Poetry
Ambiance By: Kristina M. Jozwiak
Indulgence By: Kristina M. Jozwiak
Demons of Fear By: Hassan Raza
What If By: Hassan Raza
#1 (1.24.2000) By: Kathryn N. Dorsch
Les Maisones du Amore By: Kathryn N. Dorsch
Hold Me By: Jason Vana
The Watcher By: Steve Lureau
Storm Dancer By: Steve Lureau
One Rose By: Steve Lureau
My Love is Dangling By: Joshua J. Blackburn
The Sun Rises By: Rose Marie Stodgel
Untitled By: Rose Marie Stodgel
By: Kristina M. Jozwiak
Velvet, buttermilk petals protect insecurity.
Mauve wine stains the tips,
and absorbs crystal tears.
Timidly, the petals spread,
welcoming growth.
Strength.
Quickly, dominant rays
invade and pierce confidence.
Flames singe the veins,
cutting off hope.
The green stem snaps
and tumbles to the icy, slick floor.
Fragmented petals bathe in raindrops,
scrounging for breath. Life.
Treads imprint and remain.
Submissive.
Helpless.
I am ignored.
By: Kristina M. Jozwiak
She slumps against the cool wall.
Sultry water explodes from the showerhead.
Blonde ringlets cling to her cheeks as she
Looks down at the shimmering blade.
Admonished to stop this ridiculous obsession,
She smirks at this perfect opportunity.
Savoring the temptation,
She aims and digs.
Slivered, bronzed skin turns mahogany and
She watches the stain collect water droplets
Upon its descent.
She giggles to herself in satisfaction.
It doesn’t hurt.
It never has.
She will carve and cut and peel
To her desire,
To her coffin if she must,
But she will not stop.
She cannot.
The rustic color mixes with water and
Swirls down the drain.
Silently, consciousness follows close behind.
By: Hassan Raza
What holds for me
A night in life
The aura is brutal
Hovering around me
The demons of fear
With their fingers wedged
And their eyes bore in and
Out my feeble existence
The darkness of dark night
The coldness of blue cold night
The lonely night
Utter despair and mayhem
Pushes me to the dark valley
Of fear
Where is my refuge?
Nowhere in sight
Or, sleeping with no concern
Letting me go through
The deep anguish
Suddenly, a heavenly light
Splashed my mind
Saying one thing
Refuge is nowhere
But in the hands of God
Then, I hold the hands of God
And my anguish and fears
Vanish from sight.
My demons of fear
Leave me alone
For that night
Waiting to fight with me
Some other dark night.
By: Hassan Raza
A thought crossed my mind one day
What if I lose you?
The world is not going to stop
It won’t care enough to weep for me
But I will be devastated
Like a small boat in a maelstrom
And someday, the storm will die
And the sea would be calm
But, the boat of my life
Would no longer be there
Where would I be?
Maybe, in the deeps of the sea
Or lying on a rock
Dead
Waiting for the vultures to eat me through
And end my agony
……AND THEN THE EPIPHANY.
Life goes on
No matter what happens
Lows and highs
We see it all
If the boat of my life
Devastated by the maelstrom
Leaves me dead
In the deeps of sea
Or, on the rock
And the vultures eat me through
One thing is sure
I would lie pure
In the hands of God
By: Kathryn N. Dorsch
A song to my heart
An ode to the one I love
And often at night I wonder
If he knows how much I really do love him
He is my source
My well of passion
He for whom I create
Does he really understand
The importance of his status?
For sometimes he makes my
Words simple folly
When I say
I love you
Makes a joke
Lightens the phrase
Does he really know
This gift I am offering?
I know it is taken
And returned
But does he really understand
How much my heart yearns
Bleeds
Love
Desperate for him to Know
To believe
That it is he
Whom I love so fervently?
By: Kathryn N. Dorsch
I opened my world to you
You are tentative, but
Testing the waters I feel the
Warmth of you
So I hold out my hand
In a move to beckon you closer
Draw you just a little deeper
Into me because
Now I can’t let you go
And now I’m cursed to think of you often
Or always
You become more comfortable
Inside me
But I can feel you still trembling
Like a fawn
Wrought with fear and nerves
Secretly timid and shy
When every other thinks you better
And yet I do try my best
To calm you
Clinging to you as best I can to keep from
Losing you
Because as I said before
I can’t lose you
But I’m being here still hopeful that
You won’t fly away
It feels so good and safe
When you’re being part of my world
And giving me endless nights
Of the most wild polytonal dreams
Even when I’m awake
My heart skips as the thought takes me
Like a swell
i think i’m falling for you
By: Jason Vana
Pain and fear blanket me,
and loneliness and despair grip my soul.
My heart cries out for relief,
but there is none to find.
And as the hurt swells,
and there is no hope in sight,
and I feel I cannot go on,
I am lifted into comforting arms,
and cradled like an infant:
My child, the voice says
When times are hard,
and hope eludes you,
come to me,
give me your pain,
and I will carry you through.
By: Steve Lureau
The Watcher
Pushing back the night
The cold stretch of darkness seems to fade
As the life giving sun shows over the quiet valley
The watcher begins his day.
He has been around many years
And has seen many things
He has seen the rise of empires
And the destruction of kings
Over the fabric of time he has observed
All the things that man has done
Yet, the abilities to be able to become part of human kind
He lacks every single one
He in the Watcher
Recorder and student of the human nature
Yet, he can never again be apart of this race
He who is without mother or father
Was it by some cruel fate
That he be forced to see what he can never have?
Is being loved all that vital
To this poor wretch’s soul?
To him it is,
He has walked many of miles
Searching for the one who bring
Out of him countless smiles.
This is what he is doomed
To do for all time
Until he can hear in his heart
The joyous bells of happiness chime.
When this will happen?
That is unknown.
For now, he must continue his never-ending journey,
Watching us from a distance hoping to find his destined one.
Now as the light gives to darkness
And the day slowly sneaks away
He weeps his tiered head to sleep
Waiting to search again the next day
By: Steve Lureau
Oh, storm dancer bring me your guiding
light
Help through this perilous fight
You dance across the sky with style and
grace
Spreading your sweet love on your true love's
face
Blowing through the heavesn, you call down
from the rumbling sky
"Come to me," you say as you release your
mortal cry
Oh, storm dancer goddess from up above
Shower me with your sweet, sweet love
Streaking across the sky, you have
searched for your soul mate
Well, now, you no longer have to wait
Storm dancer so graceful and true
Can you not see my heart is only for you?
By: Steve Lureau
One rose so perfect and divine,
That is all I have searched for in this worlds weeds and vine
This is no ordinary flower with all beauty and no grace,
It has more to offer its beholder than a pretty face.
It will fill the emptiness of the soul with pure love,
That can only be described as a blessing from above.
It shows the thrilling music of the night,
There beneath the soft moonlight.
Many other flowers try to imitate it with a beautiful face,
But like poison ivey, they leave a path of destruction in their wake.
Now i see the pure rose in its greates form like a beacon in the night,
Dazzling me with its beauty and grace in this most glorious sight
I have traveled and searched for this beautiful flower
And now that I have found it all the secrets of mankind I can see in its full
power.
By: Joshua J. Blackburn
my love is dangling
like a scab nearly torn off
from careless picking
my love is regret
spilling all over me
in secrecy
my love is an unpredictable tide
that crashes against me
then falls
my love is wet and cold
like dank autumn dusk
after sun-speckled sidewalks
my love fills spaces within me
but my love herself is empty
By: Rose Marie Stodgel
The sun rises
A single leaf falls.
Birds fly overhead
A single tear falls.
The breeze grows stronger
Trees sway as
Life floats away
As before.
Rain starts to fall
Out of the clouds
The sky turns black
As clouds grow bigger.
Life slips away as if
Nobody knows.
By: Rose Marie Stodgel
The wind blows
A gentle breeze.
The birds sing
A sweet tune.
Time goes on
As if nothing happened.
The snow still
Falls every winter
The rain still
Falls ever spring.
Time goes by
Without a clue.