Sophia White Poems

Oh! How I want adventure!
Perhaps I’m being dumb,
But how I’d love to sail the sea
An advocate of piracy
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When I see you in my mind, this is what I see:
A lady clothed in scarlet robes by a glinting sea.
She sings a gentle song that catches setting sun
And turns it into liquid notes as if by angels spun.
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Ah, the soft guitars that play
and lull the twilight.
I, unseen and all alone
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I want a wind
To start in the far-off mountain
To rush down in a raging fury
And fill this dull and silent valley.
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The water washes over me
The waves of passing years
A sea that fell from heaven high
A lake of angel tears.
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Through two doors.
Rows of books.
Swinging door.
Eleven to pause.
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I pluck a daisy from the roadside
Enchanted by the simplicity
Then shamed of my audacity
Place it gently on the ground
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I was here.
There you were.
You a him,
I a her.
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Oh, they are so cruel! They are so cruel!
How can such hate as this exist?
Oh God, dear God, dear mighty God,
How can you let it be?
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The more you leave in the cupboard,
The more you will have tomorrow.
‘Cause once you’re out, you’re done,
You can’t buy or beg or borrow.
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