Shelley L Baxter Poems

Coffee and orange juice left me with a zany feeling
as the dawn rose up like a butterfly
bursting its way out of its cocoon.
The globe ascended on the horizon...and
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Cold Marble slabs of unpolished,
precious stone that shapes not
in thy hands even when co-erced...
even when a vision for it is known.
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What am I to do
when even eternally
I'm shivering from fright,
instead of from the wind?
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Do you hear the laughter of the blades
blowing in rolling hills that plunge deep
into the depths of fresh green meadows?
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Just for today I will start my day the right way
Just for today I will pray on my knees
Just for today I will be thankful for all my treasures
Just for today I will lean more into His understanding.
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*Life is Grand*
New eyes adorn my once weary head.
New ears listen with an interest
that never wanes.
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Passion sizzles inside my veins
from what sources I can't explain.
To see your presence standing there...
to feel the warmth from your wanting stare.
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My Love for you has no boundaries,
no stop signs and no yield.Just green lights,
that pass from here to the planets,
into a great abyss beyond the heavens.
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It was a day like all others.
Yet, one I wont forget and
when I looked at her
I noticed though beautiful
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Suffering internally,
Utterly consumed with pain,
Far from a solution,
Fast to run but not crying the blues.
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