Poem: January Bloom Surprise

January Bloom Surprise
By: Joi Maree Flowers

Weather temperature below bearable degrees
Chill of that a freezer burned ice cream
In the midst of a garden
Covered in snow
Outside
Where the wind blows cold
There beyond the bare limbs of once stilled strong trees
Petals unfold
Of a flower
All alone
Who has before its season found its new home

The Azalea
In January
Meant for a
Spring bloom

 

 

Poem: Forward On

Forward On

By: Joi Maree Flowers

Reflect
Scream
Cry
Laugh
Sigh
But tell the past goodbye

Start anew
Today
For the path of tomorrow
Awaits your footsteps to grace

Poem: Barren Womb

Barren Womb

By: Joi Maree Flowers

A room inside
Dark
As the peak of night
Never to have
A guest
To ever fill its vacant space

Cold
And hollow
Without ever
Having a son
Or daughter
From it

Be born

Poem: Becoming We

Becoming We

By: Joi Maree Flowers

Tell me you love me
Without words
Introduce me to your world
Without shame.

Make me apart
Of you
So all who see me
Will already know my name.

Poem: Unseen, Unknown

Unseen, Unknown

By: Joi Maree Flowers

Some footsteps imprinted in those coasts sands
Vanished away
By waved waters and strong winds
Forgotten
Nor
Known
Of whom to
They ever

Did belong
By those who came after before

Thus the story of those
Never known
Are never to be told

Poem: Different

Different

(Date Night)

By: Joi Maree Flowers

Closet aint got no dress
Pockets aint got no cash
I aint going out nowhere
With this man to dance

He said
Baby I'll buy you a dress
And the heels to match
'Cuse on this night with you I don't want to pass

Excuse me sir
I aint no charity case
I don't need nothing from your hands
Where in the end you want some form of sexual repay

Say lady
I just want to spoil and adore you
I aint looking for an easy lay
I'm just a gentleman who likes to treat a woman the right way

Well Sir
Since you put it that way
Pick me up around 8
And please don't be late

Poem: Reminisce

Reminisce

By: Joi Maree Flowers

That voice that whispered my name softly into my ear
That arm that wrapped tightly around my waist
That kiss that gently graced my shoulder
That love of him I felt all over

A use to
But no more

That morning smile that I'd awakened to
That second breath inhaled of his scent
That goodbye that felt different than before
  A hello again to never be heard

Poem: Before I Go

Before I Go

By: Joi Maree Flowers

Life has often been unkind to me
Giving me the best of its worst
Choosing me last to receive its peace
But picking me first to fight its wars

Forgetting to shield me when the rain fell its hardest
And leaving me outside when the nights felt their coldest
The little hope of joy it gave me
Was overshadowed by grief’s repeated pain