Somewhere Palm trees sway In the slightest breeze Of a tropical day Somewhere Sunbathers lay Without a care Near a crystal bay Somewhere Paradise is found When lulled to sleep By soft island sounds Somewhere Winter intrudes A frigid invader With an icy attitude Somewhere Palm trees sway If only in my dreams This frozen… Read More Somewhere
I held a river rock In the palm of my hand How it got that way Was hard to understand Oval-shaped And smooth all around Jagged edges Were nowhere to be found Cool to the touch And solid in my palm A feeling of serenity A sense of calm As quartz crystalline Sparkled in sunlight… Read More River Rock
Where have all The flowers gone? They’re lost for now Beneath the ground In the dark Their bulbs now sleep Finding rest While buried deep Finding strength For what’s to come Awakened petals Reach for the sun Hope springs eternal Winter’s done
Birds sing a song Some may not understand Across the meadows Across the dense woodland Though their lyrical notes May fall on deaf ears They sing a song For those willing to hear So, pause and listen To the story, they tell It’s a tale of caution It’s a call to do well It’s an… Read More Chorus of Life
Though we ponder The paths we’ve known To where they’ll lead We’ve not been shown Still, we trust Through our clouded vision That we’ll see clearly In the end Still, we ponder From now ‘til then
She found a letter Tucked away in a box Stored in the attic With a heart-shaped lock Its beautiful penmanship Swirled and danced Around emotion And circumstance It told of a love story At the time couldn’t be Only shared in a letter For their eyes to see Then kept locked away For so many… Read More Come of Age
Refold that crease We’re almost there Send the paper airplane Through the air On yellowed wings Stained by tears and sweat We say goodbye Without regret We watch it spiral Into the bin As we patiently wait To begin again With another paper Blank, clean, and new We fold fresh wings That will carry us… Read More Paper Airplane
A feather fell from heaven To wipe away my tears To ease anxiety To brush away my fears. I held it in my hands I dipped the quill in ink I watched as words appeared Before I could even think. My thoughts, or yours? A mixture of the two Left the feather pen Through me,… Read More A Feather Fell from Heaven
Holiday cheer Cheers to the holidays We raise our glasses Our glasses we raise Wishing hope, peace, and love Holiday cheer For the upcoming days And the incoming year
Don’t you think it would be nice If life could be: Wrapped up, Made pretty, Topped-off with a fancy bow? Though that probably won’t happen In your life or mine Life is still the greatest gift Any of us will ever find To unwrap To tear through To savor The gift of life Inside
Jessica M. Collette 
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