Surrendering to Love
By Leslie Noyes
Hate is thick out there
Marching through the city streets
Tearing us apart
Love is present, too
Quieter, yet pervasive
Calling for action
Now we have the choice
To which do we surrender?
I'll always choose love
Category: Haiku
Learning to Fly
First, unclog your mind
Rid yourself of weighty thoughts
Then simply exhale
Open up your heart
Invite the whole world inside
That's the best advice 
Now, leap fearlessly
Behold the wide world below
Yearning to embrace
Wings And Such
Wings appear fragile
Yet carry an angel’s weight
To heaven and back.
Invisible winds,
Can their currents carry us
Away, far away?
Will my feet hold firm
On this shifting gauzy sky,
A wispy cloud’s whim?
Anthem
Anthem
by Leslie Noyes
Standing tall and proud
Voices raised in joyful praise
An anthem for us
Outside looking in
The disenfranchised hear but
An anthem for some
Until all are free
The lyrics are merely words
An anthem for none
Driving Away
Driving Away
by
Leslie Noyes
At her lowest point
Her car felt like salvation
Four wheels to freedom
Lock the doors and breathe,
Imagine the horizon
Turn the key and drive
A full tank of gas,
She neared the city’s limits
Never crossed the line
He Loves Me; He Loves Me Not
Little white daisies
Sweet petals to pluck in play
He loves me, or not
Lovers of the light
Faces turned toward the sun
Bathing in its glow
Demurest blossoms
Woven in virginal wreaths
On a summer’s day
A Plague
Swept away by fire,
Or was it locusts we fled?
Regardless, death loomed
Pestilence prevailed
By air, mosquitos swarmed us
Nameless diseases
For big oil’s pleasure
We abdicated our role
A plague on our house
Learning to Tango
Languid summer days
She governed the promenade
Immune to the heat
All the fellows watched
The sway of hips hypnotic
Sweet intoxicant
Heady liaisons
Held inside striped cabanas
Learning to tango
Still Waters
Still Waters
by Leslie Noyes
Somber is this lake,
Now ponderous and heavy;
Egrets sleep in shade.
The weight of water,
Unbearably burdensome,
Lulls the unwary.
Still, mosquitos buzz,
Challenging the status quo,
Daring lake to move
(All photos discovered on Pinterest)
As the Lightning Strikes
Lightning strikes and then
Nothing is ever the same
Start again from scratch
Wild bolts sear the sky
Blinding electricity
Frissons gone frantic
That hush afterwards
Silence rushing to fill space
Anticipation
Praying for Eyebrowz 