Water the Moon

Water the moon

Watch the crescent grow

What's mine is yours

But I don't have to share

Now

You are gone

Over the rainbow

Back to Georgia 

Eating them pancakes

Swinging with Gwendolyn 

Catch that crescent moon

Water make it grow

November 2, 2021

A Poem For Ricky

Look over the horizon

Look for the hummingbird

Look for the face of frowns

Fall

Fall

Fall

Looking from the ground up

Again, here again

Bones, my broken bones

Pride, my shattered pride

Fall

Fall

Fall

My broken spirit

Anger seeps through

Embarrassed once more

Look for my friend

Look for the strength

Look for the courage

to get back up again and again

Let not my fear get in the way

Sarah’s poem-Bubble Joy

There's bubbles 

bursting in the air 

a sign of friendship 

the bubble can't contain 

the size of our friendship 

through thick and thin 

to thick way down 

only a breath 

fresh air 

lift us up 

the thin is 

the waitlist 

smile 

hang in the air 

careful this time 

to touch 

an elbow will suffice

tears bring back 

the memories 

bearhugs 

that our eyes remember 

the touch 

the warmth 

our hearts 

bursting bubbles of 

joy

Sheryl's Poem

I have been hiding in books

Lost in books to keep my head

occupied away from what’s out

there

For the last 12 months I’ve read

about a book a week short and 

long kept me reading mysteries 

novels and even a book about

Churchill

I thank my librarians when I see

them working so hard to get me 

books 

When I find one I like I buy more 

to share with my grandchildren &

sisters

The escape carries me into the

problems of others whether it be 

a lost dog, remnants of an illness 

or the trials and tribulations of 

WWII

I figured if people could survive

both sides of the war home and 

the battlefield I could survive a 

pandemic 

Breathe

Keep your head above the clouds
Away from the doldrums below
Choosing each day to breathe 

Tears

Tears right now    
I didn’t know they were there
Thoughts and feelings
Tucked far away
Old sorrows surface
When new sorrows arrive
Forgiveness
Yes I can forgive
But the hurt remains
Years upon years
How far back does it go
Adulthood started
With a lack of boundaries
Putting them in place caused
A ruckus
I see what I have done
I taught you my chid
How to make boundaries
To protect yourself as
I placed boundaries to
Protect me
I don’t understand your boundaries and why you won’t let me in.
I pray for understanding and peace.
Tears for healing

Blue Moon

Blue Moon
Is it love or depression

a canyon of grief
too big to hold

Once in a blue moon
I come to you

You're not there
Oh moon, don't fail me now

First kiss was under the moon 
beneath the Transamerica Pyramid

Unforgettable
I lost myself in you

Only to return on my own
Blue Moon

Show me the way 
the way to keep my path straight

the way to release my demons
the way to carry only what I need

A full heart with
the space to welcome a full moon

Full of promises