HEIDE

Reflecting:  I love animals and made them a part of my new life.  Wherever I looked to live, I made sure I could have pets.  They listen to you when no one else will, they kissyou when you're all alone and they know when you are sad and when you are glad.  They are a great comfort and you are no longer alone.


HEIDE

Heide, black as coal,
She was my ultimate goal.

So tiny and sleek,
Always ready to greet.

You scold and then hug,
For the holes she's dug.

She barks, then whines,
When it's dinner time.

Each night we go for a walk,
Then sit down for a little talk.

She sprawls and cuddles,
 Oh no, not another puddle.

With each other we will continue to live,
So much love we have to give.

What a pleasure this little family of mine,
We're learning together, we are doing just fine.

She was my ultimate goal,
This little ball of fur, that's black as coal.


Gloria J Hildreth
"Reflections: A Moment in Time"
copyright 2009

ALONE

Reflecting:  You will learn so much if you look forward to your future instead of looking backwards to what might have been.  Envision what you always wanted to do and go after it.


MY YEARS ALONE

I have grown in my years alone,
I needed much help, I had to be shown.

I learned to work my way through,
All of my hatred I had for you.

I savored my strength as I regrouped,
I marched onward with my many troops.

I have found I am not really alone,

I have many strengths that I have to hone.

When you are happy and bright you have a glow,
Life seems easier, it just seems to flow.

I could not let you destroy me from within,

In the end I knew I would win.

Even though I had to be shown,
I have really grown in my years alone.


Gloria J Hildreth
"Reflections:  A Moment in Time"
copyright 2009

COLD WINDS

Reflecting:  There isn't one divorce that doesn't make you feel like you are in a storm and you are chilled to the bone.  It takes sometimes months and even years for the cold winds of divorce to finally pass over.  I am down again today.

THE COLD WINDS OF DIVORCE

The cold winds of divorce are upon me,
Sometimes so blinding that I can not see.

The harsh nights of loneliness,
Always seem to end in sleeplessness.

While in the icy days of grey,
No one ever seems to know what to say.

The sun has dropped off the ends of the earth,
As the cold winds of divorce seem to give birth.

Wandering around no knowing which way to turn,
When you need to learn all that you can learn.

The constant feeling of helplessness is brand new,
As the bone-shattering chill is always with you.

Our thoughts whip around at dangerously high speeds,
While in the eye of a hurricane we must plant many seeds.

We try to keep warm as the winds batter us about,
We have to take the time to work it all out.

Although it seemed they would forever last,
The cold winds of divorce has finally passed.

Gloria J Hildreth
"Reflections:  A Moment in Time"
copyright 2009

THANK YOU

Reflecting:  He told me I would thank him one day because he left me, After a move out of state, a very good job offer, loss of weight, making new friends and a new life for myself, I sent him my very first poem


THANK YOU FOR FINDING SOMEONE ELSE

Thank you for the loving times we shared together,
For the fun of boating, skiing, camping and walking hand-in-hand.

Thank you for the plays, art shows, trips and beautiful red roses.

THANK YOU FOR FINDING SOMEONE ELSE

Thank you for giving me two beautiful children,
For the special times when you were kind,
considerate and loving.

Thank you for knowing that I would be stronger without you,
For telling me that I would thank you one day.

THANK YOU FOR FINDING SOMEONE ELSE

Thank you for giving me the opportunity of knowing my own strengths,
For getting to know myself and who I really am.

Thank you for the chance to know what peace of mind really is.

THANK YOU FOR FINDING SOMEONE ELSE

Thank you for telling me I would thank you one day,
Today is that day.  Thank You.


Gloria J Hildreth
"Reflections:  A Moment in Time"
copyright 2009

MY SOUL TO KEEP

Reflecting:  I learned about my ethics very quickly.  Nobody taught me ethics, I just knew I felt very strongly about certain things.  Ethics have carried me through many situations.


MY SOUL TO KEEP
Now I lay me down to sleep,
You cannot have my soul to keep.

Too many times in my past so deep,
I've given my soul, only to weep.

I must keep in reserve a part of me,
Where no one can go, where only I see.

My heart and mind will not consent,
To give my soul one hundred percent.

So now when I lay me down to sleep,
I know no one will have my soul to keep.

The peace of mind that it does bring,
To know for me, I will not let you clip my wings.

It's like a cloud that moves along,
Changing shapes but still belongs.

Now I lay me down to sleep,
You cannot have my soul to keep.


Gloria J Hildreth
"Reflections a Moment in Time"  
copyright 2009