Silent Awakenings

      Soft and gentle whisperings of you 
      stir me from my sleep like hunger
      silent awakenings, hushed promises 
      of love my mind makes as your words 
      fill my mind and stir my soul.

      I gaze out into the night 
      through sheer silkiness 
      of curtains and the moon 
      is dreamlike in it's solitude

      I pour myself a glass of Chardonay 
      and revel in the warmth of it's taste 
      and the slight swelling of my lips 
      as they touch it's dry sweetness. 

      Oh to touch your lips to mine 
      and taste the sweetness that is you!
      To feel the warm and gentle whispering of you
      against these lips! To drink of your very essence!

      Silent awakenings filled with longing
      as I slip back into bed, haunted 
      by thoughts of your sweet warmth 
      upon this cold winter night

      As I thirst for the essence of you!

      Laura Josselyn 1/9/98 ©


New Beginings


      Breathe
      just breathe in the cold 
      chrystalline air and let it's 
      sharp edges slice their way down
      untill it all melts from within

      Breathe
      numbness is a feeling you 
      have no time for now
      as the agonizing organizations of 
      a new year begin once again

      Breathe
      cleanse away the thoughtless 
      mindless ramblings that have 
      reduced you to what you seek so 
      diligently to show fear of becoming

      Breathe
      deeper now as the dawn of a new 
      beginning sets in filling in the 
      cracks of indifference you have 
      chisled so well as you turned away

      Breathe
      As if it's something you have never tried before!
      Close your eyes and open wide that little window 
      within your mind, exposing the sheer white curtains 
      of thought as they trail in the breeze of illusion

      Breathe
      breathe in the freshness 
      of new beginnings and pure thoughts.
      Breathe deep of the winds of change and 
      the cool breeze of enlightenment! 

      Laura Josselyn 1/8/1999 ©


Once More If Only In My Mind


      Let me bleed I beg you!
      Let my mind know that I am still alive, though I feel nothing.
      Let my eyes see that I have indeed made it through another day
      without the warmth of your embrace...they cannot look upon your face.
      Let my ears hear my screams
      Let them know that the world is still in motion.
      Let them know that the glorious sound of your laughter
      and your sweet words of love which caressed them did exist...
      they listen for your strong voice over distance vast.
      Let my flesh feel the prick of a thorn
      Let my body feel the pain confirming that there is life in it still
      Let this numbness I feel dissipate as I feel in my soul 
      your tender touches and passionate urgency mingle with mine.
      Let me touch you once more... if only in mind.
      As I love you today, let me love for all time.

      Laura Josselyn 12/11/98 ©