take off my socks, touch my feetFor N. I do what you tell me to dobecause I’m telling myself to do it tooI do what you need me to dobecause I’m needing myself to do it tooI do what you love me to do take off my socks, touch my feet Love’s alignment is robusta… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 29
Tag: Dreams
POEM A DAY – August 17
Watching My True Love Living His Dream Heat reds my cheeks as I stand off-side, hiding behind a fence of men in black t-shirts awaiting the director’s attention. The director. The man I love. The man I’ve loved for lifetimes. He sits, relaxed, in a wooden chair at a table in the cafe set like… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 17
POEM A DAY – August 11
inside my solitude an aspen forestleaves shimmeringin a wise wind. alake, clear, crispwater that delightsmy skin to gratitude.cicada’s songsweaving the tapestryof a new dream thatdoesn’t fear time orloss or pain. a pinkball sun. a cloud-clothed moon. mytrue love. our children.our dogs. our eternity. inside my solitude:haloed hope.
VANESSA SHIELDS 