SUNLIT HEART

© Gloria Smith 2010

I stumbled into the day

Into the bright sunlit world

The key to my heart

Was locked up tight

Against the blinding light

Of your love

Somehow it shone through

And poured into

The bitter blue

Broken pieces of my heart

Reminding me

That it was torn apart

The morning sky

Turned a weary gray 

As I thought about

You and I

How I cried

How you lied

And just when I think

That these memories

Can no more damage do

That these tears are through

They race once more

Down crimson cheeks

And speak louder

Than any words of grief

RAIN

© Gloria Smith 2010


The Sky cried; she tried not to

She held herself tightly

And thrashed about all night

She moaned and groaned...

While the trees rustled out a warning

Morning clouds sailed swiftly by

And birds flew away silently to hide

Fearing for the day

For they knew her darker side

In a flash she lashed out

She wept and wailed

And shook her fists at the Heavens

Unleashing her fury on all men

But in the end she gave in

Falling exhausted to the ground

With a terrible crashing sound

Nature sighed with great relief

But sympathized with Sky's dark grief

Shuddering trees shook out their leaves

To wash her tear stained face

While clouds tenderly wrapped her

In a soft, white cotton blanket

Of Queen Ann's lace

And as the birds sweetly sang to her

A soothing lullaby

The Sky let out a ragged breath

And softly cried herself to sleep