Forsaken
“There is no alternative for love.” – S.H.
You’ve forsaken me
By choosing another love
I look away now
My dear what were you thinking
There is no alternative
©Kay Salady
Dragonfly Serenade at Sunset
Dragonfly serenade buzz on by if you may
Serene waters silently echo deep beg and plea
Row the boat very far to where frog and lily are
Sing to me a lovely song in the sun all day long
Look into eyes so deep lift this heart from sorrow keep
Hold fair hand elate a soul bring lover’s kiss my heart stole
Sunset’s dream drifts slowly by so lovingly you and I
©Kay Salady Poetry
An Open Door
I saw an open door
And softly entered in
He waited tenderly
His hand outstretched again
To gently guide me there
I did not hesitate
To kneel with him in prayer
Before an open gate
That opened up for me
Unworthy as I am
He heard my earnest plea
And as I rose to stand
I felt my broken heart
Stir within my chest
What others tore apart
He somehow put to rest
Filling me with peace
Surpassing certainty
I could not comprehend
How he could still love me
©Kay Salady
Time to Leap
Tomorrow it is time to leap
From promises I vowed to keep
Oh so very long ago
I swore my love to not let go
Of your sweet love and gentle hand
I just can’t seem to understand
How I have come to this crossroad
With my heart bearing the heavy load
Of knowing she’ll accept your name
Instead of me and I go insane
Knowing that I’ll never touch
The precious man I love so much
It’s time to turn my face away
But I don’t have the heart to say
Goodbye
©Kay Salady
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My Heart’s Door
When you come across an empty shell, love isn’t easy to give. – My dream 2/25
On the tip of memory where dreams that dreamers dream
Become safely tucked away in vacant corners of negligence
I stumble along dim corridors seeking my heart’s door
Leaning upon these empty walls of loneliness
Scratching for some recompense for all the years
My happiness lay hidden somewhere far from me
A sonnet’s drifting through my mind that haunts my soul
As tears fall on the letters tied with scarlet thread
I’d gathered from the scattered trail you left behind
Anticipating that I’d find my way to you
Oh heart of mine where did you go what have I done
To inflict such fatal wounds that you should die
Sweet happiness is hidden somewhere far away
Beside my dreams just on the tip of memory
©Kay Salady
Despite the Odds
You and I painted our canvas
By taking away all the blues
And replacing them with rainbowed hues of love
And as water fell from clouds
Wrapping themselves around us soft and warm
The magic of our bliss shone through
There wasn’t anything we couldn’t do
Baby we believed we’d achieve the impossible
By embracing the fairy tale
And rewriting the never-ending dream
Unlike Romeo and Juliet or Saleem and Anarkali
We vowed that we would not regret
The love we made despite the odds
©Kay Salady
“I would give thanks unto my God unto the day of resurrection. Ah! Could I behold the face of my beloved once more?” – Persian couplet
Daydream
COULD YOU EVER LOVE ME
AND ARE YOU THINKING OF ME
AS I’M REACHING OUT FOR YOU
IN ALL MY HOURS OF LONELY
BABY YOU’RE THE ONE AND ONLY
THOUGHT THAT I AM THINKING THROUGH
THIS WEARY MIND THAT WONDERS
IF THE SPELL I’M UNDER
COULD BE MORE THAN REVERIE
I WRESTLE WITHIN THE NOTION
THAT MY PERPETUAL DEVOTION
IS A FLEETING FANTASY
©KAY SALADY
I’ve Run Out of Words
How can I live and how can I breathe
Why did I think that you’d never leave
I took for granted that you’d always stay
Right here by my side now you’ve gone away
What more can I give what else can I do
I’ve run out of words I gave them to you
It seems that it’s time for me to give up
My fragile heart’s broken the pieces have cut
To the core of my soul and bled me away
My fingertips aching to hold yesterday
Reached to untie the bright scarlet ribbon
That sealed every word of love that I’d written
Now drifting away down a river of pain
Fed by my teardrops falling as rain
How can I live and how can I breathe
When did it first occur that you’d leave
What did I say and what did I do
I’ve run out of words I gave them to you
©Kay Salady
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The Fragile Dream
Recall the fragile dream
Between your path and mine
Inspired by sweet surrender
Transforming compassion
Into a journey of possibility
Balancing challenges
With understanding
Enduring hardship
Through gratitude
All for the beauty of hope
In fragile dreams
©Kay Salady
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