Coats

Friends wear many different color coats
Orange of passion, green alliance, gold forever friends.
Blue denotes laughter, red close although worrisome.
Silver coats strength like metal, strong unswaying.

I hope I wear a coat of many colors, stand out in your crowd.
Low ebbing tides of insecurity I need you to lift me up not swat
at me as an irksome fly.
I will lift you up through low ebbs, offer prayers to our God
to strengthen you, heal you and guide you through dark nights.

I will do my best to shield you, give my life for you if necessary.
I offer warmth in my embrace, salty tears of condolence.
I will laugh with at sophomoric humor only we would get.
Sit with you silence if that is what you need, I am here for you.

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Gifted

Beautiful package tied in blue ribbon.
Arrived with a note, fragile, do not shake.
Sitting it carefully before me I sit in the
flowered chair to admire the wrapping paper.
Floral, springtime blooms, pastels growing in fields,
calling my fingers to wander across their meadows.
Gently I open the package, struggling to remove the wrap
in one piece.
Removing the lid, tissue paper aside, my breath fills my lungs.
Beautiful glass slippers, nestled safely within the tissue,
long to be caressed.
Tenderly I lift them, hand abruptly stopping midair.
Lucite slippers, weightless in shaking hands.
Heart drops within my shell as plastic slippers drop to floor.

Step Off

I was so afraid of falling
no way could I draw near
Tried so hard to fit in
I spent my life in fear

People called me timid
couldn’t meet their eye
Always a people pleaser
forced myself to lie

Tied myself in knots
attempting to conform
My daddy had convinced me
I wasn’t of the norm

I climbed the highest mountain
peered down at the view
Contemplated the job ahead
understood what I must do

I prayed to God in Heaven
took in a gusty breath
I closed my eyes against the sight
and took a giant step

I felt my body falling
before someone caught me in his arms
He held me tight, cradled me,
promised he would hold me, protecting me from harm

We soared on currents, looking down
I watched the world grow
He pointed out the heartaches and
disappointments of everyone below

Turn your face to Heaven, give yourself to God
He will shoulder all your burdens freeing you to soar
He will hold you up and steady you, never let you fall
guide you and adore you, could you ask for more

(c) victoria ramsey 2017

Floating

I wandered too close to your heart
thinking I could just dip my toes in
and test your waters.
Something grabbed me by my
longing, pulled me below the surface.

I struggled, Lord how I struggled,
to rise above the surface.
Dark currents carried me along
riptides pulled and pushed, I couldn’t think.

Eddies spun me around and around,
dizzy and confused I held my breath.
Eventually floating to the surface
I bobbed atop your emotions, grasping.
You buoyed me there and left me floating.

I spent my days watching others sink, resurface.
They came and went, only I remained, weighted
to a buoy, bobbing alone in your deep recesses.
Content to remain here floating in your desires.

victoria ramsey 2016

Marionette

 

She knelt among the cooled embers her skirts settled into the ash
Splayed fingers sifting through the charred detritus of her life
Sifting and searching for even a small object that said she had been here
She held her hands before her palms up, stained black and gray, ashy
She turned them palms down, broken fragmented nails, underlined in black
Tears made snail trails down her gray dusted face, wiping them away with ash covered hands it appeared she had finger painted charcoal makeup
on her once perfectly painted face

She stands slowly and moves the ash around with here bare toes
once pink tipped, dainty, the silver toe ring still there on her second toe
scarcely visible beneath the filth
Her lips move for the first time in days, foreign reflex, overlooked so soon
A smile changes the plains of her face, no pink or red tinted lips today
She had been here superficially, allowing others to dress her up
and pull her strings, marionette she danced for them
She found herself in the ashes of that detritus and knew she existed

(C) victoria ramsey

The Daily Post – Crisis

forgive me

You released my hand and walked away
My palm full of bloody shards of broken glass
You cracked under the pressure I placed on you

I believed you carved the stars for me
I refused to share them, even with you
I allowed you the moon, only in eclipse
You took my universe with you when you left

I wound myself so tightly in my dreams
Life escaped me
I’ve forgotten how to breathe without you
My heart refuses to beat, dreams gone up in smoke

(C) victoria ramsey

Succumb

 

You held on to me so tightly

I felt I couldn’t breathe
All that I could focus on
was seeking a reprieve

When I finally left you
I quickly came undone
Won’t you come and find me
I fear I may succumb

(C) victoria ramsey

Pastel Floral Dress

by VictoriaFeathers   © Victoria, All rights reserved

Mother Nature slips into her finery,
a pretty pastel floral dress,
dabs on a bit of her favorite
lavender and lilac scent.

She pulls the shades of winter to
allow the sunshine in.
The weather warms the earth,
begins Springs cycle once again.

Baubles of emerald sprout on
no longer dormant trees.
Gardens erupt in kaleidoscopic color.
Flowers  dancing in the breeze.

Birds unseen all winter long,
busy building nests in chosen bower.
Humming birds and butterflies gather
nectar while kissing every flower.

Flowers show their faces,
smiling at the sun.
Baby chicks hatch out to play
as shells become undone.

Too Long Apart

Posts by VictoriaFeathers

I saw your face in the clouds today, I’m sure I saw you wink
I smiled at you and tipped my head and I began to think
Your eyes are kind, you smile is grand, your dimples just the same
You look so peaceful dressed in white, your hair a gorgeous mane
Heaven must agree with you, sharp edges rubbed away
I saw your soft and tender side as the wind carried you on your way
I raised my face to blow a kiss, I saw you reach for it. You held it gently in your hand
and placed it in your heart
When God calls me to come to him, to walk among the stars, I pray that I will see you there,
we’ve been too long apart

N’more

 

You kept all my kisses you’d traded for lies
I thought you my lover, twas just your disguise
You lashed me to you so I couldn’t run
Made me your prisoner, believed we were one
I shredded bindings, broke for the door
Keep your love baby, I want it n’more

(C) victoria ramsey