Aim For the Stars She dances, a tiny beautyLeaping through cloud formationsBlonde hair flying in the breeze. She gallops, full of laughterPerched on her pink silk ponyShe steals your heart away with ease. Her smile glints golden sunlightRadiant, warm and lovelyFollow all your whimsies, little sweetheartFollow all your dreams, little sweetheartWhirl on, twirl on,Aiming forContinue reading “Aim for the Stars”
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Broken Clouds
Broken Clouds Ashen gray cloudshang low to the grounda thick layer of fogrising like dense smokeinfusing the atmospherewith its petulant moods. All I see is alabaster sky.The moon has gone missing, the sun hidden in a sempiternal stretchof colorless stratus, dull likea bolt of sparkly silver tullethat has lost its shine. And I am walkingContinue reading “Broken Clouds”
Momentum
Momentum Fear pulls me downwardsinister thoughts creepingin corners of my dark mindgripping tight, talons sharpas I bleed from the inside outand rail to the heavens in ragefrom the depths of an anguished soul. Passion pushes me onwardparting a veil of diaphanous desiresatin hush, silken touchthe scent and taste of loveas the glorious sun glowsin effervescentContinue reading “Momentum”
The Magical Journey
The Magical Journey Close your eyes, come along with me.Let’s take a magical journeyTo the imagination’s end…Where we can be real or pretend. Do what you wish, be what you’ll be;Close your eyes, come along with me.Breathe in deep the lavender moon…Dance with fireflies until you swoon. Let your mind wander wild and farRace throughContinue reading “The Magical Journey”
Summer Storms
Summer Storms Summer storms are coming,I can feel them in my heart.Hope melting in extreme heatas the sky is torn apart. Thunder rolls in deep and fast,raindrops pelt my windowpane.Lone raven struggles in the windand I’m channeling his pain. Standing in the pouring rain,crying out, what am I doing here?Wash my sorrows into the ground,dissolveContinue reading “Summer Storms”
Sketches of Pain
Sketches of Pain Dark clouds threaten, sky splits apartFlooding emotions, bleeding heartsUgly secrets, women in chainsBroken spirits praying for rain. Flash of lightning, crash of thunderLast shred of faith torn asunderHaunting whistle of distant trainBroken spirits praying for rain. But something changes in the airHope cuts through layers of despairFingers tracing sketches of painBroken spiritsContinue reading “Sketches of Pain”
The Oracle Has Spoken
The Oracle Has Spoken The crescent dawn arrives with shades of peachAs I float alone in the silent sea.A silver moon beckons just out of reach…Embryonic waters embracing me. A distant foghorn calls out in warning;Nimbus clouds shatter, torrents of rain pour.Sailors take heed with red skies at morning…Fighting through riptides, I make it toContinue reading “The Oracle Has Spoken”
Whiskey Drinker’s Sonnet
Whiskey Drinker’s Sonnet (Dark Sonnet #3) The winter sun fades out, no crimson glowAnd a wall of endless white is falling.As I shiver against the ice and snow…The bottle of Macallan is calling. Into cut glass, I pour liquid courage,A cascade of gold hope to see me through.North Star beckons, a trail to encourage…Just follow itContinue reading “Whiskey Drinker’s Sonnet”
Grasshoppers, Dolphins and Eagles
Grasshoppers, Dolphins and Eagles Stayor gothe questionto be answeredI look to the skiessearching for harmonybut I see clouds of discordanxiety builds up insideand suddenly, I want to break freelike grasshoppers jumping in fields of greenlike dolphins swimming in the azure seaI want to soar in crystal blue skiesI want to fly like an eaglelet myContinue reading “Grasshoppers, Dolphins and Eagles”
Touch the Alabaster Skies
Touch the Alabaster Skies A distant future waits for meBeyond the black, turbulent seaMy hopes and fears to be reckoned,Multiplying by the second. Clouds break above the bare oak trees;A distant future waits for me.Dark thoughts pile in as wave crash down.Limbs flail as I begin to drown. I hear the mourning dove’s sad criesandContinue reading “Touch the Alabaster Skies”
Colleen Keller Breuning 