Two Poems

(Rough drafts of two of my poems. As always I had trouble finding the right ending!)




Let My Light Be Your Guide

Let my light be your guide,
So that you may see your way through the darkened nights.
Let my love be your wings,
So that you may reach the stars and achieve all of your dreams.
Let my arms hold you tight,
So that I may protect you when things seem grim.
Let my love lead you home,
When you are lost and feel all alone.
Let our hands never part,
Let our eyes never wander,
Let our old wounds mend,
Let this be where our life begins.
And remember this, even when we may seem far away,
Our love will keep us warm like the perennial sun heralding our new day.




Through the Glass

The child pressed his face up against the glass,
Looking through the display case at the toys he couldn't have.
As his mother dragged him away, he would wonder,
Why was it that he seemed destined to look,
while there were those who just took and took and took?

It wasn't that he asked for too much,
but that really didn't matter, life being such.
Unless his life changed, he knew he'd always feel the pain.
Of being the boy would could look but couldn't touch.

He grew up and no longer wanted toys,
the object of his affection was another boy.
He tried to get his attention, tried to get him to listen,
but he could never get through.
It was like a wall of glass separated the two.

He said he was looking for love,
He wanted it just because.
He saw the beauty that was within,
He just wanted the pain to end.

But he knew that he could never acquire,
the beautiful boy who set his heart on fire.
It wasn't that he asked for too much,
but that really didn't matter, life being such.
He was simply the boy who could look but couldn't touch.