My Babies
I hold you both close to me
Late at night
One on my left
The other on my right
Your breathing is even
Your heartbeat's are calm
While you both are asleep
I'm tracing over the curves
Of your palm's
And loving your closeness
And basking in love
Reveling in what motherhood
Is made of
Before I close my eyes
I pray for your happiness
I pray for your peace
I thank God again for you both
And only then do I fall asleep
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Who Am I?
I don't know
When I became
Who I have become
I feel so insignificant
Inside the world
I am a nobody
Who used to be someone
I've retraced my footsteps
Backward through time
Never quite sure of
What I'm hoping to find
When I look in the mirror
I see someone else
I can hardly remember
Who I was as myself
I wear a mask
So no one will see
Beyond the facade
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Baby Years
Time runs away from me
And it will take you along,
Let me inhale the sweetness of you-
The honesty of your innocence
That lingers on your child ears,
Dances along your baby smooth cheek
Before it diminishes
With the passing years
Let me hold you
While you still fit in my lap
While my arms can still encircle all of you
In a deep embrace
Let me savor you-
As I gaze into your eyes,
And forever define your precious face
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To M
It seems there has never been
Enough of you
To go around
It was I
Who was always left
Empty handed
It seeems there may never be
Enough of you
To drown out the sound
Of a little girl lost
Forgotten
Who yearns to be healed
Waits to be found
I grasp you
Fistfulls at a time
I hold on with all my might
Yet somehow still
I get left behind
Where I gather you
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Ghost
I believe I saw your image moving quickly
To hide amongst the shadows along the wall,
Or were my eyes playing tricks on me?
I thought I heard your gentle voice
Singing the words to a familiar song,
Or was it my imagination?
I swore I felt your sweet laughter
Pass by my ear,
Soft as a whisper in the night,
Or was it only wishful thinking?
I know I saw your lovely face
In my dreams,
Bathed in heavenly light,
There is no doubt in my mind
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Beyond Young
Tell me,
Is it summer?
I have not seen the sun for weeks
Although I've heard
The sun is shining,
I cannot feel it on my cheeks
I gaze out into the world
And to me it looks dark and gray
It's like I am colorblind
The blues are here to stay
A restlessness seeps
Into my soul
And bleeds into my heart
I pull myself together
And it pulls me back apart
My body is still young
But my spirit is so old
While the breeze blows warm
Around me,
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Memory
I remember once,
when I was a little girl
I remember
like it was yesterday
When I saw you
sauntering down the street
My heart
skipped a beat
I got out of the car
and I followed you
Calling out, 'Daddy! '
Over and over,
again and again
You began to walk faster
Then so did I
So much faster
that I tripped
and fell
Knees and palms
skinned and burning
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Imprint
I couldn't help but stare
Mesmerized
By the fluid movement
Of your fingertips
Caressing
Pressing
Dancing along the ivory
Slow and slim
Nimble and divine
I sensed an urgency
Beyond your gentle tune
Haunting me
Sending shivers
Up and down my spine
Sweet suffering
Shimmering
Lingering
Behind the soft, sad notes
Touching me in my heart
So deep, your pain became
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All Over Again
Sometimes early in the morning
Sometimes in the middle of the day
Sometimes deep into the night,
It hits me
All over again
That you are gone
Sometimes it wakes me from my sleep
Abruptly
A sudden harsh reminder
A sense that something's wrong
Sometimes in the middle
Of a normal conversation,
You interrupt my thoughts
And tears emerge
Between my words
And somehow it always hurts
Deeper than the time before
When it hits me
All over again
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Shame
It is my deepest,
Darkest shame
My never ending blame
The kind that makes you
Turn away from your own reflection
And steers you in the wrong
Direction
Leaves you wondering
Who you once were
Trying to make sense
Of an endless blur
That keeps you spinning
Round and round
Unable to ignore the
Echoing sounds
From a past that raped you
Sore and raw
Wearing a mask
To hide the flaws
Ingesting poisons
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