A Foreign Affair

Yellow-green saplings rip through tender vines

Never have they been kissed by a single dew drop

Or been shattered by a violent hail storm

Young and naïve, they reach for the sun

Illuminated by her radiant beams

And soaked with mother Earth’s nutrients

The little saps harden their stems

For the bitter cold that is winter

How generous the big star has been

Sheltering them, feeding them

Giving the little producers all energy possible

Now until the forgotten doomsday, when she falls

Through the shadows, remain in them, the light

As they greedily drink when it pours

Spread seeds to their hearts content

And shelter strange creatures strolling by

But what have they given back to her?

The sun stands alone

For how long

God only knows

Forever putting everything before her

The sun blazes in pride

Pride of her existence, and fear

Fear of what will happen

When she’s gone

Tags: Maria Rozario, Nature, Selfless

Shades of heaven’s best

            Spread their wings across the sky.

                        Birds sweetly sing hymns.

Tags: Kristina Braxton, Nature, Sunrise

Grains of gold on beaches’ shore

Fields of green, green grass

Winds whispering forgotten lore

A people who lived once before

Timber of age bears the weight

The heavens falling. God’s fate

Barren fields stretch wide

White splashes of muted paint

Golden sands of past

Fields of green, green grass

Touching starlit skies of midnight blue

Color the emptiness, the vast

Granite cliffs stand sheer

Hewn by nature’s hand

A lasting monument

For humanity to revere

Winds whispering forgotten lore

A people who lived once before

Forgotten now, evermore

Tags: Nature, The World, Victor Badami II

I think of you as the seasons do

Who came then went

As true as can be

Like birds that flew south for the winter.

When will I see you again?

I don’t know.

But, oh! What glee you are to me

The happiness that you bring me builds inside

Building up until it reaches my mind

And when it gets there it lets me know

That you are something special that no one can succeed

For you are special to me

And too hard to put in to so many big words

That I don’t know the meaning of, but

Don’t be sad or mad

For their meaning is of no importance, because

Just the thought of having you is all the importance

That anyone could have in their lives

And in this you can trust because

Just like the seasons comes and go

Remember this; you will always have a place with me.

Tags: Jasmine Clark, Nature, Seasons

Like a tree falling but with one foot in the ground

I am like that too and make no sound

Falling so far and fast towards the ground

Closing my eyes and opening my arms wide

Feeling for time rushes by

Like a tree dying without a heartbeat

I struggle to breathe and see what’s before me

Trying to feel the Earth that I’m around

Hoping that I won’t hit the ground

Looking to find a ground as red as blood

Letting my roots feel a tug

Like a tree being planted anew

I feel the sun and the gentle wind blowing thru

Spread my wings so that I can take flight

Fly away like I was a bird freed from my cage

Tags: Emotion, Mika Bailey, Nature, Untitled

A seed placed in the ground

small and perfectly shaped

covered well with dirt to protect it

It waits, still and patient,

being nurtured from time to time

with sun and soil as its food

and water for its thirst

It grows as time goes by

No longer jus a seed

But an object reaching maturity

out comes a sprout from a hard seed cover

Then another and another

Rooted firmly in the ground

the seed rises and stands on its own

Its long stem, sturdy

built with strength

The seed now a bud,

scared to open to the world

soft and delicate its petals grow

open for all to see its beauty

The sun rays fall on the petals

which were once upon a time a seed 

Tags: Life, Nature, Tierra Covey

Window latches unhook to reveal the awakening sun

Fresh air enters nostrils,

So calming,

Soothing,

Marvelous.

Sweet kisses on mouths from Mother Nature send

Humbled quivers down spines.

Cheek blush,

Soft velvet wings flatter corners of lips into gentle smiles

While carrying a tune of springs captivating elation

Mornings started off purely

Flirting with spring,

Butterflies,

And oxygen.

Tags: Kristina Braxton, Nature, Spring Butterflies and Oxygen