Dark Hearts Love Too

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Love Waiting to Bloom

Love Waiting to Bloom

I can hardly get dressed

Cause I don't know what to wear

My heart's fit to bust

Whenever you're there

My mind's in a mess

Whenever you visit

Need someone to kick me in gear

Cause I just can't get with it

My world's in a spin

I'm not even sure I exist

You trump everyone else

You've got me all in a twist

I've got to level with you

You're at the very center

Of my solar system

I'm afraid I'll burn up if I enter

Your sighs are like music

That I long to hear

I'm afraid I'll get hurt

If I get too near

Please give me a sign

If you care for me

I'm standing off to the side

Just waiting to see

Can there be something

Between me and you

Or will my heart be shattered

Before it's all through

Please handle with care

My sad, fragile heart

It would be all too easy

To tear me apart

I want you so much

But I have to know

Do you want me too?

I'll wait and see what you show

~Wanda~

Written for Team Netherworld's WIP, Fetch.

Cross-posted to Team Netherworld's poetry blog, Dark Hearts Love Too

Also used in a fic at Rattling Bones Undead Musician Magazine

The Brothers' Cookie Quest

Angus (L) and Malcolm Young, late 1960's

You cannot tell me that these guys never used the "who, us?" expression to their advantage

The Brothers' Cookie Quest

Tiring greatly of waiting for chow

Though he feared a foot to the brow

The elder of two brothers

Gave a boost to the other

To reach the cookies they were craving right now

~Wanda~

Prompts used:

Mad Kane's Limerick-Off

OTP Prompts (BROTP in this case)

Thursday, September 10, 2015

The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes (Animated)

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

The Ballad of Benjamin

(Image Source)

Western Leopard Toad

The Ballad of Benjamin

Benjamin was his name, oh

And a happy frog was he

Despite the fact that he could not see

The rest of the world dwelt in misery

Benjamin wished to share this feeling

That welled up inside his soul

With bird and fox and mole

To spread joy was his goal

Without working eyes

Benjamin dared not travel long

So he sang a heartfelt song

In a voice both clear and strong

The other creatures in the land

Came to listen to the tune

In Benjamin's voice of bassline boom

As he bestowed his gleeful boon

Soon Benjamin's goal was met

Through his song of gleeful mirth

Happiness spread around the earth

Where once there was a dearth

Benjamin's good deed brought him goodness in return

Mother Nature blessed him with the gift of sight

He saw his reflection in the light

At first it gave him quite a fright

Just a moment later, Benjamin laughed at the surprise

"It seems I'm not a frog at all," he said.

"It turns out I'm a toad instead."

But not a single tear was shed

For Benjamin was a happy fellow

Regardless of his outsides

~Aurora~

Note:

I combined two prompts to create this whimsical poem. The Prompts Blog asked us to speculate happiness being invented by a blind frog named Benjamin. It's Open Link Tuesday at Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, and they presented the above picture of a Western Leopard Toad. Thus, the Ballad of Benjamin sprang into being. I hope it made you smile a little.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

This Is Not The Way

Image source

Image by Margaret

This is Not the Way

In Yellowstone, a hiker

Was killed by a mother bear

Now the officials want

To euthanize the bear and her cubs

Revenge killing is not the answer

While humans should be protected

So must wildlife

Our predators are already at risk

A solution must be found

That does not involve the death

Of the mother bear

Or her innocent cubs

~Shayla~

This is a link to a petition to Yellowstone officials to spare the life of the bear and her cubs.

I Said this Sadly, But I'm Not Sad

I don't even think this was meant to be a poem, but there is something poetic in the way she narrates. Statements about her thoughts and life become a poem. To me, there's something poetic about life itself being a form of poetry.

~Shaye~