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Summer Child – A Haibun

I was born right around the summer solstice.  I truly am a summer child and come to life each year when the days are longer and filled with sunshine.   Overcast days leave me moody and sometimes give me a headache.  As I was born and raised in London there were many rainy, grey days which only made usContinue reading “Summer Child – A Haibun”

Unhealed Wounds

Unhealed Wounds She saw herself  again as a child and wept the same tears The horror of that day  Carved in the mind Deep, open wounds that will never heal Still Haunting  Residing within her  like a parasite Eating away at her core Her so called surprise gift was that of domestic sexual abuse fromContinue reading “Unhealed Wounds”

Protection

Protection As the sun casts its long shadowsand the eventual darkness threatensI wipe the tear from your faceand hold you close to meTaking on your pain so you,my child, suffer no moreYour wellbeing my utmost concernProtecting you from the bad dreamsthat will surely come this night Yes, the demons are always thereUnseen, invisible to the eyeLurkingContinue reading “Protection”

Wherever You Will Go

Wherever You Will Go My childfrom long before I saw youI loved youwe were contiguousattached biologicallyand therefore emotionally We will always be connectedNo matter whereon this earth we will beI will feel your joyand also, your painYour blood coursing in my veins The one thing in my lifeof which I am proudgiving life to youSo you couldspreadContinue reading “Wherever You Will Go”

A Poem for a Child

A Poem for a Child If the moon did everfall from the skyor the sun remainedhidden from view I would still love youas sure as your eyes are blue If the starsdisappeared one nightnever to returnOr the oceans dried up I would still love youmy little buttercup If the trees caught fireor the flowers droppedall their petals and laydyingContinue reading “A Poem for a Child”

Fearless

A fearless warrior Alone in her plight Fighting for their existence No one to help her and the child Determined to go the distance She walked through fire but was not burnt by it She circled her wagons With her never ending fury She slayed the dragons She would fight tigers For she was aContinue reading “Fearless”