tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80409322930384256332024-02-21T22:04:43.306-08:00In A Poem Is Where You'll Find Me Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.comBlogger288125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-47794638276710314332022-08-19T23:27:00.014-07:002022-08-20T02:54:22.297-07:00Maybe Someday--Past Lives Series--Angels, Guardians, & SoulMates Series--Recovery & Hopeful Survivors Series<p style="text-align: center;">Living my life </p><p style="text-align: center;">On the bleachers,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Watching from afar </p><p style="text-align: center;">The moments </p><p style="text-align: center;">That passed in front of me, </p><p style="text-align: center;">This is the life I knew.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">They tell me </p><p style="text-align: center;">Most people don't live this way,</p><p style="text-align: center;">That most see </p><p style="text-align: center;">In simpler terms,</p><p style="text-align: center;">A life lived</p><p style="text-align: center;">Rather than observed.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">It's funny </p><p style="text-align: center;">That sensation </p><p style="text-align: center;">Still in my chest, </p><p style="text-align: center;">In my gut,</p><p style="text-align: center;">That startling feeling </p><p style="text-align: center;">Of panic that hits </p><p style="text-align: center;">Just thinking of what </p><p style="text-align: center;">Lies underneath that armor.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Those rooms that used to </p><p style="text-align: center;">Wait for me in my dreams, </p><p style="text-align: center;">The sheer disgusted panic </p><p style="text-align: center;">That waited for me there,</p><p style="text-align: center;">A place that thankfully </p><p style="text-align: center;">Doesn't haunt me </p><p style="text-align: center;">Like it did before.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I wondered often </p><p style="text-align: center;">When I could reach inside of me </p><p style="text-align: center;">And try to figure out </p><p style="text-align: center;">What went wrong there, </p><p style="text-align: center;">What hurt me </p><p style="text-align: center;">In the quietly tortured</p><p style="text-align: center;">Spaces in my mind.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">It's funny isn't it </p><p style="text-align: center;">The amount of control </p><p style="text-align: center;">This seemingly minor thing has,</p><p style="text-align: center;">A mind </p><p style="text-align: center;">A brain </p><p style="text-align: center;">A simple organism</p><p style="text-align: center;">That occupies so little space,</p><p style="text-align: center;">But makes up so much </p><p style="text-align: center;">Of what I am.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I resented it </p><p style="text-align: center;">Back then</p><p style="text-align: center;">When I was younger,</p><p style="text-align: center;">When I was new </p><p style="text-align: center;">To This World,</p><p style="text-align: center;">And all I could think of </p><p style="text-align: center;">Was why I had to do it </p><p style="text-align: center;">All over again.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Why I had to come so far </p><p style="text-align: center;">To gain so little,</p><p style="text-align: center;">A mere child </p><p style="text-align: center;">In a body occupied by a mind </p><p style="text-align: center;">That remembers so much, </p><p style="text-align: center;">But could do me no good </p><p style="text-align: center;">Until that right time had come.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">That time you might be asking </p><p style="text-align: center;">Was when the half of me </p><p style="text-align: center;">That knew too well what waited, </p><p style="text-align: center;">Was done simply passing the time </p><p style="text-align: center;">Until the lowly Earthly half of me </p><p style="text-align: center;">Could finally catch up, </p><p style="text-align: center;">And do more than </p><p style="text-align: center;">Be an ever present reminder </p><p style="text-align: center;">Of how Mortal bound </p><p style="text-align: center;">I really was.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">I passed through my life </p><p style="text-align: center;">As if I was bored already, </p><p style="text-align: center;">Waiting for my Two Sides </p><p style="text-align: center;">To become whole </p><p style="text-align: center;">Resenting the time it took </p><p style="text-align: center;">For the rest of the This Life </p><p style="text-align: center;">To take shape.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Some say that those born </p><p style="text-align: center;">Of Two Halves </p><p style="text-align: center;">Aren't Sacred at all, </p><p style="text-align: center;">That it's simply our brains'</p><p style="text-align: center;">Overly complicated processes </p><p style="text-align: center;">Learning to survive </p><p style="text-align: center;">What can't be undone.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Still others will tell you </p><p style="text-align: center;">That it's a luxury</p><p style="text-align: center;">To know The Self in it's entirety</p><p style="text-align: center;">That only few </p><p style="text-align: center;">Will ever know.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Either way it's a space</p><p style="text-align: center;">Inside the world </p><p style="text-align: center;">We think we all live in, </p><p style="text-align: center;">That takes it's toll </p><p style="text-align: center;">On those who live there.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">A price paid </p><p style="text-align: center;">By the years of knowing </p><p style="text-align: center;">How much the Soul remembers,</p><p style="text-align: center;">And the ever taxing </p><p style="text-align: center;">Debt owed to the Earthly shell </p><p style="text-align: center;">We only temporarily occupy.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">We can only hope then </p><p style="text-align: center;">That the wait </p><p style="text-align: center;">Is worth the ride, </p><p style="text-align: center;">The pay off </p><p style="text-align: center;">Of experience we all endure.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">So that someday </p><p style="text-align: center;">What we all shared here </p><p style="text-align: center;">In This Lifetime, </p><p style="text-align: center;">Can be something we offer </p><p style="text-align: center;">Of ourselves,</p><p style="text-align: center;">So that others won't have to endure </p><p style="text-align: center;">The same shame </p><p style="text-align: center;">And broken promises </p><p style="text-align: center;">We still remember.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Is it worth it </p><p style="text-align: center;">The pain and the suffering </p><p style="text-align: center;">That we carry with us, </p><p style="text-align: center;">As we all look forward </p><p style="text-align: center;"> To our own version of someday....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I suppose it all depends </p><p style="text-align: center;">On which day </p><p style="text-align: center;">And which person you ask. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I like to think </p><p style="text-align: center;">What we are is meant to be, </p><p style="text-align: center;">And</p><p style="text-align: center;">That we can choose </p><p style="text-align: center;">To be be something more </p><p style="text-align: center;">Than what we would be otherwise, </p><p style="text-align: center;">If we had chosen to be </p><p style="text-align: center;">On the easier Path.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I don't know </p><p style="text-align: center;">If I'll ever be able to </p><p style="text-align: center;">Answer that question for sure, </p><p style="text-align: center;">But </p><p style="text-align: center;">It's the road I go down </p><p style="text-align: center;">Each time I cross that fork in the road, </p><p style="text-align: center;">So that maybe someday </p><p style="text-align: center;">No one else </p><p style="text-align: center;">Has </p><p style="text-align: center;">To.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-31803951492070326592022-07-20T06:19:00.000-07:002022-07-20T06:19:54.118-07:00<p>You ever wonder what folks are thinking</p><p><br /></p><p>When our elected officials</p><p>are overturning laws that </p><p>protect citizens' rights</p><p><br /></p><p>And they're having to go all the way </p><p>back to the 1960' & 70's, to do it....</p><p><br /></p><p>Think about it....</p><p><br /></p><p>Discrimination</p><p>Education</p><p>Interracial Marriage </p><p>Housing</p><p>Employment</p><p>Protections & Advancements In Medicine</p><p>&</p><p>Essentially Decriminalizing Opportunity </p><p><br /></p><p>The Laws we have now</p><p>are a direct result of </p><p>the Laws that came before....</p><p><br /></p><p>It's that simple....</p><p><br /></p><p>So you have to wonder....</p><p><br /></p><p>Which Laws Are Next.</p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-70729429390734617732022-05-26T11:33:00.073-07:002022-06-03T21:30:27.796-07:00If That's All It Meant-Civil Rights Are Human Rights Series/BLM Series-Hope & Survivors Series<p style="text-align: center;">When you say....</p><p style="text-align: center;">All Lives Matter,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I could see what you mean, </p><p style="text-align: center;">if that's all it</p><p style="text-align: center;">meant....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">When you say....</p><p style="text-align: center;">You Don't Have To March,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I wonder</p><p style="text-align: center;">if you knew </p><p style="text-align: center;">what's it's like,</p><p style="text-align: center;">to beg, chant, & gasp,</p><p style="text-align: center;">that your life matters too....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">When you say....</p><p style="text-align: center;">If You Acted Right</p><p style="text-align: center;">You'd Be Ok,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I remember trying </p><p style="text-align: center;">to be perfect,</p><p style="text-align: center;">but the color of my skin</p><p style="text-align: center;">was never enough....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">When you say....</p><p style="text-align: center;">Let It Go & We Can Heal,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I think about </p><p style="text-align: center;">who we lost,</p><p style="text-align: center;">who won't ever be,</p><p style="text-align: center;">& I can't understand</p><p style="text-align: center;">how you think it's so simple</p><p style="text-align: center;">to forget....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">When I finally say....</p><p style="text-align: center;">My Life Matters,</p><p style="text-align: center;">because I fear for me,</p><p style="text-align: center;">my sisters, my brothers,</p><p style="text-align: center;">my friends, my family,</p><p style="text-align: center;">my church, my neighbors,</p><p style="text-align: center;">& even people I may never </p><p style="text-align: center;">get to meet someday,</p><p style="text-align: center;">simply because of </p><p style="text-align: center;">who I am....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> When all you say....</p><p style="text-align: center;">Is</p><p style="text-align: center;">All Lives Matter,</p><p style="text-align: center;">how I could I see what you mean,</p><p style="text-align: center;">when that's not all it </p><p style="text-align: center;">really </p><p style="text-align: center;">meant.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I wrote this in first person. </span><span style="text-align: left;">It's how I put myself in someone else's shoes, & try to understand their truth....</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I hold out hope, that someday, so many of us won't have to beg, chant, & gasp, that their lives mattered, too.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">✌💖✊ </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">#GeorgeFloyd #RIP #RestInPower #BLM</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-64701934272266501002022-04-25T17:30:00.013-07:002022-05-07T04:07:22.618-07:00When Wooden Stakes Aren't Your Biggest Fears--Vampire Problems Series<p>When your neighbors </p><p>bust open an old violin case,</p><p>revealing a well hidden,</p><p>and well used,</p><p>Vampire Killing Kit.....</p><p><br /></p><p>And your first thought is,</p><p>you're just happy their offspring</p><p>didn't bring home</p><p>another band instrument,</p><p>like they did last year.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Cause you'd seriously rather </p><p>throw yourself on a wooden stake,</p><p>than listen to nine more months</p><p>of their demon spawn, </p><p>raising the tortured Souls </p><p>of musicians past,</p><p>to the tune of Three Blind Mice.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-23336390983555913882022-04-24T04:19:00.009-07:002022-04-24T04:58:28.743-07:00Too Far-- Secretes We Keep Series--Do Unto Others Series<p style="text-align: justify;">Have you ever had something so special & </p><p style="text-align: justify;">important <span style="text-align: center;">to you, </span><span style="text-align: center;">that you didn't want </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;">to </span><span style="text-align: center;">tell anyone else....</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;">Cause </span><span style="text-align: center;">it was like, </span><span style="text-align: center;">saying it out loud </span><span style="text-align: center;">would </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;">ruin it </span><span style="text-align: center;">somehow....</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;">So you just kinda </span><span style="text-align: center;">kept it </span><span style="text-align: center;">to yourself, </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;">k</span><span style="text-align: center;">eeping it safe from all the judgements &</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;">bullshit....</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span>Even though </span><span>you trusted </span><span>someone </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">with everything else, </span><span style="text-align: center;">this one thing </span><span style="text-align: center;">f</span><span style="text-align: center;">elt </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">so </span><span style="text-align: center;">delicate, </span><span style="text-align: center;">you were afraid </span><span style="text-align: center;">it would </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">be </span><span style="text-align: center;">destroyed </span><span style="text-align: center;">if it wandered too far </span><span style="text-align: center;">away </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">from you.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-83936220815608974252022-04-19T20:25:00.003-07:002022-04-19T20:33:47.151-07:00Thought Of The Day--Where You'll Find Me When I'm Not On My Blog--To Each Their Own--Do Unto Others Series<div style="text-align: center;">Just because </div><div style="text-align: center;">you don't understand it,</div><div style="text-align: center;">doesn't magically</div><div style="text-align: center;">give you permission</div><div style="text-align: center;">to treat me </div><div style="text-align: center;">like shit...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have the power</div><div style="text-align: center;">of</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rainbows</div><div style="text-align: center;">Unicorns</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dragons</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fairies</div><div style="text-align: center;">Witches</div><div style="text-align: center;">&</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ancestors</div><div style="text-align: center;">on my side.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I promise you,</div><div style="text-align: center;">my Magic</div><div style="text-align: center;">is stronger than</div><div style="text-align: center;">yours.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-62163886997269802162022-03-27T17:39:00.006-07:002022-03-27T18:36:54.087-07:00Me & You--A New Series--New Style--New Storytelling--New Presentation<p style="text-align: center;">What do you think happens</p><p style="text-align: center;">When I'm with you....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Do you think the world stops,</p><p style="text-align: center;">That I can't breath </p><p style="text-align: center;">When you're in the room with me....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">That </p><p style="text-align: center;">Everything I am </p><p style="text-align: center;">When you're not here,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Just ceases to exist because you're near....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">That the air </p><p style="text-align: center;">Inside my lungs collapses,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Disappears,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Fails to keep me alive</p><p style="text-align: center;">Because you're the only thing I can see....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">My world</p><p style="text-align: center;">Ending,</p><p style="text-align: center;">My</p><p style="text-align: center;">Mind</p><p style="text-align: center;">Disappearing from where I am now,</p><p style="text-align: center;">As if what I was before you</p><p style="text-align: center;">Wasn't good enough....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">My Soul </p><p style="text-align: center;">Ejecting </p><p style="text-align: center;">The toxins of who I used to be </p><p style="text-align: center;">Before you came,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Do you think this all I can be</p><p style="text-align: center;">Now I know you're here....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Then you truly don't see </p><p style="text-align: center;">What I've become,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Do you....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The heart beat</p><p style="text-align: center;">That shakes my body loose</p><p style="text-align: center;">From the rigid source of life </p><p style="text-align: center;">I knew before,</p><p style="text-align: center;">The conscious moral compass</p><p style="text-align: center;">That guided me to you </p><p style="text-align: center;">In the first place....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">You think </p><p style="text-align: center;">We've never been </p><p style="text-align: center;">Until now,</p><p style="text-align: center;">That this moment of knowing you</p><p style="text-align: center;">Is new....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">That </p><p style="text-align: center;">You haven't always been,</p><p style="text-align: center;">That I haven't always known you,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Known that this would be....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">This is only a part of </p><p style="text-align: center;">What was before,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of </p><p style="text-align: center;">Who will be someday,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Like seconds ticking on a stop watch</p><p style="text-align: center;">That tells time in centuries....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Marking places we haven't even been yet</p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">Setting reminders </p><p style="text-align: center;">Of what will become milestones </p><p style="text-align: center;">That highlight what we've always been....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">You seem to think</p><p style="text-align: center;">There is a place in time</p><p style="text-align: center;">Where I can tell you why I knew </p><p style="text-align: center;">This is where I was meant to be someday....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">It's still not as simple as that</p><p style="text-align: center;">No matter how many lifetimes</p><p style="text-align: center;">I try to understand it</p><p style="text-align: center;">Or</p><p style="text-align: center;">Explain it to myself, </p><p style="text-align: center;">So how can you expect me to explain it</p><p style="text-align: center;">Clearly to you....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">All I know....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Is that </p><p style="text-align: center;">We're endless,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me </p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">You.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-22329266302846598902022-03-26T02:05:00.004-07:002022-03-26T02:09:19.378-07:00Pictures Of You--PART 2--Black Series--Wings Series--Roses Series--Guardians Series--Angels, Guardians, & Soulmates Series<p style="text-align: center;">Why </p><p style="text-align: center;">Do I care so </p><p style="text-align: center;">Much,</p><p style="text-align: center;">He asks me</p><p style="text-align: center;">As he always </p><p style="text-align: center;">Does,</p><p style="text-align: center;">A stain on</p><p style="text-align: center;">What could have</p><p style="text-align: center;">Been.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The darkest </p><p style="text-align: center;">Places</p><p style="text-align: center;">In my mind</p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">In </p><p style="text-align: center;">My past,</p><p style="text-align: center;">An ever present </p><p style="text-align: center;">Moment</p><p style="text-align: center;">Seeping through</p><p style="text-align: center;">Even the </p><p style="text-align: center;">Darkest</p><p style="text-align: center;">Nights.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Because </p><p style="text-align: center;">Our Souls</p><p style="text-align: center;">Connect</p><p style="text-align: center;">In a way </p><p style="text-align: center;">No others ever</p><p style="text-align: center;">Can</p><p style="text-align: center;">I tell him,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Truth</p><p style="text-align: center;">That burns</p><p style="text-align: center;">Like a fire</p><p style="text-align: center;">In </p><p style="text-align: center;">His distance.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">(To </p><p style="text-align: center;">Be</p><p style="text-align: center;">Continued)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-29042626215235734352022-03-20T14:58:00.007-07:002022-03-26T02:09:33.780-07:00Pictures Of You--PART 1--Black Series--Wings Series--Guardians Series--Roses Series--Angels, Guardians, & Soulmates Series<p style="text-align: center;">Black Pillars</p><p style="text-align: center;">Rise </p><p style="text-align: center;">Above the moon</p><p style="text-align: center;">Light.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Shadows </p><p style="text-align: center;">In my </p><p style="text-align: center;">Soul.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Steam</p><p style="text-align: center;">From the Earth</p><p style="text-align: center;">Below,</p><p style="text-align: center;">A constant </p><p style="text-align: center;">Reminder</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of </p><p style="text-align: center;">Who </p><p style="text-align: center;">You</p><p style="text-align: center;">Were.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Stories </p><p style="text-align: center;">Inside</p><p style="text-align: center;">My mind,</p><p style="text-align: center;">The </p><p style="text-align: center;">Ever present </p><p style="text-align: center;">Lights</p><p style="text-align: center;">That shine</p><p style="text-align: center;">On a soul</p><p style="text-align: center;">Lost </p><p style="text-align: center;">In</p><p style="text-align: center;">Time....</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">(To </p><p style="text-align: center;">Be</p><p style="text-align: center;">Continued)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-42386349145990666382022-02-16T21:03:00.014-08:002022-02-16T22:06:54.665-08:00The Peace We Didn't Know--Hope & Survivors Series--Recovery Series<p style="text-align: center;">The You,</p><p style="text-align: center;">That </p><p style="text-align: center;">Should have</p><p style="text-align: center;">Been.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Me</p><p style="text-align: center;">Inside,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Somewhere</p><p style="text-align: center;">I can't </p><p style="text-align: center;">Always</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hide.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Once </p><p style="text-align: center;">Was,</p><p style="text-align: center;">That </p><p style="text-align: center;">I never</p><p style="text-align: center;">Seem to</p><p style="text-align: center;">Find.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Someday,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I</p><p style="text-align: center;">Wished </p><p style="text-align: center;">Would take over</p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">Finally </p><p style="text-align: center;">Give me</p><p style="text-align: center;">Peace.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Rest </p><p style="text-align: center;">Of You,</p><p style="text-align: center;">That</p><p style="text-align: center;">Came to me</p><p style="text-align: center;">To show </p><p style="text-align: center;">Me </p><p style="text-align: center;">That</p><p style="text-align: center;">Love </p><p style="text-align: center;">Patience</p><p style="text-align: center;">Courage</p><p style="text-align: center;">Were more </p><p style="text-align: center;">Than words</p><p style="text-align: center;">Never</p><p style="text-align: center;">Spoken.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The One</p><p style="text-align: center;">We've</p><p style="text-align: center;">Become,</p><p style="text-align: center;">To show the way</p><p style="text-align: center;">Through</p><p style="text-align: center;">Our</p><p style="text-align: center;">Darkness.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Shadows,</p><p style="text-align: center;">A </p><p style="text-align: center;">Testimony</p><p style="text-align: center;">To </p><p style="text-align: center;">Remind us</p><p style="text-align: center;">Light</p><p style="text-align: center;">Shines different</p><p style="text-align: center;">On </p><p style="text-align: center;">Everyone.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Moments,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I </p><p style="text-align: center;">Realize</p><p style="text-align: center;">Our </p><p style="text-align: center;">Past </p><p style="text-align: center;">Is not the same</p><p style="text-align: center;">For </p><p style="text-align: center;">Everyone.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Shame,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Always</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thinking</p><p style="text-align: center;">That who we</p><p style="text-align: center;">Really</p><p style="text-align: center;">Are</p><p style="text-align: center;">Still</p><p style="text-align: center;">Shows.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Hope,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Even </p><p style="text-align: center;">In the most</p><p style="text-align: center;">Sacred</p><p style="text-align: center;">Despair</p><p style="text-align: center;">Reaches</p><p style="text-align: center;">Out it's hand</p><p style="text-align: center;">So </p><p style="text-align: center;">I'm never</p><p style="text-align: center;">Truly </p><p style="text-align: center;">Alone.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Memories,</p><p style="text-align: center;">That </p><p style="text-align: center;">Never become</p><p style="text-align: center;">Quite</p><p style="text-align: center;">Clear.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Gentle </p><p style="text-align: center;">Grace,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of </p><p style="text-align: center;">A </p><p style="text-align: center;">Soul</p><p style="text-align: center;">Who protects</p><p style="text-align: center;">A mind</p><p style="text-align: center;">That </p><p style="text-align: center;">Can't </p><p style="text-align: center;">Cope</p><p style="text-align: center;">With what's still</p><p style="text-align: center;">Lost</p><p style="text-align: center;">There.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The In </p><p style="text-align: center;">Between,</p><p style="text-align: center;">A </p><p style="text-align: center;">Place</p><p style="text-align: center;">Somehow </p><p style="text-align: center;">Balanced </p><p style="text-align: center;">Inside</p><p style="text-align: center;">Space</p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">Time.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Reflection,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll</p><p style="text-align: center;">Never </p><p style="text-align: center;">Get</p><p style="text-align: center;">To see.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Fate,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Altered</p><p style="text-align: center;">Against her</p><p style="text-align: center;">Will.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Person</p><p style="text-align: center;">I've</p><p style="text-align: center;">Become,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Stronger</p><p style="text-align: center;">Than </p><p style="text-align: center;">All the broken</p><p style="text-align: center;">Pieces</p><p style="text-align: center;">I</p><p style="text-align: center;">May never</p><p style="text-align: center;">Fully</p><p style="text-align: center;">Put back</p><p style="text-align: center;">Together.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Peace</p><p style="text-align: center;">I've</p><p style="text-align: center;">Made,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Knowing</p><p style="text-align: center;">It's</p><p style="text-align: center;">Up to me</p><p style="text-align: center;">To </p><p style="text-align: center;">Move </p><p style="text-align: center;">On.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Souls</p><p style="text-align: center;">Surrounding </p><p style="text-align: center;">Me,</p><p style="text-align: center;">A</p><p style="text-align: center;">Reminder</p><p style="text-align: center;">Even broken</p><p style="text-align: center;">Things</p><p style="text-align: center;">Sparkle</p><p style="text-align: center;">In </p><p style="text-align: center;">The </p><p style="text-align: center;">Right</p><p style="text-align: center;">Light.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Gift,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Another</p><p style="text-align: center;">Chance to make</p><p style="text-align: center;">Each day</p><p style="text-align: center;">A </p><p style="text-align: center;">Little</p><p style="text-align: center;">Better than</p><p style="text-align: center;">The</p><p style="text-align: center;">Last.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Promise,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I </p><p style="text-align: center;">Made</p><p style="text-align: center;">To </p><p style="text-align: center;">Myself</p><p style="text-align: center;">Everyday</p><p style="text-align: center;">I would</p><p style="text-align: center;">Become</p><p style="text-align: center;">All</p><p style="text-align: center;">The things</p><p style="text-align: center;">I've </p><p style="text-align: center;">Never been.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The You</p><p style="text-align: center;">That </p><p style="text-align: center;">Should have</p><p style="text-align: center;">Been,</p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">The Me</p><p style="text-align: center;">Inside</p><p style="text-align: center;">Somewhere</p><p style="text-align: center;">I can't </p><p style="text-align: center;">Always </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hide,</p><p style="text-align: center;">A</p><p style="text-align: center;">Witness</p><p style="text-align: center;">To</p><p style="text-align: center;">Who</p><p style="text-align: center;">We have</p><p style="text-align: center;">Become.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Beautiful</p><p style="text-align: center;">Loving</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gentle</p><p style="text-align: center;">Kind...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Peace</p><p style="text-align: center;">We </p><p style="text-align: center;">Didn't</p><p style="text-align: center;">Know,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Is now ours</p><p style="text-align: center;">To give.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Shelter</p><p style="text-align: center;">We </p><p style="text-align: center;">Offer,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Stained</p><p style="text-align: center;">Broken</p><p style="text-align: center;">Beautiful.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Someday,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Waited </p><p style="text-align: center;">On </p><p style="text-align: center;">For so long</p><p style="text-align: center;">Finally</p><p style="text-align: center;">Here.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-14682963437185698662022-02-11T21:11:00.005-08:002022-02-11T21:15:04.462-08:00Reflections Of You--Black Series--AZ Rains Series--Angels, Guardians, & Soulmates Series<p style="text-align: center;">Black</p><p style="text-align: center;">Wings</p><p style="text-align: center;">Fill the air.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Soft </p><p style="text-align: center;">Flutters</p><p style="text-align: center;">Against my </p><p style="text-align: center;">Skin.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Dark</p><p style="text-align: center;">Shadows</p><p style="text-align: center;">Cross </p><p style="text-align: center;">The </p><p style="text-align: center;">Sky.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The depth</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of the oceans</p><p style="text-align: center;">In my</p><p style="text-align: center;">Mind.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Why </p><p style="text-align: center;">Does</p><p style="text-align: center;">It scare</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The Soul</p><p style="text-align: center;">That's always</p><p style="text-align: center;">Been</p><p style="text-align: center;">You.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The</p><p style="text-align: center;">Look</p><p style="text-align: center;">In your eyes.</p><p style="text-align: center;">That sound</p><p style="text-align: center;">As</p><p style="text-align: center;">I</p><p style="text-align: center;">Break.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Your </p><p style="text-align: center;">Scent</p><p style="text-align: center;">Is all I</p><p style="text-align: center;">Ever crave.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Nourished</p><p style="text-align: center;">From the inside</p><p style="text-align: center;">Out.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Air</p><p style="text-align: center;">In </p><p style="text-align: center;">My lungs.</p><p style="text-align: center;">What </p><p style="text-align: center;">Once</p><p style="text-align: center;">Was yours</p><p style="text-align: center;">Is </p><p style="text-align: center;">Mine.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Take</p><p style="text-align: center;">This</p><p style="text-align: center;">With you</p><p style="text-align: center;">I say</p><p style="text-align: center;">Each time</p><p style="text-align: center;">You</p><p style="text-align: center;">Go.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Don't</p><p style="text-align: center;">Leave me</p><p style="text-align: center;">Here</p><p style="text-align: center;">To my thoughts</p><p style="text-align: center;">Alone.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Pieces</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me</p><p style="text-align: center;">That filled</p><p style="text-align: center;">The room</p><p style="text-align: center;">That was my</p><p style="text-align: center;">Mind.</p><p style="text-align: center;">A filler</p><p style="text-align: center;">Now</p><p style="text-align: center;">For what</p><p style="text-align: center;">Once</p><p style="text-align: center;">Was.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">But</p><p style="text-align: center;">Someday</p><p style="text-align: center;">You will</p><p style="text-align: center;">See</p><p style="text-align: center;">As </p><p style="text-align: center;">I see</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Simply</p><p style="text-align: center;">Reflections</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of</p><p style="text-align: center;">You.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-88720474050474698822022-01-09T21:48:00.011-08:002022-01-16T19:51:42.027-08:00Painted By You--Black Series--AZ Rains Series--Wings Series--Angels, Guardians, & Soulmates Series<p style="text-align: center;"> Black Feathers</p><p style="text-align: center;">At my </p><p style="text-align: center;">Door.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Are they from</p><p style="text-align: center;">You</p><p style="text-align: center;">Or them.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Messengers</p><p style="text-align: center;">You </p><p style="text-align: center;">Send to</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I Sit Here</p><p style="text-align: center;">This old desk</p><p style="text-align: center;">In front of me.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Letters</p><p style="text-align: center;">You left</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me</p><p style="text-align: center;">Always</p><p style="text-align: center;">Seem </p><p style="text-align: center;">To </p><p style="text-align: center;">Be</p><p style="text-align: center;">In my</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hand.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Memories </p><p style="text-align: center;">You </p><p style="text-align: center;">Leave me</p><p style="text-align: center;">The breath </p><p style="text-align: center;">In my</p><p style="text-align: center;">Lungs.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I Collect Them</p><p style="text-align: center;">As a way</p><p style="text-align: center;">To feel </p><p style="text-align: center;">You </p><p style="text-align: center;">Here </p><p style="text-align: center;">With</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The Delicate</p><p style="text-align: center;">Touch</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of </p><p style="text-align: center;">Life</p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">Death</p><p style="text-align: center;">Against </p><p style="text-align: center;">My</p><p style="text-align: center;">Fingertips.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I </p><p style="text-align: center;">Suppose</p><p style="text-align: center;">Seeing you </p><p style="text-align: center;">In </p><p style="text-align: center;">My mind's</p><p style="text-align: center;">Eye</p><p style="text-align: center;">Will</p><p style="text-align: center;">Someday</p><p style="text-align: center;">Be </p><p style="text-align: center;">Enough.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">But </p><p style="text-align: center;">For </p><p style="text-align: center;">Now</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hold these</p><p style="text-align: center;">Pieces</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of </p><p style="text-align: center;">You </p><p style="text-align: center;">Close </p><p style="text-align: center;">To</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">A</p><p style="text-align: center;">Visceral</p><p style="text-align: center;">Technicolor</p><p style="text-align: center;">Lucid</p><p style="text-align: center;">Dream.</p><p style="text-align: center;">In </p><p style="text-align: center;">A</p><p style="text-align: center;">World</p><p style="text-align: center;">Slowly</p><p style="text-align: center;">But</p><p style="text-align: center;">Surely</p><p style="text-align: center;">Forever</p><p style="text-align: center;">Painted </p><p style="text-align: center;">By</p><p style="text-align: center;">You.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-13300693254389412582021-11-11T00:13:00.013-08:002023-02-14T09:14:01.436-08:00Until Then--LGBTQIA+ Community & Ally Series-Civil Rights Are Human Rights Series-Hope & Survivors Series<p style="text-align: center;">A </p><p style="text-align: center;">Stolen</p><p style="text-align: center;">Look,</p><p style="text-align: center;">From across </p><p style="text-align: center;">Every </p><p style="text-align: center;">Room.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Breath</p><p style="text-align: center;">Inside your </p><p style="text-align: center;">Chest,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Still </p><p style="text-align: center;">Mine.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The </p><p style="text-align: center;">Smell</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of you,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Lingers</p><p style="text-align: center;">In </p><p style="text-align: center;">My heart</p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">On my</p><p style="text-align: center;">Skin.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Sounds</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of moments</p><p style="text-align: center;">Past,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Painting pictures</p><p style="text-align: center;">Leading</p><p style="text-align: center;">Back</p><p style="text-align: center;">To</p><p style="text-align: center;">You.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Memories</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of who I used</p><p style="text-align: center;">To be,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Without you</p><p style="text-align: center;">Here</p><p style="text-align: center;">With </p><p style="text-align: center;">Me.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Touches</p><p style="text-align: center;">So soft</p><p style="text-align: center;">So brief,</p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">Still </p><p style="text-align: center;">Pretending</p><p style="text-align: center;">They're not from</p><p style="text-align: center;">The</p><p style="text-align: center;">Soul</p><p style="text-align: center;">I </p><p style="text-align: center;">Love.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Safety</p><p style="text-align: center;">In </p><p style="text-align: center;">Your arms,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Away from</p><p style="text-align: center;">The </p><p style="text-align: center;">World</p><p style="text-align: center;">That doesn't</p><p style="text-align: center;">Believe </p><p style="text-align: center;">This</p><p style="text-align: center;">Is</p><p style="text-align: center;">Real.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Wishing</p><p style="text-align: center;">For </p><p style="text-align: center;">When we were</p><p style="text-align: center;">Younger,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thinking</p><p style="text-align: center;">Love </p><p style="text-align: center;">Was</p><p style="text-align: center;">Enough.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And</p><p style="text-align: center;">My </p><p style="text-align: center;">Heart </p><p style="text-align: center;">Didn't</p><p style="text-align: center;">Break,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Because </p><p style="text-align: center;">I</p><p style="text-align: center;">Still</p><p style="text-align: center;">Can't</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hold you </p><p style="text-align: center;">By</p><p style="text-align: center;">My side.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I </p><p style="text-align: center;">Sometimes</p><p style="text-align: center;">Like to believe,</p><p style="text-align: center;">There's </p><p style="text-align: center;">A place</p><p style="text-align: center;">That</p><p style="text-align: center;">Will see</p><p style="text-align: center;">Us</p><p style="text-align: center;">As</p><p style="text-align: center;">We are.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Where</p><p style="text-align: center;">They can see</p><p style="text-align: center;">The</p><p style="text-align: center;">Love </p><p style="text-align: center;">You kept secret,</p><p style="text-align: center;">In</p><p style="text-align: center;">Your heart</p><p style="text-align: center;">For</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll</p><p style="text-align: center;">Tell them</p><p style="text-align: center;">You're </p><p style="text-align: center;">The one I chose,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Knowing it </p><p style="text-align: center;">Would</p><p style="text-align: center;">Cost me </p><p style="text-align: center;">Everything</p><p style="text-align: center;">But</p><p style="text-align: center;">You.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Maybe </p><p style="text-align: center;">They'll finally</p><p style="text-align: center;">Understand,</p><p style="text-align: center;">It </p><p style="text-align: center;">Made </p><p style="text-align: center;">Us</p><p style="text-align: center;">Braver</p><p style="text-align: center;">Than they</p><p style="text-align: center;">Ever</p><p style="text-align: center;">Knew.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">But</p><p style="text-align: center;">Until</p><p style="text-align: center;">That someday</p><p style="text-align: center;">Comes,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Love </p><p style="text-align: center;">Will</p><p style="text-align: center;">Be</p><p style="text-align: center;">Love,</p><p style="text-align: center;">As it's always</p><p style="text-align: center;">Been.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll</p><p style="text-align: center;">Make the same </p><p style="text-align: center;">Promise </p><p style="text-align: center;">Then,</p><p style="text-align: center;">As I did </p><p style="text-align: center;">Back when</p><p style="text-align: center;">We only</p><p style="text-align: center;">Had </p><p style="text-align: center;">Each</p><p style="text-align: center;">Other.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">That</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll still</p><p style="text-align: center;">Be </p><p style="text-align: center;">Completely,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Totally,</p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">Forever,</p><p style="text-align: center;">In love </p><p style="text-align: center;">With</p><p style="text-align: center;">You.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-6710394919368440882021-09-08T21:22:00.005-07:002022-02-13T19:08:33.403-08:00With You Gone--Black Series-Wings Series-Angels, Roses Series, Guardians, & Soul Mates Series<p style="text-align: center;">Pale </p><p style="text-align: center;">Moon lit </p><p style="text-align: center;">Skin,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Across</p><p style="text-align: center;">A lonely</p><p style="text-align: center;">Sky.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Clothed </p><p style="text-align: center;">In all</p><p style="text-align: center;">Black, </p><p style="text-align: center;">Blending perfectly</p><p style="text-align: center;">Into the</p><p style="text-align: center;">World </p><p style="text-align: center;">I </p><p style="text-align: center;">Seek.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Quiet</p><p style="text-align: center;">Is the space</p><p style="text-align: center;">We occupy,</p><p style="text-align: center;">For only </p><p style="text-align: center;">The </p><p style="text-align: center;">Lonely of thoughts</p><p style="text-align: center;">Past,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Take up </p><p style="text-align: center;">Residence</p><p style="text-align: center;">Here.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Roses</p><p style="text-align: center;">Left on the</p><p style="text-align: center;">Ground</p><p style="text-align: center;">At my </p><p style="text-align: center;">Feet,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Turn </p><p style="text-align: center;">White</p><p style="text-align: center;">To</p><p style="text-align: center;">Red</p><p style="text-align: center;">To</p><p style="text-align: center;">Black,</p><p style="text-align: center;">As they</p><p style="text-align: center;">Wait </p><p style="text-align: center;">For your</p><p style="text-align: center;">Return.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Take </p><p style="text-align: center;">Me with </p><p style="text-align: center;">You</p><p style="text-align: center;">I say,</p><p style="text-align: center;">One </p><p style="text-align: center;">Last time</p><p style="text-align: center;">As I always</p><p style="text-align: center;">Do.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Let </p><p style="text-align: center;">Me forget</p><p style="text-align: center;">Why I came </p><p style="text-align: center;">Here,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Promise </p><p style="text-align: center;">Me</p><p style="text-align: center;">It gets better</p><p style="text-align: center;">Even</p><p style="text-align: center;">With you</p><p style="text-align: center;">Gone.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-54347441649261952162021-09-06T08:06:00.006-07:002021-11-27T22:05:53.165-08:00When I'm With You--Az Rains Series--Angels, Guardians, & Soulmates Series<p style="text-align: center;"> The </p><p style="text-align: center;">Moon</p><p style="text-align: center;">On a fire lit</p><p style="text-align: center;">Night.</p><p style="text-align: center;">These </p><p style="text-align: center;">Are the </p><p style="text-align: center;">Memories</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of you.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Smell</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of</p><p style="text-align: center;">Dust,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Creasote,</p><p style="text-align: center;">The past,</p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">Your </p><p style="text-align: center;">Future.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This</p><p style="text-align: center;">Is the way</p><p style="text-align: center;">I hold</p><p style="text-align: center;">You </p><p style="text-align: center;">Still.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Floods </p><p style="text-align: center;">Around my</p><p style="text-align: center;">Feet,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Rain in rivers</p><p style="text-align: center;">Flow </p><p style="text-align: center;">Between my</p><p style="text-align: center;">Toes.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The way</p><p style="text-align: center;">I seek</p><p style="text-align: center;">Your</p><p style="text-align: center;">Scent left</p><p style="text-align: center;">On my</p><p style="text-align: center;">Skin.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Gentle breeze</p><p style="text-align: center;">Describes</p><p style="text-align: center;">The chaos</p><p style="text-align: center;">To come.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The only way</p><p style="text-align: center;">To feel</p><p style="text-align: center;">How </p><p style="text-align: center;">You move </p><p style="text-align: center;">With</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Lighting</p><p style="text-align: center;">In the </p><p style="text-align: center;">Sky </p><p style="text-align: center;">Above me,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Brightens</p><p style="text-align: center;">A world</p><p style="text-align: center;">Left</p><p style="text-align: center;">In</p><p style="text-align: center;">Tatters.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Soon</p><p style="text-align: center;">To start</p><p style="text-align: center;">The</p><p style="text-align: center;">Fires,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I</p><p style="text-align: center;">Can only</p><p style="text-align: center;">Feel</p><p style="text-align: center;">When I'm with</p><p style="text-align: center;">You.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-13301540450808056922021-08-29T14:05:00.008-07:002022-07-12T13:46:53.091-07:00Surround Me Again--Black/Roses/Wings/Angels, Guardians, & Soulmates Series<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Black wings</p><p style="text-align: center;">Across </p><p style="text-align: center;">A </p><p style="text-align: center;">Tortured </p><p style="text-align: center;">Sky.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Deep breaths</p><p style="text-align: center;">Echo</p><p style="text-align: center;">Still,</p><p style="text-align: center;">In </p><p style="text-align: center;">My</p><p style="text-align: center;">Mind.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Winds blow</p><p style="text-align: center;">Through,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Like</p><p style="text-align: center;">The</p><p style="text-align: center;">Memory</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of</p><p style="text-align: center;">Your</p><p style="text-align: center;">Scent</p><p style="text-align: center;">On</p><p style="text-align: center;">My</p><p style="text-align: center;">Skin.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Face pale</p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">Delicate,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Eyes</p><p style="text-align: center;">So </p><p style="text-align: center;">Dark</p><p style="text-align: center;">I</p><p style="text-align: center;">Can</p><p style="text-align: center;">Only</p><p style="text-align: center;">See</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me</p><p style="text-align: center;">In</p><p style="text-align: center;">Them.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Teeth bared,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Sharp</p><p style="text-align: center;">As </p><p style="text-align: center;">The</p><p style="text-align: center;">Words</p><p style="text-align: center;">That</p><p style="text-align: center;">Cut</p><p style="text-align: center;">When</p><p style="text-align: center;">You're</p><p style="text-align: center;">Not</p><p style="text-align: center;">With</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Rose petals</p><p style="text-align: center;">At</p><p style="text-align: center;">My </p><p style="text-align: center;">Door,</p><p style="text-align: center;">The</p><p style="text-align: center;">Lingering</p><p style="text-align: center;">Taste</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of</p><p style="text-align: center;">You.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Sigh,</p><p style="text-align: center;">My</p><p style="text-align: center;">Savior,</p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">Let</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hear</p><p style="text-align: center;">Only</p><p style="text-align: center;">Peace,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Until</p><p style="text-align: center;">Your </p><p style="text-align: center;">Black</p><p style="text-align: center;">Wings</p><p style="text-align: center;">Surround</p><p style="text-align: center;">Me</p><p style="text-align: center;">Again.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-39297642803926271332021-08-29T00:43:00.008-07:002021-08-29T12:23:54.130-07:00In My Dreams--Black/Az Rains/Dragons/Roses/Angels, Guardians & Soulmates Series--Hope & Survivors Series--Writers Series<p style="text-align: center;"> Its been so long</p><p style="text-align: center;">Since I saw</p><p style="text-align: center;">You.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">In the place</p><p style="text-align: center;">I spend most of</p><p style="text-align: center;">My time</p><p style="text-align: center;">Now,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Where the rest</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of the world </p><p style="text-align: center;">Lays it's </p><p style="text-align: center;">Head.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This is where</p><p style="text-align: center;">I have </p><p style="text-align: center;">Been.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I wondered some</p><p style="text-align: center;">Days,</p><p style="text-align: center;">If you were still</p><p style="text-align: center;">Out there, </p><p style="text-align: center;">In the place I always </p><p style="text-align: center;">Found you.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I thought</p><p style="text-align: center;">If I </p><p style="text-align: center;">Couldn't see</p><p style="text-align: center;">You,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Would you still</p><p style="text-align: center;">Be there.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">My heart pounds,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Even now,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thinking of</p><p style="text-align: center;">You.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Such a silly thing,</p><p style="text-align: center;">To think</p><p style="text-align: center;">That just the</p><p style="text-align: center;">Memory of your</p><p style="text-align: center;">Breath </p><p style="text-align: center;">Against my ear,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Would </p><p style="text-align: center;">Bring my resolve to </p><p style="text-align: center;">Make it without</p><p style="text-align: center;">You,</p><p style="text-align: center;">To it's</p><p style="text-align: center;">Knees.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Why have I gone so </p><p style="text-align: center;">Long,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Why have I waited to</p><p style="text-align: center;">See you.</p><p style="text-align: center;">When all I</p><p style="text-align: center;">Have to do,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Is close </p><p style="text-align: center;">My eyes</p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">Know you would</p><p style="text-align: center;">Be there.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I don't know.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Maybe </p><p style="text-align: center;">It's the loss</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of others in our world</p><p style="text-align: center;">That knew you,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Shattered </p><p style="text-align: center;">That place in a way</p><p style="text-align: center;">I didn't know how</p><p style="text-align: center;">To resurrect.</p><p style="text-align: center;">To see you again,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Even though</p><p style="text-align: center;">You're the only </p><p style="text-align: center;">One</p><p style="text-align: center;">That stayed by my</p><p style="text-align: center;">Side</p><p style="text-align: center;">For so long,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Seeing you would </p><p style="text-align: center;">Have reminded </p><p style="text-align: center;">Me</p><p style="text-align: center;">Of the one</p><p style="text-align: center;">I would never see again.</p><p style="text-align: center;">And </p><p style="text-align: center;">I think </p><p style="text-align: center;">I</p><p style="text-align: center;">Just wasn't ready</p><p style="text-align: center;">Yet.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">To see you now,</p><p style="text-align: center;">In this new</p><p style="text-align: center;">World,</p><p style="text-align: center;">With different</p><p style="text-align: center;">Lights </p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">Shadows.</p><p style="text-align: center;">You look different</p><p style="text-align: center;">Than you used</p><p style="text-align: center;">To.</p><p style="text-align: center;">But I guess we all</p><p style="text-align: center;">Do.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I think I'm </p><p style="text-align: center;">Ready</p><p style="text-align: center;">To say</p><p style="text-align: center;">It's ok,</p><p style="text-align: center;">That I can see </p><p style="text-align: center;">The one who's always</p><p style="text-align: center;">Been</p><p style="text-align: center;">In my mind,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Visit </p><p style="text-align: center;">You in that place</p><p style="text-align: center;">Deep inside </p><p style="text-align: center;">Somewhere</p><p style="text-align: center;">That belongs</p><p style="text-align: center;">Only </p><p style="text-align: center;">To you </p><p style="text-align: center;">&</p><p style="text-align: center;">I.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And</p><p style="text-align: center;">Maybe not feel</p><p style="text-align: center;">So </p><p style="text-align: center;">Alone.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">But I can't promise</p><p style="text-align: center;">How long I'll</p><p style="text-align: center;">Stay.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Or how well</p><p style="text-align: center;">I can be </p><p style="text-align: center;">This new </p><p style="text-align: center;">Me.</p><p style="text-align: center;">But </p><p style="text-align: center;">I'm ready to </p><p style="text-align: center;">Try.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Maybe that's</p><p style="text-align: center;">Good enough for</p><p style="text-align: center;">Now.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll be be </p><p style="text-align: center;">Waiting</p><p style="text-align: center;">For you,</p><p style="text-align: center;">As I always have,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Since </p><p style="text-align: center;">I can remember.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">In </p><p style="text-align: center;">My</p><p style="text-align: center;">Dreams.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-82602600025534895382021-03-09T00:05:00.002-08:002021-03-09T00:05:07.120-08:00IWD2021 Part 2<p>As the world celebrates, remember Who We Are.....</p><p>We are The Life Givers, the ones who heal. The ones that could take breath, & choose to give the last of their own.</p><p>We are Your History, your religion's sacred memory, your guides, & protection from your worst self.</p><p>We are Our Blood that continues in you, even when you are not of this flesh. Our Blood of these bodies, in this world matters not, our souls join as one.</p><p>So as the world celebrates, remember Who You Are...</p><p>We. </p><p>Are.</p><p>You. </p><p>-L.M.K.</p><p>International Women's Day 2021</p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-29813206952148915872021-03-08T23:50:00.002-08:002021-08-24T22:15:10.464-07:00International Women's Day 2021<p>As the world celebrates, </p><p>remember</p><p>Who We Are.....</p><p><br /></p><p>We are </p><p>The Life Givers,</p><p>the ones who heal.</p><p>The ones who take breath away,</p><p>& choose to give </p><p>the last of our own.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are </p><p>Your History,</p><p>your religion's sacred memory,</p><p>your guides,</p><p>& protection from your worst self.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are </p><p>Our Blood </p><p>that continues in you,</p><p>even when you are not</p><p>of this flesh.</p><p>Our Blood of these bodies,</p><p>in this world </p><p>matters not,</p><p>our souls join as one.</p><p><br /></p><p>So as the world celebrates,</p><p>remember</p><p>Who We Are.....</p><p><br /></p><p>We. </p><p>Are.</p><p>You. </p><p><br /></p><p>-L.M.K.</p><p>International Women's Day 2021</p>Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-83662406206378514482020-06-28T05:19:00.000-07:002020-06-28T20:09:48.575-07:00Colors Of You--Part 1--Black Series<div style="text-align: center;">
Black.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Black feathers</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
At my </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Door.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I look outside,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Cold air </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
rushes in,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I know </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
You've been</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Here.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Black</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Sunbeams</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Drop down</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
On me,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
When I step</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Outside.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
A chance to</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Breath air</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
That others say</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Is vital</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
For</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
My survival.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Black</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
In my vision,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Always tuned to</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Your frequency,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Of me.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
They ask me</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Why I wait</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The way </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I do, </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Here on the edges</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Of home.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Would tell them</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
What I see,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
But how </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
do I explain</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The colors</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Of</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
You.<br />
<br />
<br />
Colors<br />
Of<br />
You<br />
Part 1<br />
Black Series<br />
<br />
A<br />
Paranormal<br />
Gothic<br />
Romance<br />
Series<br />
<br />
<br />
By<br />
Lisa M. Knigge<br />
<br />
Written<br />
June 28, 2020<br />
<br />
<br />
lisaknigge<br />
straythoughts.<br />
blogspot.<br />
com<br />
<br />
Poetry Blog<br />
&<br />
Hopeful Survivor<br />
Journal<br />
Since<br />
2014<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-50470650853098506532019-04-14T16:21:00.000-07:002019-04-14T16:21:46.769-07:00Someday--Dark Space Series--Hope & Survivors--Where You'll Find Me, When I'm Not On My Blog<div style="text-align: center;">
The Darkness</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
That envelopes the </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
sacred space,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
This is where</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I will be.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The Time</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
That disappears from</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The minds</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Of those who</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Don't understand,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
That is who I will</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Be.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The Emptiness</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
You think exists</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Here,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Is all I</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Am now.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
But I</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Am what I</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Am,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
A thing not</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Of yesterday or</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Today,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Or of </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Tomorrow.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Not yet.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
But I</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Will</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Be.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Someday.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-80645280720027429372019-02-18T14:11:00.000-08:002019-02-18T14:11:10.279-08:00FYI--IF YOU READ MY BLOG THU A ANOTHER SITE--IT'S **NOT** WITH MY APPROVAL OR PARTICIPATIONI've been off of my Blog, for several months. Only checking in occasionally, to see how it's still being received around the world. <br />
<br />
I see on my Blog's "Stats", the "Referring" links or websites, etc, lead to someone I don't know, haven't contacted, or know anything about.<br />
<br />
The "Locations" my Blog's being read in, is all over the world as normal, yet places not normally read regularly before, that I remember anyway.<br />
<br />
And the "Posts" being read, indicates "0".<br />
<br />
So, it seems something isn't right, & it's not my doing. So--I am not connected to other sites, not promoting them, or supporting them in any way. <br />
<br />
Hope to see real readers on here soon, have a great day everyone.Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-58315992190502696022018-04-05T18:49:00.002-07:002018-04-05T18:49:17.140-07:00Anyone But You--Dragons Series--Black Series<div style="text-align: center;">
The desperate call,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
the deep </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
unending cascade</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
of solitude.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
This is what </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I remember</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
most.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Talons,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
that rip</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
deep into</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
my skin, </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
the cry</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
of </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
pain,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
the cry</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
for </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
more.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Wings above me,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
soaring,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
screaming</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
through the </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
limitless </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
air,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
this is how</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I seek </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
him</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
now,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
when I want</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
more. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Test me,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
tease </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
me, </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
tell me </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I can be </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
whole,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
that I can </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
be without you,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
& </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
still feel</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
like </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm even </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
alive.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I bet </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
you can't,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I pray </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
you won't,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
to simply prove</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
to me,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I no longer</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
exist</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
without</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
you. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
So,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
take me,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
to that place</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
you promised me,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
we would</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
always</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
be,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
deep</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
&</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
far away,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
from anyone,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
but</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
you.</div>
Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-10749194280288905222018-03-20T00:39:00.000-07:002018-03-20T00:39:35.953-07:00No Place But You--Az Rains Series <div style="text-align: center;">
Rain drops</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
come off of his skin,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
a shower of</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
peace,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
in </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
my</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
perfectly chaotic</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
world.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Those crystals you left me,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I hold </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
them </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
still. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Hold me close</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
to you,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
&</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I can </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
feel the </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
scent</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
of </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
beauty </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
&</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
craven</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
tranquility</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
no longer</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
desire.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
For </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
the peace</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I seek,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
is </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
no place</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
but </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
you.</div>
Lisa Kniggehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071737343873678850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040932293038425633.post-70980392855441139402018-03-04T22:02:00.004-08:002018-03-04T22:09:10.864-08:00Until I See You Again--A "By Josephine McRose" Short Story/Series--Az Rains Series<div style="text-align: left;">
The storms calm. The puddles flood the dirt streets below. I watch a tiny river, flowing through the dirt I secretly spread between my toes, whenever I can. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
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Even as I say this to myself, I know nothing I do, gets past his sight. That stare, that makes me feel him from far away. So that I know when he's near, or simply thinking of me. That's how I know, that he knows. </div>
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Since that first day, watching him lean against the door way of his saloon. That's how long I've known he watches me too. </div>
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But, it's funny, isn't it. That expression, 'watching'. You'd think that, to just say 'saw', or 'briefly noticed', would be enough. But it's not. Not with him. </div>
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See, the way I see him, the way I know he's near. It's like I can already see him, in from of me. Taste his smell on the air. Feel his hands on my skin. </div>
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But, some days, I don't even see him at all. Well, that's not entirely true, is it. What I mean to say is, I see him, only from a distance, a moment, that for me, lasts a lifetime. </div>
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I can't say we've spoken often. That, I know his life story, or his family. Or maybe, anything else, most people would say, makes a difference. In who someone should be to you. That should be, what makes me love him.</div>
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But that's ok, you know. Because, I've loved him all my life. Lifetimes. With him, in my mind. </div>
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To finally find him. And in that place. I can only shake my head, as I write this to you. And laugh to my myself. Because it's just who I am, what I would do. Come out into the middle of nowhere. And find someone I've run to, & run away from, my entire life. </div>
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Isn't that just the way.</div>
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But don't get me wrong, now. It's beautiful, in it's own way. The poetry of it all. The irony, elegant simplicity. Of dropping out, & turning on, so to speak. And here I am, dragging my little family out here(although we both know, I didn't have to suggest it twice, & their bags were packed, our stuff sold, pets in their carriers in the back seat, before I could finish my brilliant pitch, for running away, like kids to a traveling circus). Only find the thing, that's eluded me, & terrified me, since I can remember, remembering anything. Peace. </div>
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So, that's where we are, isn't it? In our little story. I guess I'll leave it at there, for now. But don't worry, I'll write to you again, soon. </div>
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Until then, remember me. Think of our little family, the place we've come to. The world we've discovered here. And know we're happy. Finally, we can stop running. And just.....be. </div>
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Until I see you again,</div>
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Stacy, Debbie, & Sara(& the Pets, of course)</div>
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