Picked from the dirt Right where they grow Arranged in a vase On long stems for show; Petals plucked And counted one by one Blooms pressed between pages Or neatly hung; As keepsakes dried With memories, inside A flower left alone Will beautify outside; Decorating the land And pleasing the eye Scenting the air From… Read More Flowers
You may not be Just like the rest And that’s okay Just do your best To stay true to who You’re meant to be Because you may just be The difference in a society Full of similar wants And the same old things Be the face of change Amongst all the same
Fill your life with color That will seep into all your days Blending away the blues And smudging out the grays; Make your finished portrait A collection of each day Stretched across a canvas A scene, ready to display; As artwork, you’ve completed Through blood, sweat and tears Only truly finished When your signature appears
Share… You may have exactly what someone else so desperately needs
A blessing for all Weary eyes to see Is the beauty beheld In the buds on a tree; Clusters of hope That hold secrets inside Of the sweet taste of pear More time will provide
Tears have soaked into the ground and quenched the thirst that grief had found; The clouds have faded melted by sunrays that light the gloom of darker days; Brightening the gray where memory buds hide to a pastel glow where you bloom and survive; As a melody the songbirds sing under a rainbow promising the renewal… Read More Renewal
A warrior on your battlefield I bleed and do not hide Knowing the goal is not to win or lose But simply to survive By capturing lost memories I’m sealing my own fate Always to remember Even though pain for me awaits To brand me with scars And then tease me with joy Until I’m… Read More Warrior
It all begins At a starting point And grows from there With a single choice; Which direction Will you choose And with that choice Will you win or lose? A lucky few end up At the starting point, again With a second chance to choose What they should’ve chosen then
Twisting and turning Together they drift Tossed on the wind The group does not split As a flock They’ll go where they’ll go But with just one flap Dissention does show There’s one who has chosen To separate On spread wings he’ll fly To claim his own fate
Through the frigid Air The sun reached Down And scorched the Ice Loosening Winter’s frozen Grip And the thaw Began
Jessica M. Collette 
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