Happy Earth Day

This planet means the world to me

in every single way.

 

I love to watch it twirl and dance;

it really makes my day.

 

Thank you, Earth, for mountains, sky,

trees, and ocean foam.

 

You are the ground beneath my feet,

the wind beneath my wings,

and my one and only home.

 

-DHolmes, April 22, 2024

 

Birds on a Wire

BIRDS ON A WIRE

by Donna Holmes

inspired by Angie Campbell's photo & Susanne Campbell's music

 

We're all just sitting here, birds on a wire

So sad we're sitting in fear with no fire

Lighting us up and letting us go

On with our lives, oh no! oh no!

We're all just sitting here, waiting to fly

But in our fear we've forgotten just why

Our wings won't work, even though they look strong

Each feather's there but something wrong

So wrong

Been far too long

With no voice... no song!

We're all just sitting here, birds on a wire

So sad we're sitting in fear with no fire

Lighting us up and letting us go

On with our lives, oh no. oh no.

 

Oh no.

Fighting Darkness

I'm too worried to write a song
Been fighting darkness way too long
In hermit mode you can't think
Just hide, and sleep, and...  blink.

ORANGE, SILVER, ANGEL, MONTH, BULB

I've just been told that the words Orange, Silver, Angel, Month, and Bulb are non-rhymable. I accept the challenge.  Here is a poem that includes rhymes for all of these. 

The more orange the moon

The more angels will soon (Orange - "more-ange")

fly past the bulbous round

But if it is silver

Each colour will fill her (Silver - "fill her")

For a month as they hunt things down (Month - "hunt-th")

The huge bulb juts

Into the null... but  (Bulb - "null-b")

The angels are rarely found.

The angels can't rhyme

But you'll note that I'm

Ready for the rhyming crown

 

- Donna Holmes, Oct 20, 2020.

I'm Gonna Let You Down

I'm gonna let you down
I'm gonna be thoughtless sometimes
And I'll forget the thing that you want me to remember

I'm gonna break your heart
I won't even know that I'm doing it
I won't mean to, and I hope you can forgive me


But that doesn't mean that I don't care
And that doesn't mean that I won't be there

I'm gonna mess things up, I'm gonna make you mad
Let me say sorry now, for when I make you sad
I'm gonna always try to be a friend to you
But I will let you down, sometimes...just like you've done too
Cuz we're only human... we make mistakes
Yet our good intentions could be everything

I'm gonna need a hug in the aftermath
I'm gonna need to know that friendship can last
Even when I do a careless thing or two
I'm gonna need to know it's true

That that doesn't mean that you don't care
And that doesn't mean that you won't be there

I'm gonna mess things up, I'm gonna make you mad
Let me say sorry now, for when I make you sad
I'm gonna always try to be a friend to you
But I will let you down, sometimes...just like you've done too
Cuz we're only human... we make mistakes
Yet our good intentions could be everything

But I will let you down, sometimes... I'm gonna let you down. 

solo

I'm feeling so low
Solo
I'm feeling down low
low down bitch of a day
and there's no reason
just the season?
I can't stand the heat
and can't get out of the kitchen
so I'll just keep bitchin
solo
:(

- Donna Holmes (Summer 2016)

Sitting on the Ledge

Day has won, feel the sun, as it slips onto the horizon
On the edge of the wedge of rock we call North Mountain
In it dips in tides that rip, all around the Fundy shore

But there's no one keeping score. 

Sitting on the ledge by the edge of the world's smallest harbour
Slipping through the cracks would take me... farther
But the falling onto stone, breaking bone, might hurt more than I wanna feel

Unlike hearts, broken heads don't heal.

- Donna Holmes (Summer 2016?)