Poetry

NIGHTTIME

Light
So hard to find
So brilliantly bright
Yet mysteriously hidden
Fight
So hard to win
But surely cannot
Bare to lose
Night
So hard to sleep
The long hours away
Harder to face
The coming day

Jacqui Watson

ANSWERS

My tired body aches
As I stand here on the shore
I look out upon the waves
And wish for more
Answers
For they elude me
Scattered like tiny diamonds
In the sand beneath my feet
Blinding me as they sparkle
In the golden sun
And I stand and wonder
Which one?

Jacqui Watson

GIRL

girl
slip of a one
why aren't you here
to witness with me
this golden dawn?

girl
I don't know your name
have not seen your smile
but always you were there
lingering behind
mile after mile

girl
your voice spoke so softly
almost not heard
so wise and young
but now you barely
speak a word

girl
so quietly shy
you knew I was blind
and led me
but I could never quite tell
if you were real or only in my mind

girl
shadow of one
where did you go?
why desert me now
when I need you the most
and love you so?

girl
you leave me alone
cold here in the morning frost
scared and confused
please come and find me
for I am lost
without you

Jacqui Watson

THE TRUE WORLD

Life can be hard
And people can be cruel
Some live for the truth
And some are out to fool

Sometimes sunshine burns
And often the wind is cold
We think too much of the bad
And feel anything but bold

But everywhere around us
The world is glowing bright
And while some live for darkness
Many live for light

And if we look around
At our lives and others' too
We find most live for love
And that love is inside you

Jacqui Watson