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Tanzen Lilly

Written work: Poetry
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My rock

My sunshine

My ocean

How will I anchor?

Where will I bathe?

When will these weary bones see the light of day?
 
​January 2012

Years ago 
I was twelve or so 
Staring out my bedroom window 
 
Fascinated by the sight 
Red darts of flashing light 
I could not get much sleep that night 
 
A meteor shower raged outside 
But there was something else 
That caught my eye 
 
Through the tall branches of the trees 
Two blazing red planets, sharing a single ring 
 
Thinking it a trick of light 
I shut my eyes and held them tight 
But when I looked back to the sky 
There it was, still shining bright 
 

 
 October 2013

My Rock

Vision in a Meteor     Shower

I knew your name

Before you spoke it.

It came to me in a dream.

I knew your face

Before you showed it.

My heart leapt out

To be in your flame.

In order to keep on living

I tell myself

I will see you again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 2013

Dream Maiden

I remember the first time I caught you smoking.

Flirtatiously I scolded you, But I'm pretty sure you thought I was serious. 

I doubt you noticed me staring, thinking Your lips looked even more delicious.   

 

On one of our first "dates" 

We were at Wormhole. 

Instead of doing homework 

We interviewed each other over cups of coffee. 

As if time was running out, 

You wanted to know everything about me.

 

We are like cigarettes and coffee -

We go so well together.

 

 

 

December 2013

We Are Like Cigarettes and Coffee

Autumn is spreading, rearing its head

The trees are each turning to yellow and red 

Rainbow leaves whisper, they rustle and crack 

The wind smells of chimneys with smoke in their stacks 

 

Pumpkins make faces on every doorstep 

Sweaters are buttoned and boots are all strapped 

Small children frolic in costume and mask 

To gather up candy and fill up their sacks 

 

The daylight will shrink and the night take its hold 

The ghouls play their tricks and you may get trolled 

But no matter how old or what mask you might wear 

There's magic alive in the crisp autumn air!

 

 

 

 

 

November 2015

Autumn

Midnight Snowfall

Gentle Snowfall, midnight wonder

Small white flakes in silent free fall

 

 

Once green meadow, painted over

Soft white canvas o' fallen snow

 

 

Critter footprints lay in spirals

The sole trace of their midnight sprint

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 2015CC

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