10 Oct 2012
by Deborah Horton
in October 2012, poetry
Tags: fake, gossip, insecurity, liars, twofaced
We have all met them along the line
the ones who smile to our face
pretend to be friends and yet
mutter behind our backs
Those who try to seek out secrets
from you about you about others
so they can mutter them under their breath
gossipmonger that they are
One face in front another in back
never to be trusted always waiting to attack
twisting turning the words always churning
a cauldron of bubbling wickedness
They mutter what they truly think
when they think you can’t hear
or because they want you to just to try
and get a response
Insecure and filled with self loathing
transferring those feelings onto everyone else
they mutter because they can’t speak the truth
when into the mirror they look
01 Oct 2012
by Deborah Horton
in October 2012, poetry
Tags: actions, thoughts, words
If for every thought or every word
we might just pause before we think
a moment before we speak
would we change direction
A simple pause could save the pain
our thoughts and words might do
and we could change them in our
hearts before the pause was done
Each time we judge another’s life
and the words are formed within
if just one pause we could take
before the hurt begins
Pause to love
pause to think
pause to change direction
just a moment is all it takes
19 Sep 2012
by Deborah Horton
in poetry, September 2012
Tags: actions, choices, connections, life, ripples
Strings that connect us
bind us together with energy
a touch on one is a touch on all
the vibrations extend to the infinite
A kindness done to one
becomes new to another
traveling down the strings
to reach strangers untold
Choices made in this moment
become roads taken paths traveled
down the long life strings
affecting all some small some large
Strings that resonate far beyond your space
to reach into the hearts minds lives of the many
actions of the one touching the infinite
connected never ending
12 Sep 2012
by Deborah Horton
in poetry, September 2012
Tags: friendship, help, life, support
If only everyone could have a helping hand
just even once in a while
what a difference it would make
the hand that leads to a smile
When you’re down when you’re low
the hand that lifts you up
when you’re lost when you’re alone
the hand that shows you’re not
When things go well, when the job is done
a hand that pats your back
when you fall and struggle to get back up
the hand that leads the way
If everyone for just one moment would reach out their hand
to those who struggle to those who succeed to those who try again
how many would it help whose life would it change
if the hand belongs to you it might be yours
03 Sep 2012
by Deborah Horton
in poetry, September 2012
Tags: assumptions, life, living, presumption, truth
So easy it is to quickly judge
the ones we do not know
to assume too much about their lives
thinking we know all about them
Walk for just one minute in their shoes
see life as they do in just one step
before you decide who they are
and what they think and feel
Their hardships may not be what is visible
the minute by minute trials they face
while we presume to know the truth
living the truth is another story
Walk for a moment in their lives
become what they must endure
live as they do each day
for just one moment in time
29 Aug 2012
by Deborah Horton
in August 2012, poetry
Tags: circle of life, friends, include, inclusion, open
Talk to someone you don’t know today
share a smile with a stranger
include someone in your life
make your circle larger
Give hope to someone who is down
a shoulder to those less strong
listen to a broken heart speak
open your heart wider
Praise someone who has overcome
or one who has done well
a pat on the back can change a life
open your arms farther
Practice inclusion with every step
dismiss none think of all
walk for a second in another’s shoes
open your life each moment more
13 Aug 2012
by Deborah Horton
in August 2012, poetry
Tags: death, life, love, memories, remembering
Molten gold now hard and cold
Tiny sparkles of light lined in twisted rows
Wrapping their arms around a center star
Like a galaxy filled with unnumbered delights
The finger grows older more lined
The love grows sweeter and more refined
The golden sparkle remains with a new owner
One filled with memories of the wearer who came before
07 Aug 2012
by Deborah Horton
in August 2012, poetry
Tags: lies, life, relationships, secret, truth
A secret life is that important
Hide things we never share
From those who call themselves friends
And those we wish were never there
Things we never speak aloud
Whispers to our hearts
Not where anyone would hear
Use them to pick us apart
A secret life is that important
Holding everything in place
Keeping truth from seeping
Nothing showing on our face
Things we desire
We dare not say
Hidden in depths
Kept so far away
A secret life is that important
Keeps us sane so we believe
When as the spider to the fly
We practice to deceive
17 Jul 2012
by Deborah Horton
in July 2012, poetry
Tags: cyberspace friends, friends, new friends, old friends, reconnect, relationships
The welcome mat laid out to start
friendships new and renewed
in cyberspace we meet and share
what’s up with me and you
From all over these friends now come
together relationships we build
through posts and messages
our lives to be filled
Though we may have never met
or once knew each other long ago
friendship is just a click away
learning things we want to know
Over time and space we connect
strands in the universe are we
new and renewed in cyberspace
welcome friends I now see
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