What secrets and truths Do old portraits hold What stories were lost Before they were told What history rests Inside antique frames What were their given And family names What would they say About life, they lived What advice Would they likely give What would they change If they could live again What was… Read More Portraits
There was a time Water met sand Wave after wave Slipped through our hands Still, castles were built On innocent dreams And came alive With a salty stream That filled the moat Just a little too fast As waves rushed in We watched it crash But, dreams of a child Aren’t so easily broken A… Read More Castles
The air grew heavy It was hard to breathe The strongest man Was brought to his knees The machinery wailed While doing their jobs The children sweated While the old women sobbed The thermometer rose Threatening to burst Ice cubes melted Before they quenched our thirst We waited all day for The sun to… Read More Heatwave
On cobblestone streets Words were shared You held my hand I knew you cared Basked in the silence Between us both Words unspoken Were what we needed most The sound of our footsteps Told me you’re mine Our shadows were twins In the moonshine Two wayward souls Destined to meet To stroll together On cobblestone… Read More Cobblestone Streets
Rudy and Judy Went to the wishing well To whisper their secrets Only to the well, they’d tell Rudy looked down And whispered his wish Then the well confirmed His wish with a swish Next, Judy leaned in To the wishing well She lost her grip And down the well nearly fell When Rudy… Read More Wishing Well
Breaking through The heavy curtain of night Are calls of the wild That slowly ignite Out of one howl Many more are born Their harmony haunting Their song forlorn But to whom do they sing Their tale of woe? They answer when again The full moon glows Round and bright Through parted clouds With… Read More Mistress Moon
Today there’ll be no rain To wash away the fun It’s time to celebrate And soak up lots of sun While eating all the food They say will make us fat Today we’ll have no worries No worries about that While we’re sailing on the sea And playing games on land Don’t forget the… Read More Celebrate the Summer
As the thunder roars You can faintly hear Whispers of rainbows That soon will appear These charismatic friends Come to make peace With their blend of colors Warring storms cease In a radiant display Prismatic and bright They’ll paint the sky When basked in sunlight There but a moment Before fading away Whispers of… Read More Whispers of Rainbows
Jessica M. Collette 
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