Boundaries

Boundaries, like fences -- keep out or keep in

No trespassing this marker, or transference within

No No No NO NO -- reads the sign on the gate

Boundaries, like fences -- are not meant to tempt fate

Inside is protected and safe for one's own

Outside are outlaws who seek for one's gold

Inside are one's treasures -- love, wisdom and trust,

Esteem, joy, and memories -- be they diamonds or rust

Outside are provokers and ill-gotten gains,

Thieves, rustlers, and liars on runaway trains

Boundaries, like fences need strong reinforcement

When used to defend the prized brood mares, and horses

Boundaries, like fences need watchers and guardians

When rustlers and thieves come to holes meant for watering

All the prized treasures and gifts of the owners of

Boundaries

Boundaries, like fences need mending when breached

And wear down more quickly as assaults do repeat

Boundaries, like fences can stand just so long

When left unattended, their gates left unarmed

And gates left unarmed around boundaries, like fences

Without posts and cross beams, are useless defenses

When used to defend all the useless endeavors

Of those who are used to befriending the fair-weather

Friends of the careless, the thoughtless, whatever's

Of those who make poor use of all their great treasures

And boundaries

Heads up

~~~~~~~flow~~~~~~

Flowtrvlr

©2002

She Collects Broken Hearts

She collects broken hearts

Like seashells and autographs

Stuffs them in drawers filled with

Knickknacks and photographs

Tucked next to letters from lovers

Tied up in bright

Ribbons that trail along

Never quite giving them up

A thread carries on

Till the next one comes in

(Barely pausing for breath

Between kisses)

She never gives in

To the death of one

Leaving them strewn

All around her parameters

Mixing them in with her

Present day paramours

Filling her life to the brim

With these amateurs

Keeping forever her part

Of the life of them

Hidden from sight

Yet still anchored

Inside of her

Fitful, in fevered daze,

They toil on

In spite of her

Wearing away all resistance

The sight of her

Diligent efforts at keeping

Escape at bay

(Let's them reveal her true nature)

Leaving her battle-torn

Weary from keeping them

Prisoner, she's wearing thin

Still she refuses them

Never will let them go

Though they wreck havoc

In her empty shell of a soul

She's a winner in her own

Perverted sick mind

Of a lovely game

Holding on to these

Lost pieces of fame

That once beat

For her only

Now lost in time

They relentlessly turn in graves

She now makes her home in this hell

(Her collection of old broken hearts)

Flowtrvlr

©2003/2010

Over and Done

How do you know when it's over and done

When over is over and over is done

When wrong can't be righted and over can't be come

When something is empty and all's come undone

No whisper, no silence can speak to my ear

No voices, no calling, no words I can hear

There's simply no way to retrieve what I fear

Is over and over is way overdone

So I'll leave without saying good-bye now, my dear

Like you left me forever long ago as I'd feared

On my heart is your imprint, all faded with tears

But I'll heal in good time, now I'm done

You reached out and grabbed me, pulling me in

With fervor and fever and love talk pretend

Only I didn't know you were fooling, my friend

Now I do, now it's over, I'm done

Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever learn well

Or just keep on believing in my own fairy tales

Of how good love would be if it isn't to fail

I don't know, I just know that I'm over and done

So read the fine print and find I'm shipping out

Off to life as before you and without a doubt

I'll be better off lonely than I was with the drought

From waiting for you, now you're over and I'm done

Flowtrvlr

©2003

You Are in Our Thoughts and Prayers

The Dogwoods are in bloom

And I thought of you today

Spring is here already

You were in my prayers last night

Easter will be coming soon

A yellow ribbon marks your chair

The choir is rehearsing songs of praise

And we all miss your voice, your laugh

Your presence in our midst

But we hold you close beside us

In our thoughts and in our prayers

My children have a new baby girl

I'm a grandmother now times three

I went to see her on a sunny day

And I thought of you way over there

In sand and heat, in danger's way

And in my heart I said another prayer

That God would bring you safely home

That He would hold you in His hand

That you would feel His Presence near

While you are in this foreign land

The white and pink of Dogwood trees

Have given way to leaves of green

I held the thought of early spring

And sent it on to you

With baby scent and children's smiles

With laughing friends at bar-b-ques

Oh, and by the way,

Your cat and dog are safe and sound

Although they miss you too

We're doing all we can at home

To keep things running smooth

And each day in our thoughts and prayers

In everything we say and do

There is that thread connecting us

Even through the miles that separate us

No matter what you may be going through

We here at home are holding you

And the sacrifices you're making too

All the while you are over there

You are here in our thoughts and prayers

Thank you,

Artwumyn

c.2003