Coyote Dreams Strikin' fear in the heart of Darkness, one spark at a time....

May 13, '08 11:41 AM
for everyone

Valleys

May be you see my life
Across miles and years
The gentle rolling hills and valleys
Verdant earth that ebbs
And flows
Summer grass cool beneath
Wearied feet
Lazy sunsets slip soft and smoky
Rest for another day
Quiet against my breast
Breath measured
I treasure you
Sheltered in my embrace

Is this your love
Blinded to the rifts
The ragged cliffs
Barren and ravaged
Weathered scars
Torrential rains and landslide chaos
Define me
Canyons so deep
Light never descends
Do you find beauty
In my weathered soul
The rush of ascent
As you fly from this valley
Pinnacle bound
and breathless
Love is rarified air

I am your oasis
In the shifting sands
Drifting dunes and valleys
I shimmer in your love
Your mirage
A vision of shelter
Beautiful
Forever....
TL Boehm
051308

So I've been a bit constipated - forgive me for the crispy little bit of poetic excrement thusly posted above. Had to purge sometime, right?

Thought I was coming up outta my own personal 'valley' this weekend but NOOOO! Started sneezing my happy fanny off on Friday night - spent Saturday, Sunday and Monday increasing Kleenex's profit margin - not only is it humbling that the bladder cannot handle a bout of horkin' but it also cannot maintain during multiple sneezing...sigh. Got about four hours of sleep Friday, Saturday and Sunday night because my nose thought it was a Mr Coffee and went on auto drip...(blech!) There are worse things a girl can do than slobber on her pillow....sigh. And there was that whole achy fevery thing too...that motrin won't cut.

But its only a delay - right? Today - although my nose looks like grade a ground round and I feel like a big tenderized cutlet - its better. I squeezed out a poem. Nothing hurts so bad I can't think, and nothing is voluntarily eepin' out. Maybe I can get back to actually writing....um...yeah.

Peace.

(thank you Joyce - for the poetic fiber....giggles)

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dddyzbabeegurl wrote on May 13

I thought this was the epitome of pretty poetry coming from your pen...
so....
**stickin' tongue out**
what you think bout it really doesn't matter :D
xoxo to you

coyotedreams wrote on May 13

thank you Hiedi - you are always so prolific...I am a series of grinding gears. In the middle of a nice poem - and a random thought about gravitationally challenged milk glands rears up and my moment is ovah!

seanymph3 wrote on May 13

Sigh.........I read your poetry and then think of the one I did this week............God Im pathetic.

sassymssharon wrote on May 13

I always feel the pull.....the release....and it never fails to sooth....there is always something raging inside of me.....I let it loos with my pen....but never do I bloom quite as beautifully as you .....I love it when you write poetry...

featherhailfly wrote on May 13

That is one beautiful poem. I loved it! Makes my ooey gooey nursery rhyme stuff look like... well, just like ooey gooey nursery rhyme stuff. haha Really...it's a beautiful poem. I wish you felt better. Maybe you need a bubble to put yourself in and keep the germs out? Darn those germs. Hope you feel better soon.

coyotedreams wrote on May 13

where is the one you did this week....I bet its awesome. You know. I cannot do backgrounds to save my life, but I saw your mothers day background and it is BEAUTIFUL. so - i know you are talented, Sea.
Sassy, thank you. I often feel like my poems are unfinished.
Sheil - I grew up on ooey gooey nursery ryhmes, there is NOTHing wrong with sentimental sappy writing.

seanymph3 wrote on May 13

Tam its the Mothers Day Fantasy one on my blog. Because my bf was going in for surgery Mon. I postponed my Mothers day till this coming sat. So it was quiet here and I was dreaming of my move. :)

coyotedreams wrote on May 13

I'm going to go check it out.

seanymph3 wrote on May 13

Thanks for the comment Tam, glad you liked it. After I posted it, it just seemed so plain almost childish to me. But it did just flow when I wrote it so I figured I should at least post it. Its the first poem of any sort Ive done since H.S. When I was there my English teacher wanted me to write for a special writers newspaper the school had but even then I didnt think my stuff was any good.

Now that I read just what I typed here.......... I laugh. How many times have I seen you say that on here about your own stuff.? Isnt it amazing , we cant see what others see on our pieces? I wrote another blog about some of the friends I have here on my friends list after someone I thought was a friend just left Multiply......gone. So I asked why others why are certain people on your own lists? I didnt name names but perhaps you might find yourself in that blog. I did write about you :)

coyotedreams wrote on May 13

which entry was that, Sea?

seanymph3 wrote on May 13

Its a week or so back.......called Friends and blogging .

coyotedreams wrote on May 13

I couldn't find it - but if you send me the link, I'll read it. (I read the energies post, wow. And your changes post - awesome pictures in that one...)

seanymph3 wrote on May 13

http://seanymph3.multiply.com/journal/item/623/Friends_and_blogging Thats the one :)

jakuper wrote on May 13

" Define me
Canyons so deep
Light never descends
Do you find beauty
In my weathered soul
The rush of ascent
As you fly from this valley
Pinnacle bound
and breathless
Love is rarified air

I am your oasis
In the shifting sands
Drifting dunes and valleys "

....As consipated as you have been, starving have I been...to feel the freedom of your words. I am glad your PEn was resurrected....we been missing your essence. And anytime you need some fiber for your diet...lemme know. lol

Kicking sand into tha air! lol so damn happy!

cocoa8007 wrote on May 13

coyotedreams said

May be you see my life
Across miles and years
The gentle rolling hills and valleys
Verdant earth that ebbs
And flows
Summer grass cool beneath
Wearied feet
Lazy sunsets slip soft and smoky
Rest for another day
Quiet against my breast
Breath measured
I treasure you
Sheltered in my embrace

Tam, I love your pen... when you write, it's so amazing... truly a gift from above... happy to read whatever lil drops of sunshine you release...

coyotedreams wrote on May 13

thank you cocoa, I love it when you visit me...I need to come see you on your page.
Joyce, you are often my muse.

rebadadiva wrote on May 13

oh Tammy...I love this so much.

coyotedreams wrote on May 13

thank you reba, so nice to see you!

boomshuck wrote on May 14

Stopping in to say hello! I enjoy your poems as always! Hope all is well with u and yours : )

vghozlan wrote on May 14

Tammy, the poem was beautiful...I think that because you are so stretched, your body has not had a chance to heal...seriously...get more rest...I know that's hard but please learn to say NO...just say NO...I need ME time...a fulltime job, a family, church obligations...something has gotta give...you take care, you hear? *hugs*

ruthannk wrote on May 15

Yeah, Tam, what Vee said ! But still and all, it's a great poem...thanks

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