Needs of many
outweighing needs of few
or one
Sacrifice neither vain
nor empty
Best of times
or worst
Far better place
to go
Soul was most
human
Would not presume
to debate
Lived long and
prospered
Have been and
always shall be
one
Pressure
22 Oct 2014 Leave a comment
in October 2014, poetry Tags: life, living, pressure, stress
It bears down on me
like so much pressure
pushing, ever pushing
never letting up.
School, work, family
always something to do
never any rest or peace
even in my dreams.
Overwhelming pressure
leaving dents
in my mind, my heart, my soul
getting deeper all the time.
Smothering, getting sick
no strength to push back
going under
and no one sees.
Instinct
21 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in April 2014, poetry Tags: emotional icebergs, ignorance, instinct, self, selfish
Self preservation
selfishly existing
thoughts of oneself
instinct
Insulated ambiguity
emotional icebergs
feelings for none
instinct
Nothing shocking
without care
focused on you
helping none
feigning ignorance
they don’t matter
instinct
Lost
09 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in April 2014, poetry Tags: emotions, life, lost
So much gone
never to be found
not enough tomorrows
for the lost
Searching in vain
frantically running
seeking something
always lost
Plugging the holes
it never holds
over and over you try
still lost
No more tomorrows
time far gone
remaining empty
forever lost
Speak
08 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in April 2014, poetry Tags: courage, feel, speak
It takes courage to speak
silence is easy
quiet is not hard to do
voices take work
speak faith
speak pain
speak help
speak torment
these are the hard things
silence faith
quiet pain
silence help
quiet torment
these are easy to do
It takes courage to speak
open your mind
expose your soul
feel something
Speak your courage
Reaching
03 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in April 2014, poetry Tags: emotions, help, life, reaching, surviving
Reaching out for a hand
to hold as we fall
hoping it will save
wishing, knowing not at all
What if the hand’s not there
how then do we survive
when we are all that’s left to hold
do we remain alive
Is there any way to tell
what tomorrow brings
will we awake
when the alarm bell rings
We keep reaching
looking to find hope
just tie a knot
at the end of your rope
Optimistic
02 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in April 2014, poetry Tags: Atlanta Braves, baseball, Braves, MLB, optimistic
Day one filled with hope
no losses yet incurred
fresh beginnings at the start
last year’s season blurred
First pitch, first hit, first run
all brand new again
always optimistic
hoping for the win
Days go by as summer comes
win or lose still we hope
more losses than wins some weeks
and then we mope
Season end draws ever near
we hope the postseason to play
whatever comes for our team
optimistic we remain each day
Reinvent
01 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in April 2014, poetry
To begin
start out fresh
anew, renew
reinvent
Forget yesterday
tomorrow too late
now, today
remake
Past mistakes
future is unknown
ready, set
remaster
Seek truth
found in yourself
believe, trust
re-imagine
Life
10 Feb 2014 Leave a comment
in February 2014, poetry Tags: beauty, life, living, truth, ugly
Horribly beautiful
in all it’s glory
inspiration one moment
desperation the next
painted with
telling brush strokes
the truth never
quite revealed
horribly beautiful
this thing called life
Final
31 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in December 2013, poetry Tags: final, last, life, new
Last one
countdown begun
year’s final day
made its way
some here some gone
with friends or all alone
taking stock counting down
some smile some frown
looking forward glancing back
what you’ve got or what you lack
holding on or letting go
what you do or don’t know
precipices of future loom
live in joy or doom
choice is yours to make
steps you choose to take
come now this final day
then new dawn new way
Deborah Horton Writing 