Paula M. Puddephatt

I draw their spirits close to me and breathe,
and still I find, there's something to believe.
I need their energies to make me strong.
I hear the subtle echoes: Samhain's song.
...

coloured lights
swirling
through her mind
tonight
...

At seventeen, so radiant,
hair raven black, eyes emerald green -
the local lads, they just don't stand a chance.
Lucy's heart is in the village church -
...

You trust. You hurt. I know the score, so why
do I let myself care? Why do I try
at all? Must my emotions always win?
By now, I must be on my final spin.
...

I could be said to be
falling in love
with a horse thief,
in spite of myself.
...

oh beloved Rhiannon
know the rhythm
of my jaded heart
...

you'll find me burning
multi-coloured candles
in my mind
...

before I return the childhood memories
to their dusty
attic box
maybe I will write my
...

Trust, so pure -
it can be broken -
shattered.
...

Hope sometimes comes to us
in pastel shades.
It isn't always
either
...

around and around
on the carousel
spinning
around and around
...

scarlet the droplets
an arm begins to bleed
to steadily bleed
like the soul
...

The happy memories
make me cry the most.

Such memories are often
...

how do I feel
really feel
about a new start
healing my spirit
...

so in control
or seemingly so
a ballerina
executing
...

Almost safe inside my sanctuary -
it's not that I'm afraid of solitude.
Yes, there is loneliness, but why delude
myself? In my heart, I must stay wary.
...

I find my place of spiritual peace
Again, just when I feel I never will.
There is a sense of freedom and release.
I can't know all the answers, but am still
...

when skies shine like topaz
and there's blossom on the trees
and a slight breeze
and you're watching some magpies take flight
...

She said: 'Don't let them get inside your mind.'
I heard her words that way. Now she's inside
herself, and my reality's defined
by my interpretation, and I slide
...

One day, when you've moved on too,
and I'm part of your history -
because, in the end, they always do -
will you think of me?
...