Hopes and Dreams
 by Tori Waldman unless otherwise stated

Shining
A single, shining drop
Falling effortlessly and painlessly
Sparkling in the nearby light.
All faith and trust lie in that one drop.
All hope and longing,
All fun and laughter.
A single, shining drop
Falling effortlessly and painlessly
Sparkling in the nearby light
Splashing into many fragments
Tiny drops, splattering onto the cracked concrete
Millions of tiny, shining drops
Sparkling in the nearby light
Becoming lost and absorbed
Into another cracked surface



 The Storm

The storm comes in, pelting the house with its fury
A candle glowing in the frosty window,
melting the ice.
Only to be brought back to its former, icy state
with more rain and snow
Hope, and the dream of green and warmth
buring in the eternal torrant of pain
Rockfall
The multi-colored rock falls
Hitting false bottom after false bottom
Finally perching precariously on a leafless limb
The branch bends and snaps back
Flinging the rock off in another direction
Towards another hole
Another light
The rock hits a long twig on its way up
Breaking it in half and sending it on its way down
The rock breaks through a soft obstacle
And lands on the rich soil
Settling, for the time being, on a greater land than before.
Perfect
I sit here, in the open, with my eyes closed
I feel the damp grass underneath
...and the fresh chill in the air
the early morning breeze flows past my face
I take a deep breath and the air
...pricks my lungs
...but I feel refreshed and clean
As I sit the sun gets brighter and warmer
...and the chill siappears
The light scorches my face but it feels
..nice, almost perfect
Slowly a shadow falls and wind returns
It makes me shiver
I search for the dieing ray's of sunlight
...but there is no warmth in it
AFter the sun sets the chill disappears
...and I am warmer
The moonlight bathes over me and the
...love makes me smile
I am happy. I am contentR My life is perfect
..and I have a long night ahead of me.



I Have Known
I have known love,
I have known pain,
I have known sorrow.

I have been in love
And the feeling is a
light in the back of
my mind
It serves to make
me stronger

I have been in pain
And the feeling is a
knot in my chest
It serves to make
me stronger.

I have sorrowed
And the feeling is a
weight that pulls
me to the ground
It serves to make me stronger.

I have known
All these things
at the same time
And I conquered
everthing
And I cherished
everything
And I remembered
everything

I have no regrets
Because everything was my choice
And everything I do
Serves to make
me stronger.