PEACEFUL DAUGHTERS

We've all asked our mothers
From where does the sadness come?
Regardless of her answers
We hesitently march on.

Our mothers cannot answer
Why there's broken hearts and hands
We have no fear in asking
Still we are blind to understand.

It seems we're constantly searching
For the inhale to sync our ex
We dream and believe in the existence
That our lashes close to view what's next.

Such hope is choking us daughters.
Far fetched dreams tangle in our minds.
We lose our focus and independence
Our souls fill with sick and crime.

Mere peace the world has begged for
I ask we start with one.
To have a moments silence
In my head....I will have won.

I will send my weapons forward
with my daughter, but no key.
And even if I offer or she asks
I cannot bring even her some peace.

--Diva

WIND BURNED

There are times when the sky
is on fire

red and dark

When I hear
techno verse

as I drive

west

Walking out
onto the steps
of my home

into the wind

as if I stepped onto planet none.

Nothing familiar

 but your

absent arms.

--Diva

BRIEF ENCOUNTER

She innocently touched my thigh
with a grin on her face she couldn't deny
My quaking knees gave me away
Upon my skin she didn't stay.
Waltzed right out of the room
As sweat beaded down my bloom
then I unleashed a mild shake
She caused the earth, yes my heart,
to shake.

--Diva

LOST

Lost

In the lilies,

In the fields

Where I let my heart run

Free of will

I lost my soul

I lost my mind.

The sun passed quickly.

I lost time.
 
--Diva

VELVET BLANKET

I laid with rose petals on my lips.

Thick, velvet red on each lid.

Sweetness covered my chest.

Each breath,

Causing a petal to flutter.

Gently tickle my skin.

Feeling as though

You were on me.

My navel, my nipple

And chin.

I slept in a bed of roses.

Brought to me

Through your love,

The same as when you sleep

Next to me.

My tender, lovely bud.

--Diva

OLD OAK

Can you bear my burden old oak
as I sit in your shade and pray?
Will this iron bench support my worries
as they grow throughout the day?
The wind feels it may sweep me
down the road to oblivion.
Can you bear my burden old oak
as I search my depths within?

Slowly I uncover and peel my bark
My history and maze.
I'm not as strong as you are
I'm lost in the foggy haze.
How do you stand and weather all?
Day in and out so straight.

You stretch across the acreage
The universe and sky
You birth each spring a new life
and in fall your children die.
Large as life you continue
Come back stronger and so right.

I lay my burdens on your root
My blood seeps into your ground
If I cannot keep my life alive
I donate it to your own.

--Diva

YEARS

When I remember life
Is it mine?

Really?

How did those years elude me?
I watched intently
Though I did not see

them

flutter by

away

and gone.

--Diva