Tapestry Shadows

Purple shadows

Softly inch

Across the floor,

From through the shades.

A door ajar

Entices exploration;

Beguiles me from these

Easy rooms in which

No gloom invades

     Their glory.

No sorrow dare disturb

Its quiet sanctity

Where love abides

And peace pervades.

Yet nothing

Stays the same;

Where life resides

No single name

Tells all Life's

       Hidden story.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

9-10-10

My heart goes out

And shouts

Its theme, 

Its dream 

Of definition.

Piercing love

And subtle artistry

Cannot define 

What lives in majesty

Beyond this pale

And yet pervades it All.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

10-1-10

     How bleak the sun

That shines

Then hides

      Inside the clouds of grays.

     How bright the clouds

Whose edges glow

With shimmering gold

     Of shielded sun's own rays.

     How shadows on the ground

Leap up and

Lengthen out into

     Autumn changing Earth.

     How frequently the miracle!

Dynamic life occurs

'Tween birth, death,

     Then again, rebirth.

     Now comes the wintertime,

Down out of frozen north

To steal my summer's diadem,

     And to linger going forth.

     Now comes its crispness,

Bringing on a tingling thrill

When snow and ice

      Have frozen stream and hill.

     Now spring peeks through

Invades our dreams at night

Dispels the gloom

     And lights the virile light.

     Now draws me out

Into the springtime lively din,

Before shadows shorten

    To scorching summertime again.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

10-2-10

Impressions when

I think of you,

As I often do

Exist illuminated

In shimmering color

Like a rainbow,

Ever brightly new,

Slightly arched and pulsating,

Moving in a kind of

Fluid rhythmic brew ~

Inviting me to take a sip

To share its magic,

To revel in and capture

What we never knew

      Till now.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

1-22-06

Morning ~

Light ~

Glistening dew ~

Chirping sounds

Affirm

The view!

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

8-10-03

A signet ring

A string of pearls,

A heady crimson wine.

For songs to sing

For embers' glow,

For what is yours and mine.

To float in space,

To live in time,

To see your smiling face.

The silver bells

The partridge knows

The song of love foretells.

Come sing with me!

Come taste the wine!

Come, let forever be!

Be bright as sun,

Be two in love,

Be, ever after, one.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

10-1-10

Shrinking shadows mesrmerize

Blinking dawns atone.

The sparkle of a baby's eyes

On Love's behalf, alone

Brings pause to struggle and delays

And stills the rush of days.

Brings praise for what

We had and have

Allows our hearts to soar,

As we recount our many joys

And sing forevermore,

Of this, our chance, our shore.

If we might have another life,

Another taste and chance

To ignore the tiresome strife,

We could love and share and dance,

Embrace our joy up to the rim,

Enhance the days to their very brim!

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

10-1-10

"I need you really bad",

he said.

Grinning sheepishly,

He asked,.

"Can you be really bad?"

Only half in jest.

She simply smiled

Her little smile

And knew

She could afford

To let him wonder,

And figure out the rest.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

10-2-10

When sorrows seem

To stalk our souls,

When tempted to give in,

When it seems

That we can endure

No more,

When all the light

Grows dim,

We look upon

An empty page,

So bright,

So clean,

So pure,

Inviting us to share it here,

To trust our inner sage.

We pour our heartaches out,

Dispelling our despair,

Resolving all our doubt.

Till problems seem

To disappear,

Dissolve,

Resolve -

Right now,

Right here

Upon each new

Fulfilling page.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

10-1-10

Freedom never

Felt so bare.

It ever looked so bleak.

I'm stunned,

     I stare

In utter,

Awesome

Disbelief,

And yet

I stand aside

And looking into me

     I see

Me smiling

All the while

I'm like a child

     At play

I'm feeling filled

With

Utter,

Unspoiled

Awesome

     Glee!

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

10-4-10