Bunny hops across my yard
twilight creates shadows
bigger than life
Like dreams
Stops at one floral laden bush
takes a distasteful bite
spits out the sour fruit
Seeds propagate
More flower bearing plants ahead
strong legs plunge bunny forward
into thorn protruding arms
Rose bed
One bite then a painful dislodge
red petals lay upon bloody wounds
A sniff – a snort – a shake of a leg
Lesson learned
Sentinel’s standing tall
guarding the paradisiacal island
year after year into decades
through light storms and squalls
Nothing touched them at all
their roots burrowed deep
fronds spread wide against
sun wind and balmy stalls
Late on the last day of Fall
onto the beach they came
carrying machines made by men
not one could withstand the thrall
Chopping down the lovely molle
used their wood for fancy chairs
on the beach where they had stood
victims of human cabal
You have sacrificed me
in pursuit of your own happiness
Believing the one you left behind
will wait in ultimate patience
By choice you left to follow
your dream of adventure and fun
No regard for the damage
done or pain begun
Disposable I am to you
to stick around with nothing to do
But soothe a broken heart you think
to repair with a brand new start
Life with its many twists and turns more dear as it nears its end
A precious gift to be cherished
loved ones held close to the heart
You chose to cut that time short
traveled the world for new highs
Leaving emptiness filled by blight
no longer able to make things right
Sacrifice needs a good cause
make a difference make a pause
Consider what is sacrificed
is it worth losing it for life
Three storytellers stand
hand in hand
each to recite a poem
from within their head
Between each a feather
a potion to manifest dreams
along the ascending road
subconscious to reality
Morning comes
the three are gone
fond illusions
waiting for me
Sand dune covered in sea grass
breeze blowing delicate fronds
back and forth
to and fro
Waiting
Lone surfer loitering on a sea
buffeted by gentle waves
rolling up and down
stalling then lifting again
Waiting
Tiny little chickadee upon the reed
swaying in the wind holding tightly
around and around
twisting so close to the ground
Waiting
Lonely woman walking the beach
eyes scan the horizon
no ship to be found
circles back around
Waiting
Where are you now
so far away
Unaware of my pain
Why have you gone
and left me alone
No one to call
No one to come
to my aid injured
Suffering in solitude
No one’s priority
singularity unwanted
Calls go unanswered
Where have you gone
why did you choose to
Leave me here bereft
The world grows colder
the wound gets hotter
Still there is only silence
Walk away never look back
what came before
reflects what you lacked
Your light shines bright
without friend or foe
go strong into the dark night
Fear not what you have lost
mourn for nothing gained
left behind in the frost
The road ahead barren and still
only pain to be found
behind that last hill
Walk on without looking back
preserve self love and strong will
form your own private wolf-pack
Life overflows with excesses
for some
and more is wanted
Excess leads to greed
the need to obtain extra
go higher
Augment that which
is already possessed
blinded by what is had
Ignorant of those
who have not
no supplementary
Unaware of humanities
basic deficiencies inability
to attain excessiveness
Creating chasms
broken social strictures
chaos and unrest
Excess breeds exclusivity
feeding the full
leaving the hungry –
hungry
I have bones
I have all the bones
Wolf in the house or not –
These are my bones!
Gypsie’s Wonderful World of Words 