Tag: poetry

Six Sentence Sunday November 6, 2011

For this week’s submission, I thought I would use the first six sentences of one of my poems. The Vixen, the Witch, and the Daemon is one of my fantasy poems that is pretty much the inspiration for another series I am working on under the pen name Lia Michaels.  The entire poem is also posted here on this webpage in My Poetry section.  Here are my Sunday Six:

Here is the tale of two Witches: one Dark and one of the Light,
Both vying for the heart of the one called The Daemon.
Who he chooses in the end will determine his ultimate fate:
Be lost forever to the Evil One in the Dark
Or be reborn again into a love that burns forever bright.

The flame-haired Witchy One with eyes of jade
Cast her spell to control the Mighty Daemon.
Using Dark Magic she transforms herself
Into someone familiar he could not resist
But different enough so he could not see the trick.
Her spell only lasts just so long
But no matter.  
Alcohol helps to hide the truth:
She is only using him and relishes in the torture
Of his heart and soul.

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Safe Harbor

Safe Harbor

You are the song my heart beats to,

A rhythm wild and free.

You give me purpose again,

Opened my eyes

 To see the Goddess in me.

You lift me up higher

Than I could have ever dreamed

Of reaching alone.

With you by my side,

I can do anything,

Get through any adversity,

Celebrate every joy.

You are the Safe Harbor

And the Light that guides me Home.

Your love anchors me enough

So I can soar wild and free,

And yet still be safe

In your arms at night.

Your strength and courage

Are beacons bright and true,

Encouraging me to do what’s right.

There was a time not so long ago

When I thought all hope was lost,

And I could go on no longer.

Your heart kept calling out to me.

Your love lighting the way

Back to you,

My heart, my soul,

My Safe Harbor.

©Tammy Dennings Maggy

11/1/2011

9am

Follow Your Heart

Follow Your Heart

When you feel lost and alone,

With nowhere to turn,

If your soul aches with a need

To be loved so great,

Look inside to the beacon

That forever burns.

Follow your heart to the one

Bound solely to you

Through Lady Fate.

You may get lost in the journey

To find true love.

You may wish

To give up all hope.

Instead open your mind

To the Goddess Above.

Follow your heart to find

The only one who can help you cope.

Many loves will come and go

Bringing joy and yes

Bringing sorrow.

Don’t be afraid.

Let your love light shine.

Give of yourself as if

There will be no tomorrow.

Follow your heart

To the one it yearns for,

The one with the Love that Binds.

Darkness will surround you,

Threatening your inner peace.

Meet the Shadows head on,

Without fear.

For the Lady Fate has armed you

With all you need.

Follow your heart,

And you will find the way

Has now become crystal clear.

The one you’ve been bound to

Through each and every life,

Will themselves be finding

Their way back to you.

Both have come through it all,

Through every joy and strife.

Follow your hearts.

They can no longer be denied.

Follow your hearts.

Together you can begin

Life and love anew.

©Tammy Dennings Maggy

10/18/2011

Oakland, CA

Was It All A Dream?

Was It All A Dream?

The waves crash on the beach

Pulling me out of a much needed sleep.

The bed we shared the days  before

Was still warm where you laid next to me…

I reach out only to find empty space.

No sign of your sleeping face.

Eyes closed tight

Fighting the tears.

Remembering the same goodbye

Said so often through the years.

Clinging to each other

In the hours before you leave.

Hearts pounding together:

Touching kissing, committing all to memory.

Fighting the urge to just let you go.

Was it all a dream?

Promises made once again

To come home safe to me.

Smiles on our faces

Don’t make it to our eyes.

One last embrace.

One last kiss.

Hearts reaching out for one last plea.

The friendship, the love,

The soul wrenching goodbyes.

Was it all a dream?

Wrapped in one of your shirts

Still smelling of you.

Walking along the shore

The salty mist coats my skin.

On the horizon a distant ship

Starts to come into view.

And as always this is how

My journey without you begins.

Was it all a dream?

©Tammy Dennings Maggy

3/30/2011

7:20pm

One More Time

One More Time

Love that’s lost before it had a chance to grow, is never truly gone.

It’s just waiting for the time to bloom again.

Waiting for the moment to stretch out in the summer sun…

Just one more time.

The pain that took over and consumed will not last.

It cannot…for the love is still there,

Binding two hearts together forever…

Always drawing the lovers toward each other

Just one more time.

Fear of failure once again keeps them apart.

Fear of losing each other allows outsiders to interfere

And causes one heart to doubt and one to break.

Fear of being alone causes each heart to settle…

Settle for the known and unhappy existence

Instead of reaching out for the beautiful possibility with each other…

Just one more time.

The fog finally lifts.

Eyes are open and finally see…

What their hearts have known all along.

Now is their time.

Now is their chance.

Now they can be happy…together.

This time forever their hearts are bound.

The passion burns forever bright and blooms eternally…

Just one more time.

©Tammy Dennings Maggy

10/23/2010

Safe in Your Arms

Safe In Your Arms

 

Tossing and turning

Restless and burning

Aching to feel your body

Close to mine.

The bed that we once shared

Seems cold and lonely

Without you to hold me tight.

When you are here,

All sadness and pain disappear

And I am safe in your arms

Every night.

Once again tossing and turning

Restless and yearning

For the day you will

Return back to me.

Knowing in my heart of hearts

Your First Love will always call…

Taking you away to the arms

Of the beautiful, cruel and majestic

Lady of the Sea.

Knowing all along

Your heart would not belong

To me alone…

I still chose to share mine

With you.

For the Lady promised

She would keep you safe

And bring you home

When your journey together

Was through.

Tossing and turning.

My heart restless and burning

For your love,

Your touch and your kiss.

Hoping and praying

That the coming dawn would finally bring

The day I will be safe

In your arms…

And once again our hearts  joined

In peaceful bliss.

©Tammy Dennings Maggy

1:35am 3/28/2011

Forever Waiting

Forever Waiting

Through each lifetime we love so briefly.

Each time something or someone interferes

Keeping us from the love promised to us long ago.

Once again reborn,

Already our hearts yearn for their mates.

Forever searching,

Forever waiting

To be together again.

Wars come and go.

Heroes return to those left behind,

But something always missing.

Souls stay restless.

Forever searching,

Forever waiting

To hold each other close again.

Time moves ever forward

And so do we.

Never fully happy.

Never fully at peace.

Always waiting,

Always searching

For the one to make our souls complete.

Once again a chance is taken,

Even though one heart is broken

And the other seems forever lost.

Both always waiting,

Always searching for the way

Back to each other’s arms.

The spark once again ignites

Never lost,

Never broken.

The flame burns bright

Calling us home.

For Now is our time.

Now we shall see.

No more searching,

No more waiting

For Now you are here with me.

©Tammy Dennings Maggy

10-20-2010

Faithfully Yours

Faithfully Yours

Together at last.

Walls and miles between us melt away.

Our hearts start beating wild and fast,

Because there are no more obstacles in our way.

Now and forever faithfully yours,

As you are faithfully mine.

We’ve waited so long to open those doors:

That kept us apart;

Kept our lives out of sync

And out of time.

Promises made to others who have crossed our paths

Seemed empty and hollow.

Because we knew in our souls

Those loves would not last,

And would only bring us great sorrow.

For through the years

We’ve searched high and low

For the one who could bring our hearts

And souls some peace.

One day it happened.

Our worlds once again collide.

And now our separate journeys would cease.

Now and forever faithfully yours

As you are faithfully mine.

Together again the spark ignites.

No longer out of sync or out of time.

Questions still remain…

“Why did you wait so long

To confess your love to me?”

“Why did you take so long

To accept you were worth it?”

The doubts no longer have to be.

Just have faith and embrace it.

For now and forever

I am faithfully yours.

And you are faithfully mine.

Together again the fire will burn

Now and for all time.

©Tammy Dennings Maggy

1/21/2011

2:30am

Can This Be It?

Can This Be It?

Just going through the motions day after day

Can this be it?

Barely existing.

Passion missing?

Others seem to find it,

Why not me?

Loneliness overwhelms

Making it easier to settle

For just okay…

No heat

No fire

No passion

Could this be it?

Barely existing.

Desire missing?

Longing to be wanted against all odds

To be kissed with abandon.

Fire burning out of control.

Could this be it?

Barely existing

Love missing?

Memories of the one

Who long ago stole my heart

Ignite the spark…

No longer afraid of rejection

Took a chance

Bared my soul.

Desire building

Fire burning

Passion flooding through

My heart and soul.

No longer alone

Just barely existing

This is it…

Together again

Skin on skin

Flame on Flame

Heart to Heart

Soul to Soul

©Tammy Dennings Maggy

09-21-2010