No Apologies Necessary

You will never apologize to me

For taking my heart

One small piece at a time

Love expands hearts, I suppose

Because no matter how many pieces you take

There is always a little left

And I know you will never apologize

For the way you twist those remaining pieces

Inside-out

…but that’s okay

If you never apologize to me

I never apologized to my mother either

© Janet~

For Poetics Aside Prompt: Apologies or not

I'm Sorry, Dear Sir

Poetic Aside Prompt: An Apology or Un-apology.

I’m sorry, dearest sir
but you seem quite unaware
of the dangerous stir
in the atmosphere
and you seem oblivious
to my sudden attraction
Kind sir, may I offer
an explanation?

My dear sir, I’m sorry

but it is not your hair
though it is quite attractive, I agree
and the thing that is causing my open-mouth stare
is not your fine physicality
Your eyes are a striking and breath-taking blue
and I'll admit your face is quite handsome too
Your jeans, I am sure are a quality brand
but today I am drawn to that thing in your hand
and the scent that startled me as you strode by
rousing a wild, dangerous insanity
so unless you care to finish what you have begun
I suggest you hang on to your coffee and run!

Janet

Gleaming or Looming

The day looms before us

We know not its sands

Its mystery unfolded

From Heavenly hands

Shall we approach it

With trembling and fear

Or with the assurance

That our God is near?

The day gleams before us

What comfort to know

That God watches o’er us

Wherever we go

© Janet Martin

The unknown has the potential to fill us with fear...

...or hope. Which will it be for us today?

Does the unknown loom or gleam?

  So do not fear, for I am with you;
   do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
   I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isa. 41:10

Time's Pennies

Clenching my fist

What good can it do?

Life’s transient moments

Still trickle on through

Clinging more tightly

To the one in my grip

Does not alter courses

Of the moments that slip

Ethereal river

How swiftly you run

From midnight to dawn

To the setting of sun

Wee moment, time’s penny

A miniscule lot

But put them together

And see what we’ve got

Moments of pleasure

Moments of strife

Gathered together

In a beautiful life

© Janet 

Unfettered Bliss

Abruptly from unfettered bliss

The slumbering mind is wrenched

As alarms clocks across the universe

Announce night’s sudden end

…then stumbling out to greet the dawn

A new bliss sweeps our eyes

As heaven spills its palette on

The floor of paradise

© Janet Martin

Trees at Dusk

Like stalwart sentinels they stand

To guard the waning day

Their shadows stretched on muted land

Enfolding work and play

Dark, raven spires reach to brush

The portals where the moon

Lolls in the periwinkle hush

Of day’s retiring swoon

Silhouette, precisely-sketched

Against the crimson dusk

Their flawless detail clearly etched

In shades of dewy musk

Faithful, four-season master-piece

Of intricate design

Timber art rivets our gaze

To dusk's horizon line

© Janet Martin

Visitor

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He loved pansies

So she plants them

Over his heart

Every spring

No one sees her

Kneeling there

Replaying

Life’s brief dance

With him

Grief never tires

Yet, it is not

Love’s revenge

But its bittersweet harvest

Pansies flourish

‘neath the tears

Of heaven

And one lone

Visitor

© Janet Martin 

Prompt: Visitor

Invisible Visitor

No sound of footsteps on the floor
No tender arm around me
No slightest creaking of a door
How is it that you found me?

My eyes are open wide as day
I know I am not dreaming
I cannot turn my face away
The silent air is teaming.......

.....with images and memories
and whispers soft and flowing
How is it that you come to me
Within the twilight’s glowing?

And how, with door and shutter drawn
With locks all firmly bolted
How is it that I look upon
you now with longing jolted?

Too long, too long I've missed you so
I draw your arms around me
Tell me dear, I need to know
How is it that you found me?

J~

Prompt Poetics Aside Visitor