Life's Journey

By Roberta Dawn

Life's Journey by Roberta Dawn is a collection of one hundred poems she has written over the years. Some poems have been inspired by her personal experiences and some from trying to understand the world around her. There is at least one poem for everyone to relate to, if not several. Anyone who has family, friends, a significant other, a bad or good day, lived military life, and more will have something to relate to. In fact, anyone who has walked this journey through life should enjoy this book. Roberta Dawn hopes these poems can help people understand others better and understand their own thoughts and feelings. These poems can also help others know they are not alone, that others may have faced similar challenges and may be experiencing similar emotions. Life's Journey is a variety of poems written about love, heartache, sadness, happiness, grief, and life from the author's perspective. Each poem is written from the author's heart as they came to her like a gift in the wind when she needed the words to express her thoughts, feelings, love, and sometimes pain. Every word is written with many possible impressions, feelings, thoughts, experiences. These poems are meant to be read and reread, to be read alone and shared, and to be appreciated and enjoyed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 14, 2020
• ISBN: 9781647014230

Book preview

I See You

Not just your pretty face

But deep down

In your heart and soul

I even hear

Your thoughts sometimes

I look into your eyes

And I see you

The pain tightly held at bay

The longing to feel safe

And loved enough

To put down those heavy walls

I see you

And the weight on your shoulders

The strength in you

To carry the cards you’ve been dealt

I see you so full of love

Yet terrified to open your heart

Afraid one more heartbreak

Will make your soul shatter

I see you

Opening it anyway

Sliver by sliver

Hoping someone will grab your hand

And hold tight no matter what

I see you

Do you see me?

The Man, The Soldier

A soldier lies on the ground

Target in his sight

His faithful gun loaded and ready

Amidst all the chaos

His world goes silent and focused

The soldier says a prayer

For straight and true flight

The man has become

The soldier on a mission

The man must retreat to a corner of his soul

And wait for mission complete

The man is God’s son

And not a killer

The soldier is a well-trained machine

The man is made with God’s love

The soldier is trained to do his job without mercy

The man needs love

The soldier cannot feel

The man must be strong enough

To turn off the soldier

The soldier must complete his mission

Or else

Sometimes the machine keeps running

When the man is weary

And tired of watching the soldier kill

The man can give up

On turning off the machine

Before this happens

The man needs to be embraced

And thrown a rope of understanding

I’ve Always Wanted

I’ve always wanted

The type of in-sync love

That could go to war

And never need to speak

I’ve always wanted

The secure feeling that

I know my other half

Knows my thoughts

In strategy

I think of times

When partners in love

Are partners in life

I’ve always wanted

To have that type of love

That moves mountains

And lasts through the end of time

The unshakeable love

That scares all darkness away

The unselfish, all-caring love

I’ve always searched for this

And just as I was about to give up

I found you

My true love

One Of My Greatest Creations

My dear child

I love you more than you know

I know our lives have been rocky at times

I know in some areas you’ve had it rough

And in others you’ve had it smooth

I know you’ve grown up fast

Even though I’ve tried my best

To protect you from

The ugliness of our world

You are so very gorgeous

And don’t see it

Which scares me because

I never want you taken advantage of

Just because

You love with your whole soul

I know a soul as deep as yours

Is both a blessing and a curse

You are so close to the day

When I must release you

Into the world

To make your mark

I know you will be awesome

But I will always worry

Because I love you

With my whole being

You will always be a part of me

And one of my greatest creations

My Chocolate Addiction

My chocolate addiction

Is so strong that

When offered

Will always choose it

I never knew how strong

Until I met my chocolate man

So sexy and handsome

I was drawn to him like to a drug

But he makes me happier

Than any drug ever could

Now I would choose my man

Every single time

No other man or chocolate

Can compare to him

Now chocolate can’t hold

A candle to my man

My man is the true chocolate

I have been searching for

All these years

He satisfies all of my cravings

He feeds me love, respect

And nourishing support

My chocolate man

Fills me up

And makes me see

What I’ve been needing

Beauty Of Your Soul

You try to blend

Into the shadows

But I still see you