After everything
at the very end
what is it that
remains
When life ceases
to be so busy
and there are only
two
In time of quiet
reflection on the past
now just me
and you
Two hearts inside
two hands
reaching out
with what remains
Remains
30 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in April 2013, poetry Tags: emotions, life, love
Free
28 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in April 2013, poetry Tags: death, emotions, life
How to be free
as you long to be
of these tormenting
memories
Ever present
always near
never to be free
you fear
Keep trying
and trying
to be rid of them
always crying
Oh to be free
death may be
the only way
free finally
Nothing
27 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in April 2013, poetry Tags: emotions, letting go
Once everything
now nothing
as if you
are dead
once I thought
I could not
live without you
now nothing
Once I believed
there was no one else
oh so wrong
now nothing
Once it was you
so wrong
so gone
now you are nothing
Don’t
24 Apr 2013 1 Comment
in April 2013, poetry Tags: emotions, fake, lies, love, truth
Don’t say you love me
if it isn’t true
or that you’re my friend
then stab me in the back
Don’t say you care
when your actions lie
and every word you speak
is only hollowly false
Don’t make nice to my face
then talk about me in whispers
or pretend for others
but I know the truth
Don’t waste my time with the petty
drama that takes up every day
I’m too strong for you
and I won’t live that way
Why
22 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in April 2013, poetry Tags: dreams, emotions, loss, questions
Always in my dreams
reminder of the past
seems so real even now
why
Waking me from sleep
feeling out of sorts
not understanding
why
Sometimes even when awake
creeping in around the edges
a shadow and a dream
why
Unable to forget
always coming back
still here
why
Invisible
21 Apr 2013 2 Comments
in April 2013, poetry Tags: alone, emotions, invisible
Here but they don’t see
look right through
but not at me
and yet I am here still
Too busy too self involved
to see anyone outside of them
those who hurt those who need
never knowing I am here
Invisible I stand so close
enough to feel them breathe
yet they see me not
as we stand side by side
Here I am
yet I am invisible
they do not see
and soon I will be gone
Less
19 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in April 2013, poetry Tags: emotions, feelings, life, power
Only you can make you feel less than
what others think is not important
or what they say or do
how you feel is up to you
Let them think let them speak
let them show their immaturity
what you are what you feel
is contained within yourself
So they think you are less
they think they are more
realize that your power
lies inside of you alone
No one can make you feel anything
unless you give them the power to do so
only you can turn over that power
only you can make yourself less
Whole
17 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in April 2013, poetry Tags: emotions, happy, life, love
Once there was only a part
a piece of a life
convinced it was all there was
drifting alone
Believing it was fine
to be this way forever
just a deceit
because it was never true
A part, a piece nothing more
a life half lived
searching trying to find
something, someone
Found and now together
one part you one part me
knowing this forever
one plus one makes a whole
Way
14 Apr 2013 4 Comments
in April 2013, poetry Tags: emotions, life, love, marriage
The way you love me
every day by saying you do
sending me notes just
to say so
The way you love me
making me laugh a lot
whether I want to
or not
The way you love me
sharing the daily load
as we together
walk this road
The way you love me
more every day
I love that you
love me this way
Never
05 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in April 2013, poetry Tags: emotions, senses, spring
Covered in green this mountain hillside
the dew like diamonds on the grass
sun at almost high noon
and a breeze filled with spring
To the north mountain crags covered in snow still
and to the south the peaceful village stirs
in the east a castle ancient and still standing
to the west an ancient river
No sound besides the cool of the wind
and the birds who come and go
and minutes pass like hours
as the sun sinks ever low
Drinking it in this wine of spring
each drop renews the soul
living in each moment
in this place I’ve never been
Deborah Horton Writing 