copyrighted (c) 1998 Holly Reilly

Winds from Within

Cats in the Cradle-By Cat Stevens

All I Really Want

Cigarettes
Caffeine
Music
Time
Books
Computer
Writing
Sex
No sleep
Money
No food
Shopping
E mails
Fruit
Therapy
My cats
A new kitten
Nature
The sun
Flowers
Speeding
Trip to moon
My piano
Lose weight
Hugs
Silky pajamas
Air
Kisses
Breath easier
No migraines
No more drugs
Past to fade
Normal
What's normal?
Stop biting nails
Love my job again
Mellow
Soft blankets
Cuddle
My soul friend
My art
Kindred spirits

These are all I really want
Today…yesterday,,,and
Tomorrow
This is Myself, I and me

I sat alone at the green table
Filled with fallen hard red cherries
Cherries that fill my mind

It was cool-autumn winds
Flannel shirt
Don't care
Don't feel anything yet

The sun was going down
I didn't care
Inside my soul was going
Down
Over you

You, who are becoming
So distant from me
Us, like those fallen cherries

When all I ever did was love you


Wings

If you love me

Don't be afraid if I fly

A bird in a cage

Will forget how to sing

If you love me

Give me wings

Beach Aloneness

The sand in between my toes
The sand crawling up my shorts

No blanket/only natural

Fly on my thigh
Cigarette butt by my hand

Sun on my shoulders

Wind in my hair
Eyelashes slashed by the brightness

Pink toenails shine off the spectrums
I like that for some reason

The sound of silence is broken
By a child's cry.

Stepped on a rock or a frog

The water only has ripples today
No waves to carry me away

Jet skies again break my silence
My beauty of silence

Don't they know to leave the
Silence alone…?


The rock children

Entangled in color
Pink, black, white
purple and gray

Smoothness
Sharp edges
Rough textures

Ancient stones

Put in their
Youthful
Pockets
Not to be let go

Treasures of
Their souls

Only They
Understand
The meaning
Of the rocks…….

Kris

We picked strawberries

Every summer

Then hit the beach

Get stoned

Talk psychology

Philosophy

Wonder why

Debate the universe

Get stoned

Tan

Meet guys

Go swimming

Tan

Stoned again

Do absolutely nothing

Damn, those strawberries were good


Special Love, My Son

He laughs, even when I'm not funny
He hugs, even when he's feeling blue
He know when I'm down
He gives me a kiss

When I sing, he smiles and dances
Even when I'm out of tune

His shining blue eyes tell me
He loves me
Even though he can't

I'm never alone when he's around
He's so easy to please
Unconditionally he loves
Honestly he loves
Patiently he waits
For me to hold him
And let him know
He's a special
Person in my life

Would you like to go to LA?

You called me
Wanted me to go to
California with you

I couldn't talk
He was there
You asked me to
Call you back

Think it over

I didn't get any sleep
I wanted to go
I felt loved by you
We could bask
In the sunsets
Of the west.

How well
Do I know you?
After 4 years apart
And 2 days together
To move 1000 miles
Away?

I was scared
Scared to go
Scared to stay

The abuse would stop
No more drunkenness

It was Michigan or LA
Made the choice
No one should choose
Domestic violence over love

I felt those chains around
Me already…


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