Leria Hawkins Poems

Love Survives
Date: January 12,2021
By: Leria Hawkins
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Date: January 17,2025
By: Leria Hawkins

From my very early days of green
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So lonely the cage of her prison walls
So solitary the existence she endured
I am sickened by her pain, her sadness
By the sorrow that consumed her soul
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Oh, the fury of disillusionment
Like a flock of seagulls crowding the rocky shore
Their ravenous beaks peck, ripping at the ruins
Sharp claws piercing every thought
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it isn't hard
Just fix the bath tub
It isn't too much to ask
I work hard, I'm slipping away
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Sweet whispers stolen in the night
No tranquil dreams; melodic flights
Sleep is hollow, the song is lost
As twilight turns the fire to frost
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He baits the hook, plans his sting
With twisted lines, and well tied strings
Oh, smooth as silk, a long cool drink
A fire burns deep beneath his wink
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No thanks my dear, I don't need the chill
Seems too much erosion has gone over the hill
I've broken the chains and I'm finding my way
Your price is too high and I'm unwilling to pay
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For many moons, the seasons sown
With butterflies and beasts of bone
And in the waning of the days
A final fall into the haze
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Dreams lay ‘neath the pillow at night
Downy soft and hid from sight
Ghostly whispers haunting sleep
Breathing secrets b‘tween the sheets
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