poetry

I hope you enjoy these two poems I wrote this week, one light-hearted and the other deeply sentimental to me. 

The Breeze

See the soft breeze

Weave through the leaves

Seems to with ease

Tease out my sneeze

Achoo!

Heartstrings

Dear Daughter, sweet Daughter

No longer a child

Not quite a woman

Here you are, we are

Changing

I see your innocence

Fade into the past

Self-doubt thrive and

Harden its cast

I long to shield you

From life’s pain

But I can’t!

Dear God, help her

Trust that love reigns

Romance will ebb and flow

Best friends will divide

Your heart may break

My love will never die

It will not fail

The mistakes we’ll both make

The wall between us laid

Your deepest thoughts veiled

My love will never melt away

May my love hush

The harsh voice that replaced

“It’s great” with “I hate”

My hair, my clothes, my shape

You are so much more

More than pretty, and things

Dear God, I implore

May she know she is divine

May she look within to shine

No longer a child

Not quite a woman

Here you are, we are

Changing

Dear Daughter, sweet Daughter

My love will never fade away