Hi guys, newbie to the poetry thread. Im a lurker & love all the poems.
@ EMEYES....that was beautiful...loved it.
I haven't written since high school, many many moons ago, but here's one I wrote for Eric about his injury & Natalia, I hope your able to follow it, the timeframe is from Eric's shooting to present.
"Finding the light"
I awake in this room my head is heavy, it's hard to see my past so unclear this bullet now living inside of me
I hear a woman's voice outside my door suddenly I feel no sorrow the Doctor says "visiting hours are over, Miss you'll have to come back tomorrow" my heart can feel her my head can't seem to place her ~~~ Her scent fills the air it brings me back to a time I can't recall I hear her speak, her voice so familiar she gives me a contagious smile, a laugh i've heard before my heart feels her my head can't place her ~~~ I hold her in comfort an image flashes in my mind brown hair lays across my pillow, i'm unaware why I suddenly feel like a man I used to know my heart feels her my head doesn't place her though ~~~ Today my friend lays in this bed a room where I once have been I'm reminded of my sister, his wife I ask God if they'll be together again
I find myself back at her bedside, not his facing the sadness I had buried within memories begin to flood my mind bloody images...dirt covered caskets gunshots echo...I relive the fear my head starts spinning scribbles in my mind now are written so clear ~~~ I see myself wrapped in her arms, her body bare brown hair spread across my pillow her soft voice says to me "it'll be alright" as her fingers gently stroke my hair
all the darkness I had put to rest my life, nothing but a blurr she was the light that got buried along with it my heart can feel her through darkness... I've now found her.
edited to add my Greg poem (written for my fic "Acting on Impulse & Love"). I finally put the poem on a wall (its a screenshot I made of a ep of CSI Vegas, the pics of Greg are screenshots I made from the "Harvest" ep):