Here are more of my poetry challenge poems, the challenge words in order were: Door, Regret,and Echos. The last poem means the most to me as I wrote it for my son Michael when he graduated HS.
Secrets
Door of destiny
what secrets do you hide
from my prying eyes?
What will life bring?
open to me and reveal
that which I seek
peering through keyholes
prying at locks
your unyielding stance
leaves much answered
Door of destiny
what delights do you withhold?
what dreams shall be fulfilled?
searching to find myself
behind your locks
am I even there?
Numb
weary of this life
yearning for something more
emptiness taking over
feeling nothing,
no happiness
no joy,
no pain
soul empty
apathy reigns
why try
why care
shuttering off emotion
hollowness brings peace
adopting a new way
regretting choices
forced to make
then letting regret flow away.
Echos of yesterday
Lying in the darkness
surrounded by silence
they start out as a whisper
the echos of yesterday
memories dance
though my mind
a tiny hand in mine
a sunny smile
an infectious chuckle
sparking eyes
full of wonder
a yellow school bus
and little backpack
how brave you were!
Now a man
ready to
take on the world
pride fills
my heart and soul
yet deep
in my heart
always my
little boy.
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