24 HOURS AWAY I don’t look forward To the month of February That month is quite Drab and dreary It’s 24 hours away I wish I could Turn back the days But I cannot I must deal with the lot I’ve been dealt My heart of greenbelt Is about to turn brown And I will…

HER EYES Did she walk away With light in her eyes As she said her last goodbye? After all, he was her forever guy And for his love she once vied Even though he made her cry And told her lies To sanitize His demoralized Love guise There was a time She thought she spied…

RECOGNIZE Alibis And little lies Compromised You justify But you also recognize That his smile belies The truth behind his eyes A disguise Used to keep you denied Of love exemplified Arise, arise O’ butterfly See the truth behind your eyes And recognize You are lionized Simona A. Brinson Photo by Birger Strahl on Unsplash…

SWEET & TENDER His love was sweet and tender When he spoke, flowers bloomed And butterflies danced and flitted About the room His love was sweet and tender Until the day it wasn’t It was then you understood That he never did and he doesn’t Simona A. Brinson Photo by Lucas Pezeta from Pexels © 2021 mylifeinword.com All…

GLITTER & GLIM Do you ever wish You could take an eraser And erase her Or maybe even him From the very pages In your life Where discontent and strife Left you feeling gloomy and dim Remember those days Full of dark clouds and rain When you had to refrain From bubbling over the brim…

BAREFEET Feet without shoes Freedom Grounded Balanced Earthy Unrestricted Connected Equalized Energized Uninhibited Measured Even Limitless Unbridled Centered Liberated Unfettered Emancipated Unbound Rooted Anchored Feet without shoes Simona A. Brinson Photo by Brina Blum on Unsplash © 2021 mylifeinword.com All Rights Reserved.

LOW TIDE Her low tide Helps keep her in stride When she’s about — Without a doubt — To lose her effin’ mind She becomes an unrefined Sling blade killin’ machine Of nightmarish dreams So don’t let her coyness fool you She is a prizefighter of unparalleled thew She is her very own chainsaw massacre…

SHE KNOWS She has a fire inside her soul That will not be dulled or dimmed Not by me Not by you And certainly not them For she knows the light That shines within Despite the stain Of Adam’s sin In the simplest things She finds delight And she takes no offense At an untoward…

Blank spot on purpose Blank spot on purpose WE TWO (For Her)   There was an instant connection The moment she walked in the room God planted her in the garden of my heart And love began to bloom I didn’t know her name Or whence she came The only thing I knew Which turned…

A RAINBOW Lie with me in fields of green And gaze toward the sky Maybe we’ll see a hint of heaven As an angel passes by Or maybe we’ll just see ordinary clouds All soft and white and fluffy You know the kind That often times Turn into tigers, bears and puppies Or maybe we’ll…