Abandoned in the forest glade,
Feeling hope was lost,
Laid me down on carpet green
To await the killing frost;
Discovered inadvertently,
Or was it destiny,
Your bread and crumb trail evidence.
Here you are, still with me.
Copyright 2017. L.L. Shelton
You came to me
With a suspicious mind
Oh I hate that I was blind,
And there was nothing to confess.
We were only living
But you sold me short
And I never knew.
You pushed it hard until addressed,
Forced my gaze, begged me to see
That carefully buried part of me.
You came to me
With a suspicious mind
Oh I hate that I was blind,
And there was something to confess.
You were busy dying
But you sold me short
And I never knew.
You pushed it hard, finally stressed
Our back until it broke in two.
I don’t think I’ll be missing you.
Copyright 2017. L.L. Shelton.
Dear Annie Dillard,
Selling your shining self short!
You still hide pennies
In every radiant report.
Copyright 2017. L.L. Shelton
From early dawn,
Empath is my name,
Bright passion burning,
Burst forth from flame,
To carry your joy,
Pain, mirth, and sorrow,
Throughout this brief day,
Then again on the ‘morrow.
Copyright 2014. L.L. Shelton.
This ground is hard
And the effort is piercing my soul,
Weaknesses rule,
One thing to be sure of control,
Take me home
And don’t spare the horses.
Exhausted heart
And I don’t want to run anymore,
Resources low,
Mind aches and bones are sore,
Take me home
And don’t spare the horses.
Copyright 2017. L.L. Shelton.
Clouds descended
Around my brain,
Engulfed my thoughts
In driving rain,
Then I remembered
Things He never said,
And a sunny day
Dawned in my head.
Copyright 2017. L.L. Shelton.
The glint that bounces off your eye-
The one to catch you by surprise,
Skipping briefly freely by,
Brilliant as if to justify
The sparkling shining painful show,
It hurts to look but you don’t go;
That gentle stir among the leaves-
Closest to you, brings the breeze,
Lacey fluttering dipping down,
Never touching low the ground
Brings comfort and a gentle tease,
Wraps round you with tender ease;
Indicate you’re not alone,
Love has come to visit home.
Copyright 2017. L.L. Shelton.
Hello heartache
You ugly bruiser, you
Always bringing these gray skies, too
I want to feel better
But so under the weather
Where do you live
I’ll drive you there
Just promise to stay…
Never look my way again.
But so under the weather
I know I’ll then be
That ordinary bit of humanity
Won’t love somebody
Cause it’ll only hurt me somehow
Then I’ll miss those sweet
Moments- defy gravity
Lift me higher- higher…
Than a body has a right to be.
Copyright 2017. L.L. Shelton.
One lie too many
Maybe it had to be told
Oh what a shame
Broke the fastidiously
Constructed mold
One dream too many
Standing in your faded gown
Oh what a pain
Pieced together delicately
Watching it all fall down
One day too many
Living against the grain
Oh go ahead
Remain a stranger to me
Bring on the pounding rain.
Copyright 2017. L.L. Shelton.
Weariness sweeps over me
Like a thousand winters,
Refreshing river of life
In which I once swam,
Reduced to an icy stream
In which I now wade,
Angrily writhing waters
Rushing round my knees,
Where once I stood as firmly
Now threaten to topple me.
Copyright 2014. L.L. Shelton.