By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
Silence is calm
after a storm filled night
Silence is comfort
following a nights delight
Silence is hurtful
after months of conversing
Silence is a sign
of interest dispersing
Silence is a state
of good times and bad
Silence is a message
that someone is mad
Silence is many things
to so many people
Silence is only golden
in a church with a steeple
By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
In response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille #164 Prompt Word: WING
In exactly 44 Words
posted by whimsygizmo
Just wing it
go with the flow
Don’t fight the system
just take it slow
Fly with the wind
not against
Then you’ll belong
never just a guest
Who wants consistency
or mundane stability
Open your wings and fly
only you have the ability
By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
Without my garden
I would be empty and lost
Flowers revive me
By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
Wonder what it would have been like
to have had the choice to do or be something legendary and special? Not to have failed so miserably in school, to have had the chance to change the flavor and style of my adulthood before it became too late to shake off and break the binding visages of the past.
I take a deep breath and exhale slowly, to pretend to be a famous songstress about to perform in front of thousands of exuberant fans. A confident, gifted singer who walks
onto a multi-faceted stage with the deep knowledge and acceptance that she truly is special.
I wonder what that would have been like?
By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
In response to RDP (Ragtag Daily Prompt) word PARTNER posted by Phillip Knight Scott
Juggling partner’s is a magical feat
few if any actually achieve
Polyamory at its best can only behest
goodwill when truth and trust
and knowledge prevail
One can love two and two
can love three and so on from there
A family of three consenting their undying love and devotion sweeps it
away if one goes completely astray
This dynamic of three or four
and sometimes more is not for everyone in fact few
Most look at them and frown want
them thrown out of town
Never understanding what true love
being a partner entails
By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
Out of reach
out of time
Nothing left
only deceit and lies
A home built
upon slush and grime
Will surely sink
no substantial ties
Love that is honest
heartfelt and true
Is the kind of love
I wish for with you
To care is to grow
to give and receive
Only one giving
bears no reprieve
Help me build
a foundation of stone
To keep us together
so neither will roam
In Honor of Veteran’s Day By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
What do you say
to years of decay
To a woman or a man
who sacrificed all
defending freedom for our land
Is thank you enough
when they’ve had it so tough
To come home bandaged wrapped
after fighting tyranny and hate
or worse sent back in a crate
We discharge them back home
then leave them alone
To keep fighting and struggling
a monumental effort to maintain
while still staying sane
Before they are grown
they are drafted and flown
To lands where freedom failed
the ones that survived returning
to find their own government bailed
I followed my friend Dwight to Kym Gordon Moore’s blog and in particular to read and read about her new publication, “We Are Poetry.” I have barely started and already I’m shaking my head yes and spouting, “WOW” to my confused but loyal pups! Not only a fantastic and prolific writer, her insight and ability to motivate a resting or sleeping muse is incredible. Mine was dozing a bit, but is wide awake now! Check out this ultra-fantastic movement and enjoy as I am!
I’m so excited! And I just can’t hide it! I’m about to lose control and I think I like it!!! Channeling my inner Pointer Sisters! 😜 You can best bet I am grinning from ear to ear right about now. Of course, there was a snafu with the Kindle version, something about a reflowable error. I should have known things were going along a little too smoothly! 😝 They are in the process of getting this fixed and should take a couple of days, but the paperback version is READY! Thanks for everyone’s support! I think I need a drink right now! 🥂 Cheers y’all!
By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
Disconnect then reconnect
then disconnect
repeat.
Each broken pathway
leaves painful thorns
in both feet.
One step then two
and by three you
have gone.
Chasing your dreams
following the sun
leaving her far behind.
By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
Night has slipped away,
morning light dapples
through leaves not yet
dropped in the Fall breeze.
Bird call stirs my soul,
my throat aches to answer in kind.
Woodpecker’s laugh as they break
open their peanuts on a tall light pole.
Tiny chickadee’s swoop in and out
snatching their favored bits from
the feeder before darting back into
the security of the pine branches.
Squirrels and doves sit patiently
on the ground, awaiting bird scraps.
Thrushes barge in by three’s knocking other ground feeder’s out of the way.
The breeze picks up, a storm
approaches sending large raindrops
ahead. One last spattering of sweet
bird song before we all must go in.
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