Poems of the Heart

By Jon Ehrlich

This is a book of poems, mainly about coming of age and finding friendship and love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jon Ehrlich
• Release date: Jan 22, 2024
• ISBN: 9798223322030

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Table of Contents

The Stairs

Long Ago at the Lake

Past and Future

Still Living

The Beach

Soaring among the Stars

Time

You Take Flight

Puppy Hide and Seek

A Child

The Stairs

She sat at the top of the stairs,

Remembering what it was like growing up,

Listening to her parents talking below,

Their soft voices casting a spell in the house—

Keeping the dark at bay.

When the day was not good,

A bad test grade, a friend with a snarky comment,

The boy she liked looking the other way as she walked by,

She could always count on her parents and her dogs,

To welcome her home with hugs and kisses,

Healing the day’s hurts away.

The stairs were a refuge.

As she ran up and down

They were sometimes a comfortable seat to think,

A place of warm conversations late at night,

Of sitting and reading while the music soared through the house,

A sense of