Poems by Michael J. Malone

As the sun crests the earth's horizon
With the beautiful dawn of a new day
The Picturesque scene awe inspiring
With dazzling colors too many to say

Freezing my eyes in time and place
Thought provoking of what I'm seeing
A primary color sets my mind in pace
Captured still my thoughts un-freeing

As the sun moves in time to a place
Shining down on passionate roses below
Color representing love in hearts race
All-consuming of thoughts you know

Time with place to place the sun moves
Looking back prior to the season of fall
Falling tree leaves this color approves
Not seen through winter's snowfall

But seen abundantly in a winter's holiday
Gifts given through memories invoked
Precious time spent together, more I pray
This heart felt message will be un-cloaked

Winter is gone and the sun moves on
To the next reminder in both time and place
Through spring to summer as flowers grow
Their color depicting a beautiful blushing face

As the sun sets below the earth's horizon
With the beautiful end of another day
The Picturesque scene awe inspiring
With dazzling colors too many to say

But a color stands out above the rest
Freezing my thoughts in time and place
Ever consuming all of my thoughts
Because of whom all this reminds me of

Once I stumbled upon an enchanted forest
It wasn't too long ago in the middle of May
Wandering about thinking I was a tourist
Trekking freely stumbling along I must say

This is beautifully stunning I said to myself
For it was on that day face to face I stared
At the crowd of trees like a picture on a shelf
Different with a mental darkness I shared

I ventured bravely into the forest that day
To see what enchantments I could behold
On that fateful day in the middle of May
Thinking pridefully to myself I am very bold

It's what I discovered that was in those trees
Something wrong something dark and very cold
Lay within those trees I never wanted to see
Beckoning to me to see that which I was to behold

Etched here and there, images of memories past
Image after image scars here and everywhere
Tortured representations have caught me at last
Binding me to hurt my burden now I have to bear

A mother's name which symbolizes hurtful words
Said in hate to someone too young to understand
Next a symbol of love in the spring and afterward
Heart broken to pieces it didn't work out as planned

Followed by icons of a map with thoughts of riches
A symbol of life crushed by circumstances unknown
This enchanted forest is only that which bewitches
Nightmarish memories never to be forgotten nor alone

Run away I did on that fateful day in the middle of May
From the enchanted forest of which I didn't want to see
A reflection of my mind twisted and dark I have to say
It was a lifelong journey of what I didn't want to ever be

I am your neighborhood cat you see
Destined to antagonize you as I please
Peering through your window hehe
Come here dog to bark to appease

You can't get me you canine disease
You're locked inside can't you see
I'll scratch at your window with ease
Ahhh does this irritate with my tease

Bark bark bark dog to try to appease
As I lick your window repeatedly hehe
Oh wait here is my backside to tease
I wave my tail just to further displease

Had enough you stupid canine disease
I'm your neighborhood cat I do as I please
Wait! was that the front door as I freeze
Chased down the street now I must flee