My Life In Word

MY CONsTANT COMPANION

She is my constant companion
She is with me where ever I go
She's been there in my highest of highs
And in the depths of my lows
We've walked down sandy beaches
And trampled through the snow
We've climbed mountains
And seen places where waterfalls flow
We have cried and we have laughed
We've watched children grow
Together we have risen and fell
We have reaped and we have sowed
We have stood in the eye of many storms
We have watched lightening and heard thunder roll
Her name is Depression
And she is afflicted with woe
If I had the strength
I'd take a backhoe
Dig a deep hole
And lay her to rest at least ten feet below

Simona A. Brinson

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A PONDER

If roses weren't red
And violets weren't blue 
Would love be a bloom
Between us two?
It's just a question that I ponder
This drab and dreary night.
So, let's not turn this 
Into a fight.
Now you know 
Just as well as I 
That ole saying
Is an absolute lie.
Cause not all roses are red
Nor all violets blue.
And yeah,
Love has blossomed
Between us two!
 
Simona A. Brinson

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MY SOUL WILL NOT REST

I have loved none
Greater than thee
With my whole heart
I do so decree
A love bounding
Resounding
Inside of my chest
I toss and I turn
For my soul will not rest
'Til I see you again
In this life or the next
Some may say
My soul has been vexed
But I shun such witchery
Because they could not know
Where love comes from 
Or from where this love grows

Simona A. Brinson

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IN THE ETHEREAL

While he lay in slumber
I listened
With my ear to his chest
To the beating of his heart
Tranquil
But never at rest
It beat with a rhythm
So soothing
It lulled me into a trance
And I drifted to the place
Where souls meet by chance
It was there in the ethereal
Where his soul met mine
And we walked hand in hand
Into the divine

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MESMERIZED

She'd told me 
Time and time again
Not to lean back 
In my chair
But I didn’t listen
I hadn't a care
Until that fateful day
I leaned back and looked
And what I saw shook
Me to the core
Her breasts sat upon her thighs
I was dazed and mesmerized
At their size
The image etched into my eyes
Something I can never unsee
But believe you me
I never again leaned back in my chair
Not even on a double dare

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GRANDMA’S HOUSE

Summer vacation
My destination
Grandma's house
Where if it thundered and lightened
I sat quiet as a mouse
With my cousins
A minimum of a half dozen
Of us at a time
But it was always
Me, Lisa and Sam
Cookie, Sack and Pam
Others would come and go
Like Mup and Shannon
Keith and Terrano
We played jump rope
Hopscotch and
Mother may I?
Sometimes it was so hot
I thought I would die!
But that didn’t stop us
From playing
Red light-Green light
Or hide-and-go-seek
I'm pretty sure someone
Took a BB to the cheek
We'd run and play
All day long
And sing silly sing-alongs
Screen door slams
"Now y'all stay in or out!"
Grandma would say
Cause she had the clout
And extending from her hand
A long thin switch
And that thing hurt
Like a son-of-a-bitch
We played cards
And shelled peas
Ate neck bones
And greens
Shelled more peas
Then butter beans
We'd sneak in the barn
To find Granddaddy's buck
We played gin rummy
Tump and pluck
And games like Monopoly
Life and Connect 4
And when that Chevy engine roared
We'd catch Jim to the store
We caught dragonflies by day
And watched fireflies by night
Sometimes we'd fight
But we love each other
Come what may
I wish I could go back
To those fun filled days
Back to my favorite destination
For summer vacation
And sit quiet as a mouse
At Grandma's house

Simona A. Brinson

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SUDDEN & SWEET

I have never been struck before
With a love so sudden and sweet
I question its validity
And I fear I may retreat
To the comfort of 
My safety zone
Of solitude
Alone at home
Just me
Myself and I
Eating ice cream
And blueberry pie
But I am stricken
With a love so sudden and sweet
It lies on my lips
Like a delicate treat

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LULLABY

I have not heard
My love's voice
In two days
Maybe three
His voice is low
And deep
It flutters like the reed
Of a baritone
Saxophone 
When he speaks
It reverberates in my chest
From north to south
And east to west
It is as soothing as Brahms Lullaby

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 Between us lies a stillness
 Its implications deep
 I lie here contemplating 
 While he is fast asleep
 Here in the silence
 My thoughts drift away
 Wandering back
 To that not so distant day
 When to breathe was to love him
 And to love him was to breathe
 And we danced in the place
 Where love was conceived
 Passions fluttered in the air
 On wings of butterfly bliss
 My heart yearned for his love
 My lips lingered on his kiss
  
 With the rustle of sheets
 I snap back to reality
 I feel the crushing weight
 Of the chasm's gravity
 Pressed from all sides
 In silence I cry
 For love that once was
 Now withered and dry
 I lie here beside him
 Together — Alone
 In the place where love
 Turns to pillars of stone
 Between us lies a stillness
 Its implications deep
 I lie here contemplating 
 While he is fast asleep
  
 Simona A. Brinson 

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UPON THE SHELF

I have made this solemn vow
No more will I allow
You to berate me
Or take away my glee
Because I found myself
Upon the shelf
Where I laid my soul
Many years ago
For safe keeping
Until I got full of your heaping
Pile of excrement
And your rotten temperament

Simona A. Brinson

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