Dorothy (Alves) Holmes Poems

The music exploded
Into a thousand heartbeats...
We glided down rainbows of
Organ melodies, becoming
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Clowns have nothing on me,
I too go along happily
Making those around me smile
While I weep in silence,
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It's not a tree house
That hides me from the world;
Where birds rest on my shoulders
And I ignore yellow jackets so they
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Come out and play!
Said the raindropp to the sun.
Come out and play!
Together we will make
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We walk along this narrow street
The sign post reads Love, One Way.
We move blindly, stumbling as we search
For the end or perhaps beginning
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Moving through a hollow tunnel
Of dreams,
Hope prodding us on,
Swiftly so swiftly we gather
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Your face,
Sunshine in the rain.
Your arms,
Angel's wings, warm, sheltering.
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Yesterday we laughed
And loved
And dreamed...
Today we love and cry
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The early morning quiet was shattered
With the sound of crackling crystal crowns,
Of elegantly dressed trees falling into space.
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The first day it snowed,
I stayed in bed and
Covered my head.
The second day,
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