My Other Passion…
I hope this works. There was lots of distortion and the recording isn’t by any means professional.
Okay…done with my disclaimer. Here it is:
Head Over Feet
Edited:
Adding this one because I love this song so much…
Motivation
I will not wait
for the sun to come out.
Life must go on
through
bitterly cold nights
and rainy days
and I will never
feel the sun’s
warm rays
if I give up on
today…
Found, Part III
Cleaning out some drawers and ran across my old writing notebooks. These contain most of my writing collection since I was about 15 years old (they aren’t all completely full, though).
Barriers
I’ve been wading
in deep pools of broken promises
for so long
I’m not sure what solid ground
feel likes anymore.
Show me there’s something to stand on.
Complete every piece that is missing;
Pick up the shattered remains
and cast them to the wind.
I’ve spent so much time
teetering on the edge.
Pull me closer to you -
away from the pain.
Give me words that have a meaning
instead of turning your back
as I’m silently screaming.
Break down the barriers
into my heart
because my safety net
only lets me fall
so far….
The Unmerciful
(This is an older one I wrote a few years ago…)
You were the uncertainty
posing time and again
in the shadows of trees
and the undulation
of quickly fading seasons..
You were the ever pursuing thought
chasing me through the fog of days
snatching each breath away
as you watched me run
like a frightened child..
You were the curtain of torment
that shrouded me in darkness;
the shadowy burqa I wore
to mask my pain from the world
You were the keyholder to my prison
My only means of escape…
…yet given half the chance
I would choose you all over again…
Woohoo!
I just received an email update that my poem ‘The Rain’ is appearing on VoxPoetica today. Please make sure to stop by VoxPoetica to see it! After today it will be available in the poemblog section. Thanks again,Annmarie!
Thriller
When I was a little girl my parents had an old 8 track player and a ton of tapes in the basement. I never paid much attention to most of them because I had one or two favorites. The one I kept coming back to over and over again was Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’. I can honestly say Michael was my first musical love. I was also hooked on ‘Bad’ and ‘Billie Jean’, but Thriller really did it for me….especially when I saw the video on MTV (they actually played music back then!).
It’s still very hard to believe he is gone, but his music inspired young people like me and I’m sure will continue to inspire many more…
Found, Part II
In my post office box:
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-adventures-of-granny-destross-and-ceecee/7221304
YAY!
Found
Advice on a fortune from a fortune cookie I found today in a used book: ‘Opportunities surround you if you know where to look.’
The Rain
I am guilty
of listening to the rain
and dreaming of cafes
and movies theaters;
Saturday night dates
of Italian food by candlelight,
Browsing quiet bookstores
and snuggling on warm couches…
but when I turn around
I am dining with ghosts,
seducing spirits,
cuddling with memories,
and murmuring to no one
but the dull faint whispers
of raindrops…
