First Letter Bold & Brave (Alphabetic Acrostic Poems on Emotions)

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by Donald Ray


  OBSESS

  Only you occupy my

  Brain at every waking moment.

  Singing to myself daily

  “Every step you make, I’ll be looking at you.”

  Still dreaming of kissing you

  Still thinking of caressing you … still.

  PEACE

  Path through dark woods on a still, snowy eve.

  Exhaling steamy breaths, I walk alone.

  A hush fills the air, but snowflakes whisper as they embrace in drifts.

  Crunch, my footsteps snap on the pure, untrodden snow.

  Evening perfected as a carillon sounds, “Silent Night”.

  QUESTIONING

  Quiet flees from my mind.

  Unusual facts

  Ensnare me.

  Searching for the Who, What, When, Where, and How

  Theories and

  Investigations can

  Only lead to the

  Neighborhood of the whole truth

  In

  Nature and the purposes of

  God.

  ROMANTIC

  (for Emily)

  Roses are not the

  Only

  Means through which one shows

  Affection to another.

  No, there are

  Teddy bears, homecoming mums for a teen girlfriend, and

  In the best manner, poems of love show her you

  Care.

  SADNESS

  Sting of tears starting in my eyes

  And my nose running.

  Descent of feelings into bleakness.

  No hope, no hope.

  Empty hole in my soul

  Starting to

  Sob.

  THANKSGIVING

  Trytophan overdose is

  Hardly an

  Acceptable reason to join family,

  Neighbors, and

  Kind friends in

  Saying thanks.

  Gold I may have little -

  Instead, the voice of someone

  Very close to me saying

  “I love you”, brings me

  Near, with a thankful heart, to

  God.

  UNIQUENESS

  Universes and stars spangle Daniel's room. He is

  Not your ordinary young man.

  Incredibly loving but beware of his teasing, Anissa and Elizabeth!

  Quiet and shy, but he'll look you in the eye.

  Unfailingly, he loves his cat "Mabel".

  Expressing his creativity by

  Nicknaming himself "Dazzake" & best friend Bradley "Brazzake".

  Expert in video games - He beats everyone he plays!

  Self-conscious and insecure from autism. Be

  Strong & remember, Daniel, God made the one-and-only you!

  VANITY

  Very Important Person is my

  Attitude.

  Naturally gorgeous and

  Intelligent are my many

  Talents.

  Yes, I know, you admire me!

  WONDER

  Wide open skies aswarm with stars

  One feels small beneath them.

  Nothing that puny man can

  Do can touch this vast

  Expanse. Did the universe spring from

  Random chance? No! It was our awesome God!

  YIELDED

  (for Haley)

  Yes is my only response to You, My Lord.

  Indecision melts like mist before the sun of Your Will. I am

  Exalted that You have chosen me to be Your instrument, I

  Lose my will in Your perfect will.

  Dying to my own desires, I

  Embrace the task you set for me.

  Do with me what You will!

 

  ZONED-OUT

  Zzzzzzzz, my mind sleeps.

  Only stillness echoes in my brain.

  No thoughts disturb the silence.

  Existing only in my head.

  Dead to the

  Outside world.

  Ultimately, drifting off

  To sleep.

  ABOUT DONALD RAY

  Hi, I’m Donald Desch. “Donald Ray” is my pen name because “Desch” is so difficult to spell correctly in a search. First and foremost, I am a Christian. Having Jesus Christ in my heart as my Savior and Lord informs all of my work. Saying that doesn’t mean that I’m stodgy – I like to have fun and laugh. I think God the creator has a sense of humor – just look in the mirror and the people all around you!

  I am a divorced dad with two daughters, Haley who was recently married to Anthony Nickerson, and her younger sister, Emily who is still in high school. I liken myself as “The Poet-Laureate of Wal-Mart” where I have worked as a cashier for a good long time.

  I enjoy writing poems with a structure to them – rhyming poems and haikus and acrostic poems. In this way, I express a philosophy of mine that your emotions should be mediated by your reason and intellect.

  CONNECT WITH DONALD RAY

  Email: [email protected]

  Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006643157411

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/donald-ray/9B/405/264

  OTHER BOOKS BY DONALD RAY

  ODE TO A PROTRUDING GAP FILLER; A Multi-Themed Poetry Collection

  A GHOST, A WEREWOLF, AND A VAMPIRE…:A Supernatural Trio Joke Book (Published Halloween, 2014)

  A sample from:

  A GHOST, A WEREWOLF, AND A VAMPIRE…A Supernatural Trio Joke Book

  (Be among the first to own this “spook-tacular” joke book! Pre-order now! To be published Halloween)

  A ghost, a werewolf, and a vampire walk into a bar.

  The bartender says he can't serve them.

  '"Why?", they ask.

  The bartender replies, "The ghost is not a person and we only serve people

  We don't allow dogs in the bar.

  And the vampire keeps sticking people for drinks."

 


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