Category Archives: Poems

Always with Me

10 Thursday Dec 2015

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Asleep, I find myself afloat

My soul searching, reaching

I am paralyzed by my own sight

Wondering why, beseeching

Perhaps I need a lesson taught

And He has come to me, teaching

So I listen to these peaceful words

To the calming voice, preaching

Quieting my inner being

With the words I need to hear

Knowing I will find my way

As long as I keep Him near

Comforting the fears and sorrows

As they slowly disappear

He will always be with me

His message now is clear

 

This poem was inspired by my dear friend Michelle, of Putting My Feet in the Dirt, and a dream she related on her blog.  Do stop by and say hello 🙂

 

©2015 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved

Through the Glade

08 Tuesday Dec 2015

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She walks like a feather

Afloat through the trees

Mesmerized by the light

She approaches with ease

Unaware of what’s hidden

Still she cannot resist

With soft, silent footsteps

She is lost to the mist

Hears it beckon to her

Child, be not afraid

And she glides ever closer

Through the dark forest glade

 

 

©2015 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved

Happiness Waits

08 Tuesday Dec 2015

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A quiet moment, alone on a swing

Hoping my heart can remember to sing

Floating on air, in the bright morning light

Knowing full well, I must keep up the fight

To conquer this monster, restless in me

I can no longer take all of life’s sympathy

For those who don’t know, it feels like you’ve died

From all of those emotions you’ve kept deep inside

I look not for pity, from eyes as they glare

But hope one day, I am not ashamed to share

The burdens I lay at my very own feet

Trying so hard, to fight this defeat

I’ve locked it away, yet it’s close to my heart

The sadness I feel, like I’m falling apart

Not knowing which way I can turn and still care

Falling deeper and deeper into empty despair

Til the chirp of a bird sings its own happy song

And in that very moment, my heart sings along

Rejoicing, he sings, such a sweet melody

His reminder, that happiness is waiting for me

 

 

©2015 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved

Freeing Me

07 Monday Dec 2015

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When day becomes night, igniting a flare

As the sun sets its light, with nary a care

Where the shadows grow dark, no more fire aglow

Extinguishing the spark, slowly setting, below

When the rhythm of rhymes, are thoughts in my head

And the light from the moon shine, is silently shed

If you listen, you’ll hear such a sweet harmony

Of words finding life, taking flight, freeing me

 

 

Poem & Photo ©2015 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved

Explaining Depression by Sabrina Benaim

06 Sunday Dec 2015

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No poem from me today.  Just a POWERFUL performance by a young woman who tires to explain to her mother what depression is.  If you haven’t seen this video, nor heard this reading, please, please, take the time to do so…..