Two poems by Linda Spencer

Feeling

I see through the layers

That you fight so heavily

To keep wrapped up so tightly.

I feel the tears

That fall as you sleep at night

That you cry throughout daylight.

I sense your fears

And all of your sorrow

Of what will be for tomorrow.

I feel your doubt

In things you once believed

That now you can’t conceive.

But I see the light

That will brighten up your day

Trust that it’ll come your way.

I give you faith

To dream and to believe

In all good things that you’ll receive.

I sense your joys

That you’ll know your whole life through

Just believe them to be true.

Addiction

The monster inside you is driving us apart

The drug it craves, the taste it savors

Are killing you inside.

It consumes your thoughts

It possesses your soul

You stand by and let it take control.

It takes years away from us

It kills our dreams and future plans

It angers me beyond what words can say.

So many promises, broken every time

I now sit in reserved silence

A task that eats at my soul.

Too many hours have been spent

Trying to help you to regain control

To break the hold that this monster has.

My heart is twisted in a thousand knots

It aches with the grief that your monster causes

Yet it waits for that day when you’ll finally be free.

Linda Spencer is a tax accountant by trade, but a creative artist by nature. She lives with her husband and two young sons in the village of Glen Williams, Ontario There, she spends her “free” time exploring her creative side by connecting with nature, writing, crafting, and designing and remodelling her family’s property. 

After taking a 10-year break from creative writing and focusing on left-brained thinking, she has rekindled her creative side and is now focused on writing inspirational pieces. Linda is currently a contributing poet in SIBELLA: Poetry Created to Set the Soul Aflame, and is working on a collection of short stories about people who have beat the odds given to them regarding their medical prognosis.

Linda blogs at http://ridgeview-glen.blogspot.com

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