Poetry – GF Recipes and Writings

The Huntress

You watch me through my window I am not aware I think I am free, escaped I am not You are always watching Waiting, you stare down at me Biding your time You have learned to be patient And will pounce when I least expect Mauling Devouring Consuming Ah, but you do not know myContinue reading “The Huntress”

One

How high the mountains sweep to the sky… But how low the valleys are to the eye. Swift wind Oh my, how it all flies. And finds me alone, Finds me alone. Finds me alone. I am not alone, I am with the wind so swift, the mountains so high, the valleys so low. IContinue reading “One”

Homeless

Without a home Without a place to lay your head Where to go Where to live Run away Run away Take care Take care Who takes care of me Me

A Dream

Darkness A pinprick of light Sound overwhelming Brighter, brighter Screams Floating Flying Freedom? No Dreaming Waking Breathe

Bloom

I am a tiny green bulb I push my way up through the cold earth Up, up, up Air – finally I sprout, growing Toward the sun Stretch, stretch, stretch I swell, I ripen Out comes my color Small at first Then bigger, bigger Pop my petals Shoot out Bloom

A Barren Tree

A barren tree, I stand alone. Frigid breezes rip at me. They have been here before, They show no signs of abating. Some day I might lose a limb. Some day when the wind howls and Blows its roaring breath at me. I will break and fall, Down, Down, Down.

Hope

Today I saw a spark of hope, It barely showed at first. But as we fanned the tiny flame, It light and warmth forth burst. The smallest kindness made the flame, Kindle larger and make known. It’s presence be not very small, But great to us, it’s light forth shown.