by Phil Todd | Sep 29, 2024 | archive
REMEMBERING THIS PLACE SPENT FLOWERS IN THEIR SLUMBERS DROOP AGAINST THE SOIL EXHAUSTED FROM THEIR EFFORTS THROUGH SUMMER THEY HAVE TOILED THE TREES IN SILENT WHISPERS CAST LEAVES UPON THE GRASS ANSWERING THE VOICES THAT SAY THIS SUMMERS PAST SHRUBS WITH SEEDS...
by Phil Todd | Sep 22, 2024 | archive
Strong Winds How strong the wind of change does blow And takes those days of youth When every new tomorrow Was one just filled with truth As every new horizon Seemed to hold a clue As to where the path leads Between the old and new The world it looks so different When...
by Phil Todd | Sep 15, 2024 | archive
Protect me for I am weeping Said the ocean to the sky My body is so broken It makes me want to sigh My waves they lose their temper And beat upon the shore In hope that some will listen To the pain that I endure My very depths are cluttered With things I do not need A...
by Phil Todd | Sep 8, 2024 | archive
The wind it mocks the flowers And swirls amongst the leaves Tormenting all the rain clouds As from their midst they bleed My footsteps they are silent Against the rushing roar As the breeze without a coaxing Bangs against a wall Soon I’ll reach the safety Soon I’ll...
by Phil Todd | Sep 2, 2024 | archive
A BUBBLE I LIVE WITHIN A BUBBLE THAT FLOATS THROUGHOUT A SPACE IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH ROOM UP IN FACT IT LEAVES NO TRACE THE ONLY WAY YOU’LL FIND IT IS TO LOOK WITHIN YOUR MIND IN PLACES THAT ARE QUIET WHERE SLEEPY THOUGHTS RESIDE THEY DRIFT AND GLIDE TOGETHER...
by Phil Todd | Aug 26, 2024 | archive
SECOND ROSE IN EARLY SPRING YOU SHOWED YOUR WARES WITH DELICATE HUES AND PETALS FAIR YOUR NECTAR DRIPPED FROM FEEDING BEES AS THEY DID SWARM ABOUT YOUR LEAVES THEN FLOWERS STOPPED LIKE LIFE WAS SPENT ALL SUMMER LONG NO JOYS YOU’D VENT TIL ALL AT ONCE WHEN LEAVES DID...
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