Lydia : Writing

Constancy

Constancy

A Poem by Lydia


Strange times, strange skies Can't you feel the earth turn? Listen, slowly and try I have touched to my lips The honey of my host I cannot return..
Ash

Ash

A Poem by Lydia


I have been touched by the fire Consumed entirely Spread like the ash Of his cigarette To the wind There is no other blaze Which has me weak..
What I Will Say at the Gates

What I Will Say at the Gates

A Poem by Lydia


Saint Peter Don't deny me now I have dragged this bag of bones From the depths of the sea Onwards to the towering hills Where light strikes like ..
Exultation

Exultation

A Poem by Lydia


Already I am so much like the hurricane Gale force winds come to blow your house down This vortex I have created extols you I have been feeding you..
Sacrifice

Sacrifice

A Poem by Lydia


Our fragile lungs and tiny hearts we do not treat well We are just careless grains of sand Tepid water flows through my veins I am not worthy of my..
Fall

Fall

A Poem by Lydia


How strange it is The change of seasons How effortless And right But I have tried Time and again To change It is not as simple As casting off ..
Persistence

Persistence

A Poem by Lydia


My rage knows not the limits of my flesh I will resist until my last breath I will fight until my last day I will be no man's doormat You'd have ..
Labor

Labor

A Poem by Lydia


Growing pains are not for the faint of heart I am birthing myself, my soul In a way my mother never could I am laboring For my own crowning I ..
Coalescence

Coalescence

A Poem by Lydia


You are coming to me while I dream like you belong there with words I can't repeat for fear they'll lose their magic The quiet sparkle of the n..
Chasm

Chasm

A Poem by Lydia


What a song we can sing when we lift our voices You will still have circles underneath your eyes even if you sleep all the time I am on track..