08.13.08

On This Night

Posted in Poetry tagged , , at 7:02 am by Melissa Morris

On This Night

by Melissa Morris

 

On this night when searching has ceased

and the pale light of the baby moon

causes my lashes to fall along with my hopes,

I agree to sleep.

Blustery gusts of night time dust

take a whimsical path to my window

for a

tap-tap-tap

melodically rhythmic night cap.

I am charmed into a trance

by the echoes of a lullaby,

sung so long ago,

and incessantly recalled.

I am eased into a slumber state

by Luna’s glowy touch over my eyes.

Spells of magic cast away upon me

and sail over moon-kissed waves,

a caravelle of dreams.

 

This “On This Night” was originally published in The Podium, 2000.  © Melissa Morris 

Sometimes there are just no words…

Posted in Words tagged at 1:02 am by Melissa Morris

Sometimes, there are just no words that seem to fit.  The more you try to find the right word, the harder it becomes.  In cases like these, there is not much you can do, but let it be. The wrong words only make things worse.  

abandoned, anguished, at a loss, at sea, baffled, bemused, bewildered, blah, blue, broken-hearted, bummed (out), cast down, chagrined, choked, clueless, crestfallen, crushed, cut up, dejected, deserted, depressed, desolate, despairing, despondent, devastated, discombobulated, disconcerted, disconsolate, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disillusioned, disgruntled, disheartened, dismal, dismayed, disoriented, dispirited, displeased, dissatisfied, distressed, doleful, down, down in/at the mouth, down in the dumps, downhearted, downcast, dumbfounded, fazed, flummoxed, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, frustrated, gloomy, glum, grief-stricken, grieving, heartbroken, heavy-hearted, inconsolable, injured, isolated, let down, lonely, melancholy, miffed, miserable, mortified, mournful, muddled, mystified, nonplussed, offended, pained, peeved, perplexed, puzzled, sad, saddened, shattered, solitary, sore, sorrowful, taken aback, tearful, upset, woebegone, wretched…

~Melissa