Punching away shadows, shapes
Back were they came from, from the street
Lights smothering the Inky abyss and pockets
Above the silk black blanket
A sinister grin from a ghostly moon
that changed its shape
from a horn to a circular glow

Punching away shadows, shapes.
Back where they came from, from the gritty street
Lights smothering the pockets of odor with glare
Above the black, silk blanket
A sinister grin from the ghostly moon
that changed its shape
from a horn to a circular glow

Having been in love a number of times,
my past hearts live in me like wounds
that no longer need dressing.

But a very small part of me
will always be in love with the scars
of the time spent there.

When I say I love you
It is more than just the word,
More than a weak definition,
More than short infatuation.

When I say I love you
It is more than just the word,
More than simply social dress,
Or choosing what suits me best.

When I say I love you
You must never let me go.
Never let me alone my love,
For I have no life without you.

You are more than my completion.
You are more!

It is not that I chose you-
Existence comes before

And if I lose you
Existence is no more

I'lI always adore you from afar
Like a poet adores the moon, embracing all its
scars
I know we were never meant for each other
so, I couldn't be yours
But the love I carry for you in my heart
will always be secured
I will make sure that
I never lose your memory
I'll save every look of yours
in my heart like a treasury
I am gonna say this now
and every time I miss you
That I was and I am grateful for
having you in my life,
and I' never stop loving you

Public
Written by Kelly Ann Wilson

I wake up in a cold sweat
From nightmares at night.
They called you the life of the party
While I couldn't even look
Another human being in the eye.

Every nerve in my body lights up
When people I love and trust
Casually brush by me.
It plays over like a record in my mind
The sound of glass breaking.

I taught myself
How to cover bruises with makeup.
Oh, but I won’t say your name
In public.

Written May 28, 2024
© 2024 Kelly Ann Wilson

On a windswept reservation
Where bison use to roam,
The children sit in silence
On this land that is their home.

Their tribal elders offer wisdom
Born of years upon the earth,
Lessons learned through sacrifice
As others questioned native worth.

The atrocities are well recorded
Though history attempts to hide,
Broken promises and treaties
Designed to stifle the native pride.

Look
Within
Heart in hand
Feeling true love
Forgetting the past
Grasping what is today
Preserving feelings we had
Planning for tomorrow's actions
Actively creating new found love
Seeking to make the future much better

Rain rushes from the skies
Mixing with a single tear
The wind cuts through
Like every doubt, every fear

Lightning shatters my peace
Like the pieces of my mind
A distant thunderclap mocks
Of the girl I was and left behind

A tornado rages in my head
Demolishing my peace and joy
I plaster on a smile for you,
But it's just a tactic I employ

The fear paralyzes my heart
Yet I'm so tired of being afraid
It is time to get up and fight
Before my resolve starts to fade

The being that though was
A whisper in the wind,
A flicker of light in the vast night sky,
A dream weaving
Through the fabric of existence.
The silence before the dawn,
The breath before a spoken word,
My other half
Saw another soul,
Another presence in the world,
A different light,
A different dream,
A whisper meant for someone else,
A flicker in another's sky
So I remain,
A murmur in the wind,
A solitary star in the vast night sky,

My childhood favorite toy
given by a family’s legacy gift
since at the early age of 10
with a black reading telescope
brought back fond memories
from many lessons that inspired
by the instilled of the astronomy
with the fascinating of the stars
far beyond the gaze scenery
of the infinite universal
across from the vast of the sky
intrigued by the passionate desire
In seeking a thirst for knowledge
expand a quest of wish
with a curiosity of mind
for an in-depth understanding