Dorothy (Alves) Holmes Poems

Rain beating down
Its sound
Thundering within
My head!
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Unity does not always prevail
Except perhaps
In
Song
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Run!
Run to life...
Love's there!
Be open to it.
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Memories made
Of baby's breath
And Pat-a-cake man,
Long walks on glistening white sand.
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I wanted to write about chasing rainbows,
But someone told of its beauty before me.
I wanted to tell of star filled skies,
The mystic milky way,
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A half moon stealing through
From behind the edge of a cloud.
Too soon! '
Too soon! '
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The lion should be your sign,

'Cause I ain't never heard
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First I saw her shadow on my wall
And heard the sound of her thorny stem
Tapping against my window pane as it
Danced in the chilled winter breeze.
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We said good-bye
And yet
My life goes on...
Somehow
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Standing in place,
Again,
Waiting my turn,
At bat,
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