Betty : Writing

The pace of time

The pace of time

A Poem by Betty


The steady pace of time is on occasions sublime;When the horror of life is all but a lie,When day to day ominous clouds mask the suns gentle ray ,When..
FLICKER

FLICKER

A Poem by Betty


A flicker it was, not today but on days long pastJust a thing of beauty, when darkness rules the sky; Its presence seemed as if it had a spell to cast..
Fear not the fearful, but the ignorant

Fear not the fearful, but the ignorant

A Poem by Betty


“Fear not the fearful, but the ignorant”So often have I heard the wisdom of this phrase, So often have the nobles pronounced its grace,But..
JUST

JUST

A Poem by Betty


JUSTWood is just wood,A dead, lifeless piece of what was once a beautiful tree.A stone is just a stone,As dead and lifeless as it was before we were e..
Delight to see a harm to touch

Delight to see a harm to touch

A Poem by Betty


A tulip flower, seems in shape, in form,Lavender would be its color, if by yellow atwain wasn’t torn;Like petals on stems, does wreath on a wick..
WHAT WILL THEN FOLLOW?

WHAT WILL THEN FOLLOW?

A Poem by Betty


Before came anger's leave, just yesterdayBefore its presence in me was no longer truth,Many a time did alter, the night to dayMany a time did alter, t..
Love Defined

Love Defined

A Poem by Betty


In colors vivid, either gloomy or bright,In red, violet, yellow, or even in blue,Has love been defined to not my heart, my soul but to my sight,And I ..
VOID

VOID

A Poem by Betty


Neither is it the suffering, nor the hardship this field of battle beholds,Neither is it the sun, whose frown pity’s no earthly flesh,That makes..
To Live

To Live

A Poem by Betty


To hate, I must first recite the words of love,To ache, my flesh must first master the ways of comfortTo feel anger, I must first breath the air of pe..
   The Foreign Rain.

The Foreign Rain.

A Poem by Betty


I pity those the sun frowns upon without pity,I tremor and shiver at just the thought of their misery,And of all the ill-fated, it is the desert my te..