Betty Jo Hilger Poems

You broke my heart but it still beats
With love for you and not defeat
My bleeding heart will not give in
You’re stuck with me through thick and thin
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Wistful…

I knew where to find a smile
Once…
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Mind caught in limbo / Disjointed thought
Where will my boy go / When I am naught
Why must he bear this / Unholy load
Poor gifted angel / Lost on the road
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Rays of hope fell on my bed this morning
Gleaming with the sparkle of rebirth
Satisfying all the holes within me
Restoring lost belief in faith and worth
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Many times ago…
Many seasons past…
When he was small…
They let him fall…
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A door stands at the center of my soul
Sealed and caulked… so tightly painted closed
Protecting me from all the world without
Limiting my sphere from unseen foes
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Tears are falling on my ears this morning
Driven to the earth from heaven’s pain
Knifing sheets of crystallizing ocean
Slicing through my heart and soul in vain
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A single tear lay quivering
Shivering
Glistening
Sparkling
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All I want to do is roll over
recover my head
bury myself beneath the sheets
block out the light
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I wonder
Where will my children be when I am gone?
Who will they be when they have grown?
What will they do...
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