I CAN DANCE IF I WANT TO (#9 ____if____)

I don't care

If someone's watching

I can dance

If I want

I will dance while I'm able

Til the sun comes up.

Caren E. Salas

Photo: Bachelder Photography

A Star for Her (#22 prompt: Star_____)

Fallen star

To hold in her hand

Midnight blue

Shining bright

A pendant of Star Sapphire

To hang on her neck.

Caren E. Salas

The prompt was a fill in the blank with "Star..." I didn't want to go with the first thought of Star Power or Star Light, but something a little different..:)

Photo: wanelo.com

FAMILY (#21 prompt: a poem that communicates with a previous poem)

I miss you

I hope you're happy

Yes, I'm mad

And I'm hurt

I can't believe you'd forget

We were family.

Caren E. Salas

THE MISTAKE (Day 3 - a machine poem)

The mistake...

Teaching them to think

Has proven

Our demise

And there is no going back

Or hope for us now.

The machines

Designed to help us

Having learned

Now conquer

We can only run and hide

As lesser species.

Caren E. Salas

"HAL" from 2001: A Space Odyssey

Photo: hdwallpapersbase.com

Just Words #17

They're just words:

Neurological.

Multiple

Sclerosis.

Chronic pain. Auto-immune.

Until they are not.

Caren E. Salas

Prompt #17 - "Afflicted
Photo: bioresearchinstitute.com

My Long Lost Life Long Friend - Day 2 (NOVPAD)

It was strange.

One day she was gone;

My best friend

Confidant

Left no forwarding address,

Just a question mark.

The years passed,

And then suddenly

She was back!

All was good,

'Cause my long lost life long friend

Found her way back home.

Caren E. Salas

Today's prompt was a "together again" poem. Sometimes things happen in our lives that are beyond our control, but if we're really lucky, life has a way of restoring things.

Unaware

 

 

Little bee

Buzzing as he flies

From flower

To flower

Is totally unaware,

I'm sharing his world.

 

Caren E. Salas

Shhhh - I'm Tired - Day 28: a Shhhhadorma (poetry form)

I'm so tired
Of being so tired
Waiting for
A time when
I can wake up feeling fine
And enjoy the day.

Caren E. Salas

Alarm - Day 24: an "auto, or automatic" poem

Alarm screams
I roll over, push
The blankets
Off of me
Trudge to the kitchen to make
My morning coffee.

Shower, dress
Brush my teeth, my hair
Do make up
Put shoes on
Grab coffee and a bagel
And I'm out the door.


Caren E. Salas

Friends - Day 22: A "Complex" Poem

It's really
Not complicated.
We both know
Each other's
Darkest secrets and sad songs
And yet we're still friends.


Caren E. Salas

A Moonlit Story

Day 28: A _____ Story. Write a poem with this as the title. (ie: A Toy Story, A Love Story etc.)


A Moonlit Story

Starry night
You and I gazing
At the moon
Dreaming dreams
Sharing hopes for tomorrow
Praying love will last.

Caren E. Salas

The Black Hole (part 2)

Day 12: a poem about "excess".  Whenever I think of excess, I think about our garage which has been an ongoing project since...forever. Every time I think I'm getting ahead of the junk, it seems to multiply. Maybe I should have used this for Day 11's poem about math.  I know somewhere in this blog is another poem about the Black Hole that is my garage, hense: "part 2". Maybe some of you can relate.


The Black Hole (part 2)


My garage,
Just like a black hole,
Sucks things in.
None comes out.
If only I could launch it
Into outer space.


Caren E. Salas

Late

Missed again.
One phone call too short
And a few
Minutes late.
Opportunities vanish
Til some other day.


Caren E. Salas

The Fight

Thoughts spinning,

Twisting, choking me,

Attempting

To spill out

Like blood, draining my body

Until I can't breathe.

Sanity

Waning as each word

Struggles out

Of my soul,

No matter how hard I try

 To keep it inside.

Caren E. Salas

 

 

Photo: http://www.aug.edu/



Empty

Empty

Tequila
One shot, two, then three
Drowning stress;
Troubles blur
And fade until my head hurts
And my stomach aches.

Just one more
Hoping for comfort
Finding none;
All I have
Are empty bottles and dreams
I never reached for.

Caren E. Salas



Note: This was inspired by a prompt from Robert Lee Brewer's website "Poetic Asides". The prompt was to write a poem having to do with something being empty. Don't worry friends, it's not autobiographical. Well, the bottles are ours, but it took a long time and lots of salt and ah...I better quit while I'm ahead. Suffice it to say, I haven't given up and don't ever plan to. If any of you do relate, talk to me. Really. No, really.

I am Fine

The sun shines

The days are passing

I am fine.

No, really

But the shadows never fade

They linger on me.

I am fine

No, really I am.

Life goes on,

So will I

But the memories take my sleep

And turn it to tears.

Life goes on

For everyone else

Every day,

Not for me

Waking up to an echo

Instead of his arms.

Every day,

One day at a time

Is too much.

Be patient

While I pick up the pieces

Of my broken heart.

Caren E. Salas

For my friend, Kessa. I can't imagine how you feel, only how I would. Love you.

Love Me (Day 23 - a "stop doing what you're doing" poem

Love Me


Stop talking.
Hold me in your arms
And listen
To my heart.
Stop trying to fix what's wrong
And just love me more.



Caren E. Salas

Zak (Day 21 - a "second thoughts" poem)

Zak

Locked up tight

In a haunted house

Living ghost

Adventures

Filming shadows, recording

Voices in the dark.

Picking fights

With Satan himself,

Shows no fear

I wonder

If he has second thoughts now

As he waits for dawn.

Caren E. Salas

                                                                                                                                                       

Inspired by Zak Bagans and the crew of Ghost Adventures.

(Call me crazy but I love that show.)

You and I (Day 16 - a "moment in time" poem)

You and I


Morning fog
The cry of seagulls
Crashing waves
You and I
Walk down the beach together
And talk of nothing.



Caren E. Salas

Five O'Clock (Day 9 - a time of day poem)

What a day!
And it's only noon.
Break time yet?
Oh, come on!
But it's five o'clock somewhere!
Let's start the party!

Caren E. Salas
(a somewhat slobbering shadorma)