Dear Mama

My heart has a void

Only you can fill…

The world kept turning

The day you departed,

My world stood still…

I think of you and laugh,

I think of you and cry…

I'll never stop missing you

Dear Mama

Until the day I die…

When that day arrives

Only God knows the time,

You'll greet me with

A great big hug and

Your beautiful loving smile!

For now I'll carry on

My day to day routines…

Always remember

I love you Mama

And I'll see you

In my dreams!

© Leatherman 2012

The Kill

His friendly smile hides

Evil intentions

Searching the streets for his

Next unsuspecting victim

Wicked mind lusts with

Premeditation

The thrill of power and

The Kill

Calming his

Ultimate fascination

His heart races

With anticipation

As he views his

Unaware delicate prey

Innocent girl doesn’t know

This is her last day

He invites her into the

Warmth of his shelter

Her instinct says no

But she’s tired of being

Hungry damp and cold

He takes her to a

Secluded place

He relishes the terror on

Her youthful face

She tries to fight

But to no avail

He has the strength of a

Demon

From the depths of

Hell

She succumbs and

Takes her final breath

He shudders with excitement

At the sight her death

Blood thirst quenched

For a short while

Calming the monster

Behind soft blue eyes

He returns to his dull

Everyday life

Goes home to his children and

His wife

She asks him how his day has

Been

He answers

"Nothing special"

With a malevolent grin

© Leatherman 2012

The Sun Came Up Again Today

The sun came up again today

It doesn’t know

You’ve gone away

I hear people laugh

And children play

Same routines

Different day

Life for me

Is standing still

Since I recieved news

That you were killed

In a barbaric land

So far away

Where no one even

Knew your name

You fought for them

While they curse the

American way

Back home people

Watch the nightly news

Unaffected strangers

Seem sadly aloof

How sad they think

For a second or three

When they see

Your name flash

Across the screen

Along with other

Brave Airmen
Seamen
Soldiers and

Marines
Who lost their share
Of the American dream

I’ll never be the same

Person I was before

I lost my heart

In tyranny's endless war

The sun came up again

Today

(C) Leatherman 2012

A Child's Shoes

Into this world

A child is born

To live with

Velvet love

Or thorns of

Hurtful scorn

Delicate psyche

Like petals of a

Rain kissed rose

Uncertain destiny

Life unfolds

Longing for acceptance

Smiles and affection

Instead

Receiving bitter frowns

Laced with splinters of

Dejection

Wading through

Rivers of ridicule

Struggling to survive

Why did they want

A child in their lives

No broken bones or

Abrasions

No visible bruise

Scared and all alone

No one sees silent

Mental wounds

Dark family secrets

Better not tell

Child suffers a

Nightmare of a

Conscious living Hell

One day to be grown

With children of

Their own

They must shatter

The cycle of abuse and

Remember painful days

Of innocent youth

When they wore

A child’s shoes

(C) Leatherman 2012

Beautiful Eyes

On a dark stormy night in a bar

A handsome young man

Watched me from afar

I was out that evening

With friends from work

Nothing unusual up to that point

Had occurred

My friends left early

I decided to sta

The handsome young man

Started walking my way

He introduced himself to me

As Joe

I shook his hand

And said hello

My name is Dahlia

He looked into my eyes and said

I know

I thought it odd

But I just let it go

He flashed a sly grin

And gave me a wink

He waved to the bartender

To bring us a drink

We sat and chatted for hours

It seemed

I started feeling strange

As if I were in a dream

He said I had beautiful eyes

And smiled

The last thing I remember was

The long cab ride

And the stabbing pain when I died

Joe admired my eyes so much that

Fateful night in the bar

Now he keeps them on a shelf

In a jar

© Leatherman 2012

Legally Raped

As madness grows

In middle eastern

Nations of hate

I pray for the women

And their dreaded fate

Treated as possessions

Without a voice

Silenced in darkness

She has no choice

Woe to be born a woman

In their man ruled world

Routine self-righteous slaughter

To disobedient unyielding

Wives nieces sisters

And daughters

Unloved beautiful creatures

Used as a man’s personal

Slave

Demeaned beaten and

Legally raped

Falsely accused

Of fictitious crimes

If she dares step out of

Line

Sentenced to a punishment

Of barbaric stones

Until her soft flesh

Is ripped

From her body

Baring blood and bones

The world is aware

Of our sisters plight

I pray for her strength

And her will to fight

We must band together

Scream out for justice

Political intervention

Help give our sisters

Equality

Speak out against

Gender discrimination and

Senseless Brutalization

(C) Leatherman 2012

I Cry

I cry for you

In my sleep

I see your face

In my dreams

I miss you

More and more

Each day

Words can’t

Express my

Heartbreak

My pain

I shed silent tears

All alone in the dark

Of night

My sorrow

Grows

But they say

In time

Old wounds will

Heal

That somehow

Seconds, minutes, hours

Days, months, years

I won’t feel

The loss of you

My beautiful

Dear

Mother

I’m not the same

Lighthearted girl

That you once knew

A saddened soul

Now dwells

Where joy once

Bloomed

I long for the day

When we meet again

Until that day

To my

Chagrin

I must continue

To breathe

(c) Leatherman 2012