Poems of Life by Melody Dupree (people reading books TXT) 📖

Sunset

I sat by the window staring at the sunset.

The beautiful sunset!

It comes once a day just like the dawn.

It sends its golden lights all over the city.

In the distance i can hear the tolling of the clock tower loud and clear.

The city gates close signaling the end of the work day.

The sunset came and went, but still i could see the image of a girl,

Standing on the clifftop watching as the ships sailed away taking her loved one home

And standing arrow straight in the sunset.

I sat by the window staring at the sunset!

The beautiful sunset! It comes once a day just like the dawn.

The clock tower tolls signaling the end of the work day.

 

 

I Held Him Tight

 

I held him tight and he whispered in my ear the words I loved to hear.

He held me closely saying he loved me.

In that instant my world turned black and all I saw was blood.

Dialing 911, I held him tight as his blood soaked my clothes.

I held him tight as I cried for him and begged him to live.

I held him tight as he took his last breath.

The next week I held his father tight as he watched his son being lowered into the ground.

I held him tight and he whispered in my ear the words I loved to hear.

The Date

 

I laughed as I stared at the poster on the wall.

I pulled out the dress I was going to wear and put it on careful not to ruin my makeup.

The doorbell rang and I heard my date’s voice downstairs.

I slowly descended the stairs and took my date’s hand.

Driving to the school, a deer ran across the road and he swerved, slamming into the guardrail killing us both.

I looked down on my grieving parents and brothers, knowing they would be okay.

Buried in my prom dress next to my date, I was glad that I didn’t have to deal with the pain of being confined to a wheel chair.

All my friends were there and I spread my wings over them to shield them from the pain and heard my favorite song sang by the church choir.

I laughed as I stared at the poster on the wall.

Come, Weep, Leap, Love

Come, for now is the time to weep

in the darkness does seep

as cold as the water is deep.

Come, for now is the time to leap

from this cliff into the water deep.

 

I swear to you from heaven above

that I will sing to you like a dove.

i want to be there for you I swear on heaven above

that I will sing to you from the rooftops of my love.

 

Come, sing with me

together we will forever be.

I come now to see

who I will forever be.

With you I want nothing more

than to yours I'll forever be.

 

Come, for now is the time to weep

in the darkness does seep

as cold as the water is deep.

Come, for now is the time to leap

from this cliff into the water deep.

Dark Dreams

A dream is nothing but a dream.

for who ever said dreams do come true,

I want to know where he heard that

For my dreams are bruised

they are black and blue in my despair.

For where can I soar well,

while in this prison cell.

A dream is nothing but a dream.

For whoever said dreams do come true

have never seen theirs in black and blue.

My dreams are bruised

I have nothing left to lose.

For how can my dreams come true

when they are merely black and blue.

A dream is nothing but a dream.

They never come true

when they are merely black and blue.

 

Family

Come run into my arms with love.

For you are my dove.

You are my heaven above.

But I come with a burden I cannot bear.

For my life was dealt a hand unfair.

For just my dreams are torn at the seams.

For the lord deemed me worthy,

of a family that I believed I was of forever unworthy.

Come run into my arms with love.

For you are my dove.

You are my heaven above.

For the lord deemed me worthy of you.

Now what was I to do.

For it was out of the blue.

The Lord deemed you worthy to be my family.

Dark Desires

On a day that is 

dark as the night;

try as I might 

to switch to light

my mother has

discovered my might

and my darkest

desires from the night.

I see the shadows 

move far from the light.

My desire is well known,
who could have foretold

the plight my heart 

would be in at night.

For as the darkness

turns into the light,

try as I might my 

desires will never be

met until I dissolve

into the darkest night.

Pain

 I feel pain.
A pain they cannot see.
They cannot hear my screams.
They have blocked my voice.
No one cares to hear my hurt.
I am nothing to the ones who should understand.
They cannot see, I hurt the same as them.
Can they not see, I try to change my image.
I try to change to what they want to see.
My everlasting pain never leaves.
They do not see, that what they want I cannot be.
My pain they cannot see.
Because they do not care.
My screams are never heard.
My voice is blocked.
They cannot see my pain, but I can feel.
The cuts they cannot see get deeper.
I am bleeding faster.
My vision is getting darker.
I am about to meet my maker.
But they don't care.
Cause my pain they could not see.
Now they stand over my grave.
A care they wish they gave.
Now they feel my pain.
A part of them torn away.
The girl behind the mask they never saw.
Now it's too late to help her.
She cannot hear their cries beyond the grave.
A care they wish they gave.
For a pain they should have seen.

 

Voices Heard

 Here is our story, a right to equality.

A woman fights for rights in the city.

Another, fought for the right to vote.

Never giving up hope, they fought to the end.

Before the mother with no other choice now has a voice.

Do you hear my voice?

We were fought for before we were born.

By people not everyone adored.

The fight for women's rights caused many