My final college poetry final.

I had to write several poems (not allowed to rhyme except in Fade to Black) and I am extremely proud of them

"The Choice"- 5 line poem
Sweat forms on my brow
Senses begin to awaken
Fight or flight
Heart pounding and pulse racing
Grab hold tight and take the plunge

"Unseen"- Poem about a picture I saw of my father and how i felt

He smiles at my mother
Wearing a red plaid shirt
The color of love
The feeling he is clearly showing her
She puts her arms around him
Green dress matching the red so well
Looks like Christmas
A holiday I will never see him
My heart shattering for the love lost
I want to expose my flaws and be enough
All I see is an empty space
Voided out is the word father
He will never see the woman
I have developed into being,
A page in life history is rewritten
Spilled ink cluttering the introduction
Focus like a lost child in the woods
Searching and wondering
Any clues that may be lost
Why was he never there?
Type out the book
Press print
What was written cannot be undone
His smile gleaming at my mother
The smile he will never have for me
Taking a hold of my mother???s hand
That is held out for me
Clearing this hurdle
A track star???s emotion fills me
The emotion overtaking
Falling to my knees
Praising the woman I have become.


"Fade To Black"-Poem about life


We all fade to black
Her self-worth begins to crack
Falling into the black

He begins to pack
Going off to college
We all fade to black



She cares not about living in a shack
Only that her baby is safe
Falling into the black

She marries despite the flack,
given by her family
We all fade to black

Staring at his wife and his son Jack
Dying lonely in his hospital bed
Falling into the black

Jack placing the lilac
upon his father's grave
tears are shed grief strong
We all fade to black.

"Community"- A poem about how a community can turn into a family

A community.
At night.

Families are coming together
They hold hands
Together they stand.

Leaves falling down
Another night has come around

But not yet.

One hand is empty.
It is that of a child of three

A stranger clasps that hand firmly
Child???s mother smiles knowingly
This minute.


Leaves fall.
Stars glow.
A family they have become.


"Charity"- A poem about how i want to give back and why

Give a helping hand
A heart is broken
Helping restores hope

Destitute, living on the street
Signs pointing to nowhere
Give a helping hand

Life flickers out of their eyes
Emotionless without love
Helping restores hope

Hand them a pair of shoes
The world brightens with their once lost smile
Give a helping hand

Sense of life renewed
Like a rose blossoming to life
Helping restores hope

This could be you
Lost like an abandoned child
Give a helping hand.


"Ghost of Him"- poem about a woman staring at a picture of her husband then dealing with the grief that he is passed on


His eyes crying tears of joy
Black as midnight tuxedo
My white satin wedding dress
Almost as beautiful as the smile
When I said ???I do???
Arms tightly around each other
I have become his wife
This title I hold so dear
Birdseed and cannons fill the air
Celebrating our union,
It was meant to be.
Staring at the empty bed sheets
The once warm spot of where he used to be
The smell of coffee no longer filling the air
I cry of grief and pain
Our wedding picture falls to the floor
Falling unable to stand
I cry for the ghost of him.


COPYRIGHT- Strawberri aka Heather.