Rhonda Baker Poems

There is lighting crashing all around
This world's oppression is all you've found
When you look upon my face
Know you have love and a warm embrace
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Some days my body is SCREAMING, from all I've pushed it to do
But if I can push it one more time, I know I'll make it through
When night comes, each muscle and joint REBEL
Aching and creaking and sometimes swell
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I too walked this earth
Felt it's sadness and it's mirth
A farmer at heart; I worked this land
A two pocket work shirt and a farmers tan
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A hunt for a waterfall in paradise
Expecting the water to feel like ice
On the Hana Hwy, no falls in sight
Searching with all of our might
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One last picnic, before fall sets in
Having burgers and hotdogs, with family and friend
Sharing stories of our summer escapades
Laughing and joking over lemonades
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In 1986 I started a new chapter in my life
New town, new job and being a new wife
Just 18, had the world by the tail
Going down a path that nothing in this world could derail
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April lift your dreary head and cease your tears of rain.
The cold winds of winter are gone, and left the birds refrain.
Part the clouds up in the sky, and let the sunshine through.
Flowers budding in the sun, the sky is lapis blue.
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Deep dark red and silver blue
The color so dense you can't see through
Blowing and shaping to make it sleek
A strong thick figure that isn't weak
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The school days are winding down
New crops emerge from the ground
Crickets and frogs fill the night
Thoughts of vacation brings new life
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Floating down the river in a canoe
Left the world behind, just your family and you
Ten miles of paddling, around river bends
Passed downed logs, turtles, and wrens
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