Gina Marie Moody Poems

You
are the incarnation of hope,
a spirit risen from depths of dreams.
The embodiment of fortitude,
...

The cynic has re-emerged,
I've seen her in the mirror;
her frozen-hard reflection
gradually draws nearer.
...

I walked through the cemetery
intending to find
paternal predecessors
of my unborn son's family line.
...

Stumbling down our rocky paths,
We fell together;
misery and his companion.
I could have been anyone,
...

Yes, these eyes
are absorbing,
beyond the measure
of generous flattery.
...

Our paths crossed today,
colliding recklessly
in a cluttered aisle
of the used-book store
...

Meet me beyond limitations,
embracing lucidity,
bending the edges of dimension,
slanting the realm of reality,
...

Silent fingers strum
a whispered melody
crooning deep within
a forgotten memory,
...

You brushed the dust
from the butterfly's wings
and smothered the firefly's light.
You robbed the daisy of its seeds
...

I thought I knew you
despite the radical mood swings
and irrational perceptions
that now seem to be
...