Each one welcome
to slowly wash
earth and soul
Quench a thirst
overdue so long
drops on drops
Giving new life
cooling the fire
bringing sweet relief
Earth and soul
cool and refreshed
drops and drops
Drops
15 Aug 2012 Leave a comment
in August 2012, poetry Tags: cleansed, cooled, earth, fire, life, refreshed, soul, water
Memories
13 Aug 2012 Leave a comment
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
A Secret Life
07 Aug 2012 Leave a comment
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
Maze
24 Jun 2012 Leave a comment
in June 2012, poetry Tags: emotions, heart maze, life, living, love
Through this maze of darkened struggle
at times lost and still others found
the walk long the truth is not easy
just trying to get up off the ground
Nagging at the corners never quiet
the past it whispers you are there
inside it we try to find the way
afraid to share
We try to run it winds ever still
this heart maze ever changing never finished
all that come in truly never leave
the pieces found along the way
Struggle against the infinity
where is the place without whispers
the twists and turns and on it goes
slaves we have become continuing to walk
Promise
22 Apr 2012 2 Comments
in April 2012, poetry Tags: future, life, living, past, present
There is no promise of tomorrow
no guarantee of another day
nothing to assure a life lived longer
no promise one can have
Yesterday is gone past now dead
those things mean nothing now
forgotten pains worthless hurts
now past away into shadow
Tomorrow not promised not even here
no need to worry or to fret
nothing one can do about what is not here yet
something that is only a possibility
There is only today only this moment
everything else means little
one promise only to live in this day
for it is all we truly have
Stronger
11 Apr 2012 2 Comments
in April 2012, poetry Tags: future, hurt, life, love, past, stronger
The past serves only one purpose, to make you stronger
to learn and move on
to let go and grow
to never look back always forward
Those who hurt you only serve to make you stronger
every lie and betrayal
every unkind word and deed
every fresh stab of the knife
only gives you strength
There is no life living in the past
dwelling on things gone and meaningless
there is only what’s ahead
the future and what you make of it
No need to live in constant blame
to reopen the wounds of the past
they are gone and done
and you can now choose to live stronger
Freaks
18 Mar 2012 1 Comment
in March 2012, poetry Tags: emotions, freaks, hidden, life
We are all just freaks inside
some on display some who hide
there’s always something just below
some in public some they don’t know
It could be something simple and small
or something waiting to consume all
the small voice never quiet
sometimes controlled sometimes a riot
We are all just freaks of one kind or another
some show the world some try to smother
the freaks we can live with and those we don’t
those we have as friends and those we won’t
Everyone all of us freaks in this life together
some still grounded yet others on a tiny tether
those who live easy and those who struggle not to die
some who seem quite normal and those who just wonder why
In end we are all freaks walking through this life
some who get along and some know only strife
those who feel love and others who know pain
yet and still beautiful freaks we are all again
Doors
09 Sep 2011 2 Comments
in poetry, September 2011 Tags: choices, decisions, emotions, life, loss, love
There are doors in life that should never be opened
and doors that you wish you had
there are doors that take you to the wrong places
and doors that only make you sad
There are doors in life that are unanswered questions
never having been explored
and doors that let you learn and grow
and those that leave you bored
There are doors in life you’re too scared to open
for fear that you will fail to walk through
and those that steal away pieces of your soul
in ways you never knew
There are doors that lead to both good and bad
and those that lead to nowhere at all
doors that change your life and those that make you pay
and then some are just a bathroom stall
Rays
14 Jan 2011 2 Comments
in January 2011, poetry Tags: emotions, happiness, life, love, relationships, trust
Rays of love reaching into my soul
making me happy making me whole
warming my spirit lifting my heart
staying with you never to part
Rays of love filling my need
the roots now growing from just a small seed
where once I was alone and searching for you
now I know love both old and brand new
Rays of love as fingers holding my spirit tight
guiding me through day leading me through night
wrapped in the blanket of a love so true
inside it there is only me there is only you
Rays of love never want to let them go
taking it simple taking it slow
knowing now what is true what is real
rays of love are all I want to feel
Whole
01 Dec 2010 Leave a comment
in December 2010, poetry Tags: emotions, heart, life, love, soul
Taken as a whole life is quite complex
day to day the living not knowing what comes next
so many things leave little holes dents inside the soul
but then there are just a few that tend to make one whole
To have someone who loves you no matter what you are
to go with you each step of the way whether near or far
holding your hand holding your heart they never let you go
having someone that makes you whole is all you need to know
They can take all the dents all the holes and patch them over with a kiss
make you realize that there is nothing in this life you miss
for you have it all right in front of you love to fill the gaps
into the very soul of you each touch from them taps
Everything that was no longer means anything to me
as if the past the people there were dead you see
surrounded now by an envelope of love to feel
it makes me whole love’s power to heal
Deborah Horton Writing 