THE FLAME THAT BURNS

Taken from the anthology ‘Sunbursts and Flames’

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

 Candle lit with a warmth and desire

Setting hearts afire

The heat of night

The heat of day

It burns eternal

Endless, ceaseless and timeless

A light in the dark when all seems so lost

A light in the dark to dance to

Writhing, twisting and turning

An invisible tune jingling and jangling

Heady, spicy and giddy

Scents from the candlelight

Lifting the spirits, feelings

Emotions, passions

To their highest peaks

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

19^th April 2013

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#ASMSG LIGHT AS THE BUTTERFLY

LIGHT AS THE BUTTERFLY

Taken from the anthology ‘Water’

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

The air all around us

So light just like a butterfly

The gentleness, the calmness, the tenderness

Softly touching the leaves

The leaves dancing and singing

A quiet song in the breeze

The spring is here

Bringing much cheer

The winter is over

The waters are getting warmer

The rushing of the waterfall

From the mountains tops

Icicles and snow has melted

Bringing freshness, cleanliness and a newness

The buds are awakening from their winter hibernation

 Wholesomeness to the once barren landscape

Green, lush and plush

The butterfly at the ready to feed on the spring’s store

The luxurious, the sumptuous

Flowers that await their splendour

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

19^th April 2013

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ON A MISSION

A mission that needs movement

A mission to be fought with might

A fight to the end

Warriors bend

Every corner taken

Every corner travelling

Every corner never knowing

If the truth unbends

If the lies are well hidden

In the slippery bends

They must travel this road with its bends

Fighting the cause to the ends

Warriors

Fighters

Guardians

Fighting against the darkness

The gloom

And doom

They must travel

Near and far

Never wondering

Never questioning

Never pondering

Just go into the fight

With might

Power

With all the forces

Valor

Weapons at the ready

Warding off

the predators

From the darkness

Chasing them to the end

Out into the light

This they can depend

The raven

Bringing enlightenment

Truth and justice

The wolf

The warrior’s guardian

Protector

Ears pricked and pointed backwards

A warning

Snarling his teeth

As a warning

Come any closer to my prince

Of the light

I will defend

He can depend

So they travel around the bends

Ever alert

Watchful

Prepared

At the ready

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

26^th August 2012

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#ASMSG THOUGHTFUL

THOUGHTFUL

Very thoughtful

This empty mind

This empty skeleton

Ever thoughtful

Ever so thoughtless

Empty thoughts

Full of thoughts

What are your thoughts?

Just have these thoughts

Thoughts

Spinning and spinning

Brimming over with them all

The mind agog

Jeeps a fog

Must clear them thoughts

Oh dear they’ve gone

Now what can ponder over and fill my mind with thoughts

Any thoughts anyone?

Cos I’m done

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

11^th November 2012

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#ASMSG CROSSING THE BRIDGE

CROSSING THE BRIDGE

Taken from the anthology ‘Follow Your Dreams’

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

You’re neither there or here

Yet there is a fear

A fear of crossing over

You’ve shed the tears

Over the years

Why stop now?

Why stop the years?

You’re still crying, sighing

Stuck in the middle

One side calls you back

The other calling you on

But still you hesitate, vacillate

Shilly-shally

Dilly-dally

It’s pouring with rain

But still you remain

You’ve stumbled, fumbled

In and out

To and froing

Yet you are still not going

You’ve messed up

You’ve screwed up

So what!

Botched up

Slipped up

Oh why don’t you hurry up?

Oh shut up!

I’m in no hurry!

Let it rain, let it pour

I just do not give a dam anymore!

I’ll shuffle, scuffle and scrabble around

This ground is solid enough

So shut that up I have had enough!

It’s my life, my time

Not yours

If you give a dam or care

Then let me be isn’t that enough?

I make my own decisions time and time again

Not for you to gain!

For me and me alone

So leave me alone

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

16^th April 2013

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#ASMSG WALKING IN HEAVENLY PEACE

FROM THE ANTHOLOGY ‘Angelic’

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

Walking in heavenly peace

Hand in hand

Through the sands

Across these lands

Hand in hand

One step forward

With a helping hand

Gently, softly together as one

The thrills and spills

The happiness and sadness

The tears, the fears

Hand in hand

Feathery light

Shining so bright

Like an Angel shining their light

Playing a tune of Peace, Love and Light

Letting us fly on Angel Wings

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

14^th April 2013

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#ASMSG I SEE YOU, BUT CAN YOU SEE ME?

I See You, But Can You See Me?

From this eerie, eerie existence

That I survive only from subsistence

Sustenance

Maintenance

Are in plenty of supply

The boggy, soggy and squelchy

Suits me right down, deep down

It keeps me adorned, festooned

I glide deep down

I slide deep down

Deep in those depths is a beauty

That beautifies, mystifies.

Me completely

I can reach for the garlands

Garlanded, surrounded and festooned

Too

The peacock the show off

The master of getting to you

He’ll hide in a certain disguise

Sitting in wait

Then he sees you, but you have blinked

The he hides once more in his disguise

Does this ring a bell?

We adorn ourselves to hide away

Shy, bashful inside

Lacking the confidence

The self-esteem

Locking the real beauty

Way deep, deep in the depths

The murkiness

The madness

The confusion

Does anyone love us at all?

I guess it is only us that can figure that one out!

Once and for all!

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

14^th April 2013

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#ASMSG AN AIR OF ELEGANCE

AN AIR OF ELEGANCE

Taken from the anthology ‘Heartfelt Baring All’ volume one

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

Mystery, mystified, mystique

Eyes adorned with

Make-up so blue

Ribbons and lace

Edged in full view

Shimmering Black

With Gold

Braided

Feathered

Framed

Enhancing

Entrancing

Enticing

Shimmering

Chiffon

So beautiful

Adorning

This vision in blue

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

6^th May 2012

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#ASMSG MAJESTIC AND STRONG

MAJESTIC AND STRONG

 You stand so tall

So strong

So majestic

But there is a look in your eyes

Sadness

Not a note of happiness

There in the near distance

A passed loved one

Looking

Just as glum

Blue in his face

The night so gloomy

Flickering stars

An a eerie, eerie

Willowing

Quivering, shivering

Mystical

Feeling

The moon and the stars

Glistening

You stand listening

For their familiar voices

Their singing

Their laughing

Their howling

Calling voices

But there is nothing

Except for the hollow sound

One day you will be there

With your own kith and kin

But this day is not over

There is a new day ahead

With the ones that now live

Your pack

You’re the leader

Keeping them safe from harm

From this day on

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

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#ASMSG THE RUSHING WAVES

THE RUSHING WAVES

The breaking waves that surround us

The ever changing tide

Rolling in and out

Ebbing and flowing

From distant shores and lands

The beauty

The magnificent

This wonder of the this world

The sustenance 

The nourishment

The food, the fuel of life

The sun setting in the distance

In this instance

I rest awhile on this quiet shore

All seems sure

And not so distance

The lingering warmth of the day

Gladdening

This heart and souls

Array today

Let this day be fine

And dandy

Let the stresses and strains

Be washed away

They cannot find me

See me

Right this moment in time

I feel safe, secure

But I watch I listen

My senses are honed

Refined, enhanced

I keep them sharp

A lesson from old

That had been told

I will lay here a while

And keep this moment

As freedom

My sovereignty

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

22^nd September 2012

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