Sitting in silence
Meaningful conversation
Spoken with no sound
– SR Romney 2025
Archive for the ‘Poem #10’ Tag
Sitting In Silence (National Poetry Writing Month 2025 #10) Leave a comment
Control (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #10) Leave a comment
It makes me sad
But I can't do anything about it
I'm not the one in control
It makes me mad
But I cannot stop it
I'm not the one in control
It brings me joy
But it can't stay forever
I'm not the one in control
It brings me peace
But it won't always be still
I'm not the one in control
SR Romney 2024
Private Confines (National Poetry Writing Month 2023 #10) Leave a comment
In private confines
My inner child cries
The inner tears she had to hide
As she cowered in her room
And saw the light fade from view
Kept safe, under lock and key
That's the lie I sold to me
But she sits in the dark alone
And cries out in fear and pain
Hoping that she'll see the day
She finally gets to be free.
Sorry it took so long.
– SR Romney 2023
Overwhelmed (National Poetry Writing Month 2022 #10) Leave a comment
Overwhelming, all around me
A torrent of information
A fire hose of things to know
More exasperation
I cannot stop or turn it off
Building up frustration
I need to leave so I can breathe
And stop this perspiration
I'm out of there, the scent of air
Fills me with elation
My world is free, I'm here with me
In my dissociation
– SR Romney 2022
Street Performer (National Poetry Writing Month 2021 #10) Leave a comment
– Shaman Romney 2021Tension builds
As the post is turned
Strings are plucked
Tunings set
A flourish of notes to check
The music beginsThe girl plays
A nice, simple tune
Of times past
Bittersweet
Awash in the memories
Of a better lifeThe song ends
Coins clink in the jar
The thank yous
And praise comes
The girl dons a sad smile
As she starts againHours pass
As strangers walk by
Few see her
Less listen
But music and money made
Is a day well spent
A Cat’s Day (National Poetry Writing Month 2020 #10) Leave a comment
A cat’s morning meow
A wall scratch
It’s time to get upA cat’s midday nap
Soft warm place
Calm contented restA cat’s evening purr
Nice comfort
Happy and at peace
– SR Romney 2020
Two Choices (National Poetry Writing Month 2019 #10) Leave a comment
Are you insignificant?
Unimportant, on your own?
Just a single tiny speck
In a universe unknown?Or are you instead a node
Interwoven with us all?
Bearing your part of the load,
Sending ripples when you fall?Does nothing in life matter?
Or do all our actions count?
Do all our choices scatter,
Regardless of the amount?Make your choice and live with it,
Whichever one that may be.
For you, either one may fit;
I know the right choice for me.
– Shaman Romney 2019
Hero (National Poetry Writing Month 2018 #10) Leave a comment
I want to be a hero
I want to strive forward and face my fears
I want to do it so I can be better
Not for the admiration of my peersI want the world to be a better place
So I will be the symbol of my ideas
I’ll bring my dreams from void and space
And through my action, make them realA hero isn’t a hero through gifts and strength
Or because he’s the one who people call
No, he’s a hero because when he sees difficulty
He rushes forward and gives it his allAnd life is difficulty, a forever fight
One we will never truly win
But in the darkness I’ll be the light
I want to be a hero, it’s time I begin.
– Shaman Romney 2018
Cavities (National Poetry Writing Month 2017 #10) Leave a comment
I’ve got too many cavities
That need to be filled
So I seek a professional
Who will give them a drill
He’ll help make me numb
So I don’t feel a thing
And he’ll give me the gas
So my thoughts can take wing
And I’ll laugh as he works
As he drills the holes wide
As my mind disappears
He puts metal inside
When he is finished
And I’m no longer numb
I may feel less empty
But I’ll never be done
– Shaman Romney 2017
Holes (National Poetry Writing Month #10) 1 comment
We start fresh
Pristine, new, a clean slate
A life unmarredArrows puncture us
Filling us full of holes
We cannot fillBut through friends
We can plug the holes
And find peace.
– Shaman Romney 2016
Shame on The Universe 