Poetry

“Tides”

| Laura Lee Bonde

The other evening, as I was on my walk, I looked to my right and saw the setting sun, looked to my left and saw the rising moon, thought of my friend who’s bipolar, and started praying for him. During that prayer, this poem began. #bipolar

“Tides”

the sun
setting on my right
the moon
rising to my left

two opposites
grabbing attention
two views
wanting to be seen

two poles
with one center

night and day
happy and sad
calm and irritable

is that what’s it like
to be bipolar?
do opposites fight
for attention?

the moon
and the sun
share the same sky

“Around the Ring”

| Laura Lee Bonde

as much as I thought I was ready
to be a wife
I found I wasn’t ready
to be a wife

to have my body
not my own

to have time
but not alone

to have a voice
that doesn’t matter

to have ideas
but be shutdown

to have to care for
instead of cared for

or being cared for
instead of care for

to be in a city
without any friends

to have a future
without an end

I know it WILL BE good
it’s just a matter of time
and just a matter of road
to trudge on

learning to be a wife
learning to be a husband
learning to live together
as one

holy matrimony!!

“Belly Up”

| Laura Lee Bonde

to some
happiness might be
as simple as a smile
an occasional giggle

to others
it may be surroundings
what they look at
what they see

to me
I love to laugh
love the sound of it
love the feel of it

maybe it reminds me
to be happy

“Out of Whack”

| Laura Lee Bonde

the thought of change
is much more exciting
than the reality of it

the clouds still form
the trees still blow in the wind
yet
everything looks different
and I’m beginning to realize why

the perfect alignment
body-soul-spirit
how I feel?
body-spirit-soul

maybe the first step
of realization
is seeing

now to take the next step

“Secret Garden”

| Laura Lee Bonde

in the quiet
of His Presence
it was written
word by word
from the heart

and in the quiet
of His Presence
it was taken in
word by word
into the heart

for giving
to be complete
one must receive

some things
are too precious
to share
and should be
guarded by the heart

this is one of those things