I love to wander
a territory all mine
it’s no one else’s land
entrance banned
from all outsiders
open
vast
sprawling
no horizons
no end
A place
I can run, hide, or seek
I laze in sun
or weep in cloudy gray
I plod steadily along
with heavy feet
or skip with light heart
This land is mine to own
sometimes it owns me
a saving grace
or a graceful fall
it doesn’t matter
it’s the only thing
that is all mine
©MidwestFantasy
03/29/2017
Weather controls me, and I hate him. I am completely at his mercy, and today he gave none. Windy with total grayness. That was today. That was my mood. And there was no escaping it. It wrapped me in a blanket of misery so tightly I couldn’t even fight to get free. There wasn’t a single ounce of light ever to crack through today’s blah.
This control freak even dominates my writing. Everything on the page today seems somber gray with a side of heartache. I guess I am easy prey for this beast. He has swallowed my heart and smile–at least for today. Maybe tomorrow he’ll serve up sunshine with happiness dessert.
©MidwestFantasy
03/06/2017
Pic-AccuWeather.com
She once
was graceful poetry
moving with wind
on butterfly wings
always landing
where beauty breathed daylight
©MidwestFantasy
01/18/2017
Ph| Unknown
November sunlight
warming thoughts and imagination
teasing my mind
into thinking
it can write my heart
onto a page
with a few simple words
and sigh and smile
and begin beating again
with the music I once heard
©MidwestFantasy
11/10/2016
Ph- Flickriver
Some days I wonder
where to find myself~
Am I hidden among leaves
that flutter in sunlight
or dancing among the dandelions
dotting the yard?
Maybe I sit in tall grasses
small and unassuming
waiting for something
or anything
Wherever I am
there’s a reason
I shall one day know
©MidwestFantasy
10/16/2016
She one day picked
an enchanted rose
whose petals whispered
love songs
like a long lost lover
singing for her soul
to come home
©MidwestFantasy
10/12/2016
My deck and I
are becoming very good friends
he lets me vent
lets me cry
lets me sing
lets me dance
he has ears to listen
and keeps secrets
oh so very well
he offers views of nature
that fuel my soul
and approves of wine or vodka
being sipped in the cool
evening hours
my new friend offers a lap
where I am totally comfortable
to be myself
we’re going to have
a great relationship
©MidwestFantasy
08/17/2016
It was you
who brought me here
today
the place
I came before
when nowhere else
would have me
where nature’s green serene
talked the words
out of my heart
and onto the page
where I could feel them
for the first time
and keep them
forever
©MidwestFantasy
08/03/2016
I sit in the breeze
of sacred silence
where only my thoughts
and myself mingle
we smile
we cry
we hug each other close
intimate friends
who share everything
without reserve
no one can touch
or take away what we share
and some will never know
the secrets we possess
securely in each other
and that
is how we like it
©MidwestFantasy
09/19/2015
Lying in still, sultry summer heat
sounds buzzing
in various tones
songs of flying insects
sweat trickling slowly
down temples
and between breasts
She lay there
naked with nature
and her thoughts
no other human sounds
interrupting
no one else
able to know or hear
her mind
She smiled
indulging in only
her raw self
08/15/2015
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