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CHAT ROOM ROMANCE Fingers fly across a keyboard striving to express that which words alone could never quite address. I want to look into your eyes, let you see the way I feel. There is not a doubt reflected there, my love for you is real. I know not what the future holds or what tomorrow brings but fate brought you into my life and my heart has sprouted wings! ©Copyright 2000 Gretchen L. Holcer Fluttering Heart (haiku) The way my heart feels When I see your smiling face Cannot be displaced ©Copyright 2001 Gretchen L. Holcer My Mountains When I think of home, more oft than not, my heart begins to ache for crystal streams and shady paths and a million other things. To hear a bobcat's scream at night would be like music to my ears. The view from my most special place has haunted me for years. There's nothing like my mountains. They are a part of me. A place so hostile to society where some might be afraid Is where I find my inner peace, where my truest self was made. ©Copyright 2000 Gretchen L. Holcer Cry For Inner Peace Each time I close my eyes In search of solitude My mind can find no inner peace The silence is not true The hurts of others crowding in Demanding to be heard I cannot hide or shut them out They will not be deterred I, who feel what others feel I, who sense their pain Have nowhere I can be alone The effort's all in vain Is this a gift or burden? Or will I ever know? That I must answer thos who call They'll never let me go! The ebb and flow of energies A never-ending tide That fills me with emotions From which I cannot hide To feel another's sorrow and touch upon their pain To help another on their path to maybe ease their strain I would do my duty willingly For the blessings that it brings But what of my identity And what my soul-light dreams? ©Copyright 2000 Gretchen L. Holcer Mom When I was little, You showed me the way, And made me what I am today. For all your guidance, caring, and love, I thank the lucky stars above. I caused you problems years ago, For that I'm sorry, I hope you know. You taught me how to stand on my own, If only then, I wish I'd known. There were times when I was mad at you, For little things you made me do. But you were always there for me, You let me be what I wanted to be. I love you more than words can say, And learn new things from you each day. You're someone on whom I can depend, You're not only my mother, you're my friend. And I hope that someday I will be, As good a mother as you are to me. ©Copyright 1993 Gretchen L. Holcer The Wall I built a wall around my soul So high that none could pass With bricks and mortar made of pain And gates of solid steel No matter what the offered bribery Or promises made of gold The soul that hid behind that wall Could never be bought or sold! Until one day, a thief crept by So sly, almost unseen He slipped right in, no fuss at all And escaped with my soul His getaway was clean! I thought my true self hidden I thought none could touch me there But somehow you have climbed the wall And found me waiting there. Alone, afraid, but filled with love I give my all to you The only one who could enter in And see the me beyond the wall ©Copyright 2000 Gretchen L. Holcer The Unseen Hidden in a realm of shadows, the doorway undisclosed... Faster than the human eye, the folk called fae go whizzing by. Caverns hide where dragons sleep, while Nessie glides through waters deep. A world of myth and magick modern man has set aside... A blindness truly tragic made up of human pride... Unable to explain, unable to control They simply can't exist here on this mortal coil. If you cannot see, touch, feel, or prove, does that mean it isn't so? Because you cannot see the river's end, do not the waters flow? In every myth, a grain of truth or so it has been said. On hopes and dreams and fantasies the human soul is fed. If you would close your eyes to this because you've never seen, Then so bemoan the death of souls who never chance to dream. ©Copyright 2001 Gretchen L. Holcer BACK |