Theodora (Theo) Onken Poems

Through her obvious and smug delight of face
We see through her sheer floral embroidered lace;
She is still such a true sadistic fool
Unsound & unwound - her thread bearing spool;
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Captured in the suns warm glow
Bound and tethered 'neath it's beams
Gladdened by the sapphire sky
Realizing my summertime dream
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Forceful protagonist
File themselves away
Circles within a maze
Honor one shant betray
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It t'was in the Evergreen moment...
Of the days of Roses and Wine
Long into the Golden-Gated past
To a time-when you were, all mine;
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...And in the West the Sun 'tis ready...
The Occident has prepared its bed...
But O' such an awe-inspring splash of colors-
That surrounds its enormous orange head;
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The cold hard past called on me today-
It came beating down my door-
Bent on destruction and living in the past...
Beating its drums of vengeful war;
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You carry yourself so well--
Broad shoulders of almost steel---
Standing tall through it all...
But with a heart that is unable to feel! ;
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God came to me today...
He showed me how to pray...
In Heavenly words spoken on this day--
He blessed my way-he blessed my way;
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Eighty years old plus a week and three days
Today your suffering is finally through
Leaving behind-your sweet Carmen
But soaring through the Heavens Divine wisps of blue;
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Carrying the broad shoulders of the world---
This afternoon reveals the tirades of rain...
In absolute wonder of the mysteries borne...
In awe of the unknowns and its cutting pain;
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