Kimberly LaRocca's Blog - Posts Tagged "poet"

To be what you think I should be
Your definition of poetry
I’m sorry
But I respectfully decline

Write like Shakespeare, Frost or Angelou
Emulate what all other poets do
I’m sorry
But I respectfully decline

Copy, pretend or try to be
Anything other than Kimberly
I’m sorry
But I respectfully decline

Live my life by what others say
Change any part of me today
I’m sorry
But I respectfully decline

I am forever changed
The person I was
just a day ago
She and I are not the same
Forever changed
Time and life hardening me
So that I can
survive my days
Forever changed
Seeing the truth in what others do
Intentions good and bad
Forever changed
Because no one stays
Exactly the same
The universe will not allow it
We cannot be anything other than
Forever changed

I touch my lips
A familiar place
where you have been

How strong your
soft kisses were
Breathing life into
the area of my mind
that love had killed

Taking me back to a time
when I welcomed love
Before love murdered
a piece of me
that was alive and free

I feel silly
to have allowed
someone to change who I was

But
I'm so happy now
to have realized
the error of my ways

And at last
I welcome love
with open arms.

Sometimes love throws you a curve.
It flows outside the lines.
Sometimes love takes broader shape,
Refuses to be confined.
It takes you up, then drops you down.
It smiles at you and then it frowns.
Love pulls you in,
Pretends to stay, and
Evaporates to your dismay.

But love can also be so sweet,
Can pick you up and be complete.
It grows with you and holds you tight
And comforts you late at night
It finds you when you least expect,
And surprises you with no regrets.

It can start as just a fling
And then turn into everything.

So hold on tight,
Enjoy the ride,
And just await your love’s surprise.

I am beautiful
bathing in the light
of his glory
Unashamed
Boastful even
Proud to declare
his love for me
has elevated my being
to a higher state
Doubt, desperation and depression
no longer
within reach
light years away
from my realm of
possibilities
Thankful I am
That he continues
to show me
the way to be
despite my humanity
I glow
in a world that purposely
attempts to dim my light
Extinguish my internal flame
which burns brightly
For I reside
where love for self is king
Because
I was made
in the image of
by
and for
him