A love poem
In love with my solitude
Alone with my thoughtsThoughts of missing the one
Wanting no otherI am never lonely
With only poetry for company
© Victoria Ponte, 2023.
The pull of love and lust
As I confessed my foolish love for another
He assured me it was fine to love you stillIt was he who told me to allow you
to continue to have a hold on me
Even as he wanted me for hisBut he seemed to know
What went on between…
Haiku
They shine together
Gazing at darkest night sky
I’m breathing the peace
© Victoria Ponte, 2023.
A poem for a bleak day in January
The sky weeps
Where the horses live
Yet they frolic in the cold mudCloudy, damp cold
Drapes the farm in sadness
On a winter’s day
© Victoria Ponte, 2023.
Haiku
Swirling disturbances
Will become reorganized
Into poetry
© Victoria Ponte, 2023.
A universal theme
A too long day trails into the night
Exhaustion tries to settle me downBut the day comes back to haunt
Closing my eyes brings rumination of the what ifs
I think I see coming as if thinking of them will hold them at bay
Worrying brings a false sense of preparedness
With a…