Like a broken wing
Grounding a bird
Whose only wish
Is to soar in the skies
My heart has been scarred
And aches to feel love
Your words forever
Haunting my soul
I need time to heal
And regain my strength
Then like the healed bird
I can fly to my dreams
And hope you will be
Waiting there for me
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – wing
Will my thoughts make you mine
Or am I just another dreamer
I had an idea you cared
But now I see the light
It was just hopeful wishes
And nothing more than fantasy
Now I am stuck with feelings
I know you will never match
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – idea
She sat alone
A table for two
Waiting for a dream
The lilacs permeated
The warm Spring air
Making her believe
She sipped her tea
And ate her muffin
Knowing what to do
She paid the bill
And tipped the waiter
Leaving with a smile
She’d done her best
To spread some joy
For a random stranger
When the waiter came
He cleared the table
Finding a $100 tip
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – permeate
I have looked for years
And I have yet to find you
They say there is only one
But what about a second chance
I had my one and only already
But now he is gone
So I continue to search
High and low and in-between
Hoping to someday find you
The one who will stand by me
The one who will complete me
The one who will love me endlessly
I know the odds are against me
But I can’t help but dream
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – search
I ride a majestic white unicorn
Across fields of purple flowers
We slow down by a fairy circle
Watching the diminutive dance
A slow pace takes us to the river’s edge
The unicorn drinks while I dream
Thoughts of princes and grand balls
Waltz through my mind
Just as the unicorn lays beside me
A melody drifts across the wind
I wake and begin to hum along
The music growing louder shattering my peace
KDRB blasts my good morning music
And I am in my bed facing a normal reality
But I grin in remembrance of the dream
Wishing I had a unicorn of my own
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – unicorn
He stood at the curb, keys in his hands. Her coat draped over his arm. And he fidgeted back and forth waiting. He looked at his watch and sighed.
He heard her heels clicking at the top of the stairs, “I am on my way Harold.” She turned the corner towards the top of the stairs and was like a dream vision in her descent.
“You look ravishing my dear, that color really looks fantastic. Are you wearing a new dress?” She was suspicious, something didn’t seem right. And then it hit her. She woke up with only one thought, “If only he would notice me and what I wear.”
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – ravishing
Drifting in and out of dreams
I begin to believe you are in my bed
I can feel your breath on my neck
Your arms embrace me fully
Our heartbeats combine in a tango
As fantasy becomes reality
We move as one
A dance of two lovers
Then just as quickly as you appeared
You disappear and I return to sleeping
Only to awake to your memory
Forever entwined with my heart
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – combine
A mundane existence
Is what I dream of
No nights of torment
No days of depression
Just an ordinary time
A few clouds in the sky
But no rain
Flowers growing
But no blooms
Perfectly in the middle
Never either extreme
To live life completely balanced
No highs
No lows
A mundane existence
That is my dream
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – mundane
She hears your voice
When you first wake up
That half tired
Deep morning mumble
That sounds so sexy
She sees you first
Fresh out of the shower
Hair still wet
Towel around your waist
Smelling of soap
She tastes your
Lingering breakfast
As you get ready for work
The same every morning
Toast with jam and cream in your coffee
She starts her day with you
Embraced in a hug
A passionate goodbye kiss
And an “I love you babe”
With that sultry smile of yours
I settle for
A hello and a grin
And a “what was your name”
While dreaming it was me with you
And she who was the one jealous
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – jealous
I saw it happen
I knew it was coming
A prescient dream
Made me aware
But I didn’t heed it
Didn’t trust the warning
And now
It is too late
You lay in a coma
And I live
Full of regret
Without you
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – prescient
Leigha Robbins 