poem remains As vivid As my youthful dreams Of so many Years Ago Of love and motherhood Of... Sign in to see full entry.

Stopped still When I look back The thud The cry The love The sky All Part of A diaphanous collage Like A home movie Of us For all to see No shielding camouflage Or better A raucous Yet crystal clear Soundtrack For all to hear Starting to fade Slow and fast But now Stopped still Somewhere in the... Sign in to see full entry.

Upset Upset Would need an Exponent For you to see Distress But only for a moment And by degree I guess Perchance a bell and light affixed Would form a better word A storm might really Help explain The pain Or would it be absurd To really drench the word I’ll bet A simple hurricane Is easily... Sign in to see full entry.