Author: Simona A. Brinson

  • A POEM A DAY 158

    MANY SPLENDORED Love is a many splendored thing It can walk on water And it can take wing It can sprout flowers And move mountains And flow with passion From concrete fountains It can interrupt space and time It is pleasure It is divine It can make a grown man weep As he watches his…

  • A POEM A DAY 157

    ONE Lying with my head on his chest I am at peace I am at rest When two become one Listening to the beat of his heart Where do I end And where does he start When two become one When he moves, I move Lovers in sync Lovers in groove When two become one…

  • A POEM A DAY 156

    A REMEMBERING On a bench I sat with you And watched The world go by We felt the breeze From the trees Breathed in The salty gulf air And as the waves Caressed the shore Time stood still That day On Cedar Key Simona A. Brinson Photo by Aidan Formigoni on Unsplash © Simona A.…

  • A POEM A DAY 155

    FIRST DATE The man that sits beside me Is he who I wish him to be? I wonder, Who really is he? When I look into his eyes Who do I see? A broken man A dapper-dan A lonesome fool A devilish tool A wretch or a louse A man or a mouse A winner,…

  • A POEM A DAY 154

    ME WITHOUT YOU Into your soul, I cry Because you’ve gone And said goodbye I’ll never understand why You had to leave Left me here to grieve Months gone by With no reprieve I still can’t conceive A world where there’s Me without you So, I cry into your soul The other half Of my…

  • A POEM A DAY 153

    LITTLE GIRL LOST I looked in the mirror And there, looking back Stood a little girl lost I looked into her eyes And couldn’t fathom Her burdens or the Weight of their cost But I could recognize That look in her eyes Because they were The same eyes That looked back at me Lost and…

  • A POEM A DAY 152

    magnitude Does my fat or fineness Determine the magnitude Of my heart or kindness? Simona A. Brinson Photo by Jessica Felicio on Unsplash © Simona A. Brinson and mylifeinword.com All rights reserved.

  • A POEM A DAY 151

    SHOW ME HOW Show me how to see Through this blinding rain Show me how to breathe Through this paralyzing pain My heart She’s taken a heavy blow She’s been knocked out A Tyson T.K.O. In a fight Without a ref My soul is tired Bereaved and bereft I just need A moment’s rest To…

  • A POEM A DAY 150

    LET ME LET GO Let me let go For my soul is weak Let me let go So my eyes can see So my eyes can see Let me let go Of all my insecurities So I can bask in the glow So I can bask in the glow Of the light within Let me…

  • BRUISED I am bruised but not beaten Weathered but not worn I am battered but not broken Tattered but not torn I am strong but fragile Ostentatious and meek I am haughty and humble A loner, a freak My wounds are not visible They are scars upon my heart A badge of courage My scars,…