The Little Girl’s Fight

When you wake up to the sound of your text alert going off at five-thirty A.M
it’s never a good sign
This morning was no exception
She quickly read the text which let her know
her new friend was at the hospital with her baby daughter

She thought okay the baby just had her first beaver and
her friend had been up all night because
we all know how Emergency Room waiting rooms are
the most efficient places on earth
Although, she wasn’t prepared for what she’d read next
That’s why this poem is spilling onto paper

Dear God she doesn’t know what to say
so she’ll just let her heart write the rest of these verses
She knows she’s asked you to answer a lot of prayers for her
since you called her loved one home
Could you answer another please?

Please don’t let the little girl’s fight end
with you taking her now
The world would be a much darker place without
the light beaming from those big absolutely beautiful eyes
She has dreams to chase and things to learn
She can’t wait to read the next chapters of the little girl’s story

A Little Brighter

It’s amazing how different the world can look and sound
after the stress that has colored it in a dark shade of gray as well as
made the songbird’s song sadder than she’s heard in a long while
has lifted in a way she had forgotten was even possible
She knew her troubles would work themselves out
as they have many times before
Yet she must admit this time she wasn’t too sure
how long the gray cloud would hang over her life

Today when she went out into the fresh spring air
inhaling her first breath of cool breeze
Everything seemed a little brighter
The white of the clouds seemed to pop against
the clear blue backdrop of a bright sunny sky
Even the songs of the birds sounded a little sweeter

If that wasn’t a sign that things are starting to look up for her
she doesn’t know what is
Now she really does believe one must make it through darkness to
fully appreciate the light
She hopes from now on her days will always be a little brighter

Drama Queen

Everyone who meets her sees the image
of sweetness and light she tries to portray
This portrayal can seem unconvincing from time to time
to those who know her better than she knows herself
Yet this isn’t her “best friend’s” pet peeve
 
Her “best friend’s” pet peeve is that she always seems to be on edge
two seconds from a meltdown every time her friend turns around
All the while blaming everyone around her for
being the cause of her stress and shortcomings
It’s hard for her friend to watch while she’s in that state of mind
Sometimes she acts as if the world’s going to end
if she doesn’t  save it on her own

If her friend could offer her some advice
she’d  tell her to stop letting life get her down
and to take it as it comes
She’d then tell her to take responsibility for her own actions
and the resulting consequences of those actions
instead of blaming  others when things don’t go her way
Yet the most important piece of advice she would give her
would be to stop being a drama queen
If she could do that her stress would just melt away

The Eyes of Love

He lets her be the person she loves to be
even when others won’t
If those who won’t let her be who she is
would take a moment they may see
the love she has to give
When her world starts crashing down
he’s always there to help her pick up the pieces

So to those who don’t want to or
won’t take that moment to get to know her
It’s okay it’s your loss as her mother always tells her
she’ll just give him the love
she would’ve given you once upon a time
He’ll always see her through the eyes of love and
she’ll always be grateful to him for
never giving up on her even when times were hard

Cover Girl

As you sit down to sip your morning coffee

You stare at the cover of your favorite magazine

out of the corner of your eye

The first words that escape your now pouted lips

are some you hope no one ever hears

"Damm she's hot, I wish I could look like that!"

Then you remember the face staring back from the glossy cover

has more than likely been airbrushed

In that moment you think of all that cover girl

has been through to get where she is

You suddenly say to yourself

I'm glad I'm not her

As you get up to go about your day

you glance back and say

Good luck to you beautiful

Another Sleepless Night

Another sleepless night the latest in a long lineShe tries to turn the events of her day off
so she can have a peaceful slumber but
no matter what she does her thoughts still race
Poems work themselves into verse
in her restless mind

She then feels the urge to
put her fingers to the keys
Yet, she can’t it’s almost three in the morning and
she only has a little time to close her tired eyes
Before her alarm goes off reminding her
she gets to do it all again

Damm, today’s to do list seems never ending
All she wants is to talk to the one she loves
Will he want the same?
The poems in her head
from last night want
to be put to paper
Writing has become like
breathing as of late
She hopes tonight won’t become
another sleepless night the latest
in a long line

Happily Ever After

When she was a little girl she
dreamed of finding her prince charming
A tall dark gorgeous man who’s
only mission in life is to take care of his little princess
Giving her everything she could ever want or need

What the fairytales didn’t tell her is that
some princes may be stunning to look at, but
they leave a lot to be desired in the personality department
She has known some of these so called princes for a while now
Often finding herself questioning whether or not she
would ever find a prince who
loves her as much as she loves him

Well she was lucky to find her prince charming
You’ll probably be shocked to hear
he’s not dark like the prince of a girl’s long ago dreams but
that’s okay he has everything
she always wanted but never dreamed
she could have one day

If you were to look through her eyes
you’d see a man who is a little taller than her
A man who has a fare complexion
just as she does
A man who’s sexy as hell and
has a personality she can’t get enough of

Even though happily ever after is
a tough and nearly impossible concept to live up to
She believes they can come close
If they’re willing to work on the problems that
will pop up from time to time

Unlike the relationships in fairytales
he is not solely responsible for her happiness
She’s an independent woman who
loves him more than he will ever know
Yet she still has dreams that she wants to chase
In the end making both their lives better