Some people say to me With good intentions Possible discomfort - or lack of experience It's time to move forward Start living your life Reminding me repeatedly I am no longer married to you I am no longer your wife Hold your head up sweet darling You don't need to cry - anymore ...that is …
Category: Perceptions
Kisses In The Dark
Glass slipper shatters As you walk on water Like the second coming Of someone of substance Someone we have All been longing for Only you care about the timing Of this desperate game Life and all its little ...inconsequential - s Universal plan falls Neatly into place Like domino's standing In a carefully placed row …
Dear Bartender
Pen to paper can be intimidating - old school writing feels awkward when it has been years since the last time I actually put...pen to paper. But on this trip no laptop, no word processing devices - didn't think to bring anything along to write with...front desk, sweet faced young man - red curly hair …
The Wind Will Always Blow
Seems like only yesterday the sky was a turquoise shade of blue babies breath and fall surrounded us. We raised our children together coffee clutch at the local diner; Mom's on a break... the gift of gab and so much more the wind was blowing strong As love was falling from our grasp husbands and …
Happier Days Are On The Rise
Surprised at the emotions spurred by photographs of you a past romance and tenderness not forgotten. But a touch of fear begins to surface - a simple notion from chest to throat, a slight pulse rise. What if you feel my lingering thoughts, as they pass from here to there? Would you even care? No …
Note To MB
(Scene set up: this was written a while ago...wounded pride, ego kept me from posting...but with all things as time passes so does negativity...moving forward brighter days ahead!) Note to MB: Nothing is keeping my feet on the ground short flight from yesterday filling up on jet fuel to keep all those tattered demons away. …
Choices Made
I am not enlightened reaching for that place of zen searching for peaceful moments that seem to fade into a harmonious hum the calming thoughts that fill empty spaces leaving in between nothingness void of the shift in direction the path chosen... guided by birth right domino effect choices followed the children to the pied …
Newport Sunset
Days begin to fade away Newport sunset lingers dock begins to sway sentimental thoughts make my heart ache but not with the intensity as before images seem so fresh I can reach out and touch... there is this very fine line between love and guilt wrapped so neatly in metaphors our lives meshed together …
Baby’s Breath
Baby's breath tiny petals white love drips down weary cheeks yellow and red lights glimmer in the dark sterile halls Hippocratic Oath prevails shifting tides turn thoughts lack of conviction comes into question whispered words of God and Mary secret prayers said in silence bended knee head bowed to the almighty beads slip through fingers …
Trilby Yates 