Lydia Thacker : Writing

Wish

Wish

A Poem by Lydia Thacker


Night kisses the earth,Blanketing with delicious velvet lips.Alone, I watch the starless sky,Hoping for a wish,A break in the cloudsWhich cloak the st..
Fiat Lux

Fiat Lux

A Poem by Lydia Thacker


Despondency muddies and slows my actions,Causes my thoughts to become stagnant,As though I've begun swimming in concrete.Questing blindly, I fight to ..
I Like Poems

I Like Poems

A Poem by Lydia Thacker


I like poems.Poems are good.I write poems'Cause I'm misunderstood.I've tried all my life,I've tried so hard,But all this strife- It just makes me tire..
Hope

Hope

A Poem by Lydia Thacker


I have no wordsWith which to conveyThe amount of hopeYou have led me to findWithin myself.I had given up on love- On happiness.You put the pieces back..
Lullaby

Lullaby

A Poem by Lydia Thacker


Such noise,A cacophony of roaring, senseless sound...It chases me away to my hiding place.I sit under a willowAmongst the departed,Hidden from the wor..
Ink and Feather

Ink and Feather

A Poem by Lydia Thacker


My ink and feather will not writeBecause my soul's gone numb.They ignore my simple plightAs though my mouth's gone dumb.But to pen I should, perhaps,J..
Mother Moon

Mother Moon

A Poem by Lydia Thacker


Mother moon,Shine bright this nightAs I cradle the one I love.Guard his dreams with thy lightAnd rock him from above.Watch him and keep him safe;This ..
Wooden Box

Wooden Box

A Poem by Lydia Thacker


Two precious people,One small wooden box- One small, young, innocent,The other grown.Mother, daughter, grandmother.Both knew sufferingAnd both knew lo..
Sands

Sands

A Poem by Lydia Thacker


Away, away,Another day,Slipping softlyThrough my hands.A light breezeFrom across the seas,Blowing away the sands.Yet another verseIn the song of life,..
Herself

Herself

A Poem by Lydia Thacker


I see her in the window.She is but a shadowOf who she onceThought herself to be.Her gown glides past her hipsAs she braces herselfAgainst the cold nig..