i CANT deny it any longer...

[sheyum]

cool-- and-beautiful

I thought MY poetry was depressing


what's "brave new voices?

Im an HBO freak--but ive never seen it...
i try NOT to take on too many new shows...cause I like to limit my TV--and some of those HBO shows are seriously addicting..!

[Alyssa87]

Thanks. its not ALL sad tho
But it is nearly always mused from sadness.

Anyway "BNV" was a mini-series that documented a national youth poetry competition.

[JPJP]

[rockabilly]

Poetry is the window to the heart. Alyssa please share more one day , thank you.

[sheyum]

i wish i had spoken with you while i was in the same room as you..

[LittleGuy]

at least she likes you.....

[Alyssa87]

i wish i had spoken with you while i was in the same room as you..

next time i promise- i'll PM you b4 i hit another AllanazParty

at least she likes you.....

[Alyssa87]

Poetry is the window to the heart. Alyssa please share more one day , thank you.

This one is interesting.
Its actually ABOUT my poetry... in a way

Matriarch
Cautiously, I abandon the familiar.
All too aware it lends false peace.
And dwindles away aspirations of greatness
Until finally, we are deceased.

Calling on ancestors long gone,
Who would very well shutter at their great-grand-seed.
Following without reason- wild birds and gathering grain-
As if there were no civic examples for me to take heed.
... So I take my lead.

Some ancient hex- perhaps, branded La Lyssa.
Before she ever came to be.
Maturing to it's utmost potency.
Ultimately taking hold- Inside me.

Out of respect for that which is not understood
At this point in my youth,
I bide my time most faithful.
Developing and displaying my truth.

Very likely, a lack of worldly possessions drives me
To so very intensely hone my bounty inwardly.

We're talking Eve of Eden beauty.
Buried scripture rarity.
Trusting instincts and estrogen will carry me.
To a vision of perfect clarity.

-

In the meantime, I birth poetry.
Ensuring my lover is a deity.
Yes, I too will mother an ancestry.
Young daughters in transition will call upon me.

Ill soften their heartache and features.
Assuring them their worth outside of lust.
As a family member writing from a far time and place.
The only one worthy of trust.

Saving lives long after the completion of my own.
Too often we remain children long after we're grown.

So with a lifelong commitment to sincerity,
And abandonment from familiarity,
I'll stand as the matriarch of a family.

[rockabilly]

Thank you Alyssa , that was really beautiful. It should be published for real.

[Alyssa87]

youre welcome. thanks rockabilly.