Deb Benson

"I have taken Robert Burns line  Oh my love is like a red, red rose and put a little twist on it Our love is like a red, red rose Vibrant and velvet Carrying us skyward Wrapping us in softness Sprinkl..."

"Although this does not apply to my life now I still have those dark places My life is in a dark place Though I've fought so hard to reach the light Day by day I struggle With fearful dreams at night ..."

"Love is its own poetry No language has the power To truly describe it Loves poetry, reaches Inexplicable joy Inexplicable sadness To love--each time Has its own meaning It is either soaring In the hea..."

"My love beckons me to follow His ways often hard and steep When his arms enfold me -I yield Tho a dagger lays close to wound my heart When he speaks I believe him Although his voice may destroys my dr..."

"With a strand of sadness threaded through the afterglow of lovemaking I lay still and quiet in my bed The air is full of noise But no one is here He had rushed to leave me I pondered his leaving And k..."

"Banish the touch of lingering dreams Free me from reminders of the past Banish my fear of repeated events Free me from those childhood traumas Banish the hate I sometimes feel Free my soul--let me soa..."

"We wanted to run when Our predators came near Unable to move Legless with fear We wanted to yell We wanted to scream Voiceless with fear Invading our dreams We wanted to escape All of the pain We wer..."

"He came to teach me What I needed to know Chestnut hair Sky matching eyes Full moon smile Too beautiful for a man What a package he made Blind love Golden wrapped With black heart Betrayer of trust ..."

"This line "I shall never get you put together entirely" by Sylvia Plath inspired me to write this "I shall never get you put together entirely" I tell myself in my head Too many things have occurred ..."

"Tonight your face passes in front of my eyes Even tho I am with another Your sweet smell fills my nostrils Making me hunger for your taste Even tho I am with another I feel your hands caressing me Wit..."

"This is a poem I wrote on Sept 12th 2001 and wanted to post for the 6 month anniversary of the tragedy that struck America The echo of music was stilled When our countrymen were horribly killed The r..."

"The light from the lantern grew dim The shadows began to shrink I watched him lean against the wall Sneaking from his flask a drink How sad to think he needed To drink his daily rum His family was wai..."

"This is written for my brother who I spent the weekend with. We hashed over some old memories that neither one of us wanted to explore, but we did. She walks thru empty doorways Down the narrow halls..."

"Hi All:  when I saw this line of Walt Whitmans for a challenge I took it "Trippers and askers surround me."  It made me think of Woodstock and the 60's Surround me Trippers and askers Fools and begga..."