LoViNg KiNdNeSs

So around Valentine's Day, my English teacher asked everyone to bring in a poem to share with the class. This assignment was unique because she didn't want a lovey dovey or mushy poem. I couldn't find any that I liked so I just decided to write one. I've never been too big on sharing my own poems with bunches of people, but I figured that I was almost done with high school and I frankly didn't care if anyone thought my poem was stupid. So I just wrote one to share with the class. Here it is. Enjoy :)


loving kindness

most roses are Red, but
some can be Pink,
some poems have meanings, that
will make you think.
but now here is a poem, that’s
both Simple and Smart,
all Gifts on this day, should
come from the Heart.

now here is a day, that
i really quite like.
a day to step back, take
a look at your Life.
take a look at yourself, and
all of your Friends,
ask who needs help, which
friendship needs Mends?

if your answer is ‘None,’ then
be on your way,
considered a Fool, with
no friends on this day.
but if you can Look, and
see someone in Need,
then get to Work! and
do your good deed.

for Valentine’s Day, is
all about love,
the gifts from the Heart, all
come from Above.
there can always be found, a
friend who needs you,
to be their real friend: Helpful,
Prayerful, Kind and True.

Laney Galbraith

Roses

I wrote this poem a while ago, but last night I was reading through my poems and decided that I really like this one. I just thought I'd post it here for anyone interested.

Roses

Symbols of feelings more than lust,
Putting chocolate down with just.
Symbols of all that’s pure and true,
Diamonds in sun rays, with shining dew.

Petals that wind round and round,
Luscious red that came from the ground.
Such a beautiful thing from such a place,
Lighting up every passing face.
~♥~

While walking by, his mind is distracted,
What did it mean, how she’d reacted?
He had asked her to go out with him,
But they had always been just friends.

He pauses to look and has this thought,
“Maybe this is what I’ve sought.”
Wanting to show his feelings were true,
More than words, actions show through.
~♥~

She thinks back to earlier that day,
He had asked her out in his cute little way.
They were going to go later that night,
Just the thought, made her eyes shine bright.

~♥~

Six long stems for her he chose,
Six longs stems of the reddest rose.
She feels her cheeks grow red in a rush,
Deep as the roses she got from her crush.

They go out for a time with their friends,
She looks at him until the end.
He can’t help but to stare at her,
He feels something there, but can’t be sure.

Near the end she blushes once more,
As he holds her hand and opens the door.
She doesn’t know what that look meant,
His eyes had lingered for a just a moment.

As his arm slides gently around her waist,
Their friends know well to look away.
He leans in close, lips brushing her ear,
The world’s far away, while they’re so near.

He bends a bit more and holds her there,
As soft kisses he begins to share.
She closes her eyes and kisses him too,
All thoughts lost, this feeling so new.
~♥~

He sighs as he finally closes her door,
Secretly hoping to see her more.
She smiles and leans back on the wall,
Secretly hoping for him to call.

As she holds the roses he gave to her,
She knows that one thing is for sure.
All she wanted right then, she knew,
Was him by her side for all the days through.

He thinks about her as he drives away,
Her face in his mind was there to stay.
He thinks of the roses he’d given that night,
Missing her already, with all his might.
~♥~

Together they sit while looking up at the moon,
These sacred moments leave far too soon.
He looks deep in her sparkling eyes,
Loving her more than all stars in the skies.

It had all started with the giving of roses,
Simple enough, yet enough to show us,
That sometimes the simpler shows how we feel,
More than this, it makes it real…

Laney Galbraith

Ardently

Today was pretty tough... I came home sick from school with a raging stomachache that threatened to alter my very existence. I suspect Celiac but the investigation is still underway. About 6 or 7 hours after that crisis had calmed down, I watched Law and Order with mi madre. Law and Order is a definite 'must see' for anyone who thinks that THEIR life has issues. I then ate some cheddar cheese on beef stick slices and decided that it was time to spill my entire soul out to my mother. We sometimes have these little discussions about life, the universe, and basically anything that vexes us. I was long over due. Before i new it, i was crying about stresses of graduating, being sick all the time, missing my brother (who is on a mission in Louisiana), and my insecurities that she swears don't exist. 10 minutes after the conclusion of our chat, all of you get to hear about it :D Lovely. So I'm going to bed now so i don't fall asleep walking in the halls of the great and spacious building tomorrow. Please cross your fingers with me that my test for mono comes back negative!

P.s. Here's a random freestyle poem that i wrote today. Lots of double meanings that coincide with my life. Yeahhhhh, better to just not ask. Well, here it is now:


Ardently Lost

My Thoughts to you are Ardently Lost.
Cheerful, smiling days, both present,
And past, with yet still more to come.
Your face to me is Heaven’s view,
While your Ardent smile captures my soul.
My spirits rise when you raise me up,
In loops, you embrace my tight twirls.
With arms around you, it’s hard to ignore,
This feeling of melting inside.
These Ardent passions some say are Lost,
But they’re Ardently Lost to you.
Someday I hope you’ll find the words,
My Ardent lips could never say.
Till then, my dear, hesitation will do,
With ardor kept locked within.
I look at you, smiling, thinking, waiting,
While my thought to you are Ardently Lost.

Ardently Yours,
Laney Lou