That One Perfect Moment

That perfect moment

Captured in Time

An exclusive memory

Standing Alone

with your hopes wrapped

around you like a blanket

on a cool winters eve

Exultant! 

Ready to face tomorrow

Whatever life throws 

Defiant!

Empowered 

By things that may be

Things that might come

And battles not yet won

For this one moment

There is no challenge 

You can not win

No Dream you dare 

Not Dream

No Quest you dare

Not attempt

There is only 

this one perfect moment

Believe!

@Shauni

Eternal Flame

A dancing sprite
life's golden fire
a promise of forever
in the dance of desire
the warmth of tomorrow
shining through
a hope
of what faith can do
then come the flares
escaping it's confines
no longer dancing
creating it's own design
a destructive power
a lure no longer
destroying all life
growing ever stronger
but still there remains
a part of that sprite
the one who danced
and created the light
through the inferno
she continues to dance
a gentle flicker
one last chance
as the light slowly fades
to the raging fire
a tear escapes
to quench desire
ahead remains
life's final dance
a bridge to cross
to burn perchance
and yet in memory
a single light
remains to remind us
of our plight
shining in the darkness
bringing us home
a beacon to all
when the path is forlorn
shining true
remaining the same
a single light
this Home's eternal flame

© Shauni

I just heard that a family friend is loosing her battle with cancer.. while I do not know what to say I tried to share her light..

At Night

At night I dream
of the sound
of Your voice
of sleeping in
Your arms

At night I pray
that you are
safe
that you dance
in the moonlight

At night I remember
the laughter we
shared
the friendship
the love

At night I pretend
that you are
still there
that you
still care

At night I hope
that my slumber
continues
that I can hold you
forever

At night all
things are possible
and then I wake
to the cold
light of day

© Shauni

I Arise

the clock chimes 12
claiming the midnight hour
a swirling dancing mist
flows across the alabaster skin
of the sleeping maid
when suddenly I arise
nephrotite emerging from the sea
a promise of moonlight delight
a visual dream
to dance with you
for this night
only to find
at the light of day
I must return to slumber
no more to dance
until once again
the clock chimes 12

© Shauni


This was an attempt at fantasy.. a new direction for me I hope you enjoyed my first attempt

A Chance to Dream

there comes a time
when you are lost and afraid
alone and betrayed
when your choices
leave you in tears

there comes a time
when you have pushed
all who love you away
and you stand frozen
in place

there comes a time
when you wonder
has any of it been worth it
do i have value
do i despair

and at that time you find
that part of you
long denied
you find that now
is the time to be

it is the time
to be strong
to laugh at the world
to be grateful for the
sun

it is time to smile
with real joy
because you are alive
that you have survived
that there is hope

it is the time
to dance...
in celebration
it is a wondrous
revelation

for all is not lost
it would seem
you have
one last hope
it is the time to dream

© Shauni