FLOATING

FLOATING

Floating on this bed of air

Way up in midair

The most amazing feeling

Like I am airborne

No wings

No extensions to this body

Just these arms outstretched

Unfolded

Extended

No engines

Machines

Devices

Instruments to guide me

Gadgets or gizmos

Just this amazingly

Astonishingly

Wonderfully

Incredibly

Beautiful air

Feels so pure

Unadulterated

Uncontaminated

Clean

Untainted

I could just stay here forever

Never come down

Nor touch the ground

Here I would like to stay

Feels like contentment

Serenity

Happiness

Bliss

Pleasure with no pain

An indulgence

A treat

A luxury

Oh what extravagance

Without the overindulgence

Let me be

Let me fly with the wind beneath these wings

Gracefully

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

22^nd July 2014

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THE BEAUTY OF A WOMAN

THE BEAUTY OF A WOMAN

Is not just in the way she looks

The way she is dressed

Or the way she walks

And talks

The beauty of a woman

Comes from within

Shining a light

So bright

So sunny

The beauty of a woman

So graceful

So elegant

So dainty

The beauty of a woman

Holds the flame

Of desire

Passion

Yearning

Emitting

Radiating

Warmth

Love

Tenderness

The beauty of a woman

Temperatures

Rising

Heat

The warmth

Emitting

Surely a sign of the beauty of a woman

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

12^th June 2012

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TOO CLASSY?

TOO CLASSY?

Too sassy

Then I’m not alone

But and yet you do not own

I made a mistake!

Oh yes I did

One hell of a mistake

We exchanged numbers

We chatted

We nattered

Like we knew each other

From years gone by

And then it happened!

My worst nightmare

The talking stopped

The talking ceased

The silent phone calls

I thought you were my hope

A hope, a light

A light in this grim darkness

But you aren’t

You weren’t

The chilling nightmares

The chilling screams

The chilling feelings

The chilling knowingness

Right in the pit of my stomach

You hounded me

Did you not believe it scared me?

Or was that your intention?

There was a time when you said

I was classy, sassy

And all that you wanted, needed in a woman

NOW

Your shouting abuse

Vitriolic abusive language

I shut the phones off

Tried to scoff

But and yet you persisted

Now who’s running around in a car that is flashy?

Does she know what she is in for?

I do!

But here is the crux of the matter!

That’ll have you shattered

The police are on your tails

Yes tails!

You’re arse

And now I can let you come to pass

So call me everything that you want!

The jibes and vibes

Have all disappeared

With a stroke of a court order

That makes you disappear

My peace and quiet

Reigns supreme

Lessons learnt

No one gets inside of this head

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

14^th January 2016

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LEFT UPON THIS SHORE

LEFT UPON THIS SHORE

Where it is not sure

You left me behind, so unsure

Uncertain of your intentions

There were so many, many mentions

The ragged, tagged beach

Where you are so out of reach

You are so distant

Yet you were so insistent!

Insistent that our love would be near

So clear, so dear

The flowers you left are wilting

There’s just this little one tilting

Pink!

Even though this is the only link

Yet this is withering away

Little by little

It’s fighting affray

Time cannot be stopped

But it seems it is clogged

With memories

Stories

Glories

Glorious

Wondrous

Memories of you

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

28^th December 2013

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