Calling the best poets on my friends list.. even those that dont comment me..

I want to take my poetry to another level.. I spoke with a dear friend today that had a tough time giving me feedback as to why he doesn't really dig my stuff.. Look I know that no one wants to hurt anyones feelings.. Exspecially if they are nice to you..But I need some honest feedback.. I know I seem a bit emo but I really need some honest feedback as to what I need to focus on. I want to know even if you think that I shouldn't be writing at all..

I know for a fact that I have the best poets on myspace. Now is the time I look to you for your guidance. Please know that all comments will be taken  as educationally as possible and you leaving me a comment thats less then happy will not count against you... Hell it might even earn you some points..

Please refer to the poem previous to the blog entry.. (pierced light)

Your suggestions are welcomed.. and your feedback is golden..

I want to thank in advance anyone who comments this particular blog..

Always sending my love to you all..

xoxooxox

~Shay

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~Pierced Light~
Category: Writing and Poetry

The rapping of change beckons the door to my soul

Carrying a sickle of unrequited notions to swallow

A blackbird of destiny caws in the barren background

The song of loss chills my broken spine mentality

You were my gift…

                      Salvation wrapped perfection…

The light piercing darkness…

Many suns have buried themselves in the moons glow

Opaque stars laugh from above at the fool who lays waiting

Falling tears provide life to the weeping willow shelter

While silence remains the only constant sound of night

I remember the fire flies….

                        The scent of earth…

The solemn grass cradling me…

Blistered bloody feet walk the same path aimlessly

Hope being their only recourse to find a destination

A secret wish buried deep within a silly heart song

Prayers heard by benevolent beings ignored by circumstance

All that remains is the wind…

                           Blowing disappointment coldly…

A reminder of your absence…

Gently golden hairs brush my rosy tear burnt cheeks

Almost as if giving a tender loving kiss goodbye

A sentiment left behind the chaos of life's bidding

The only memory that will leave my heart stained

The candle that burns brightly…

                          Is the one who fades first…

Though it's brilliance unrivaled…

My sweetest lover drowned in a heart kept caged

Never to be seen again in a light of endearment

Held deep inside of hushed passions yearning whisper

Lost forever in the sadness of knowing defeat

Daybreaks in its' new agenda…

                            Forgotten is my face…

These words just black ink…

                            Bleeding through the pages…

Of what was once my light that pierced the darkness…

~Shannon Morrow 2008

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Ten Minutes in Heaven
Category: Writing and Poetry

Ten Minutes in Heaven..

Ok so many of you know that I don't do challenges. However, today I am presenting myself with one. The challenge is to write a piece in ten minutes (no editing, no rethinking, basically no net). When I was a pre-teen we used to play this game called seven minutes in heaven or (spin the bottle). We would gather our best friends and some boys we were all hot for (giggle) and sit in a circle. In the center of the circle was an old bottle that whoever was chosen would spin. When the bottle was finished spinning it would point to someone. Then the spinner and the person the bottle was pointing at had to go spend seven minutes in a darkened closet together. Thus the name "seven minutes in heaven". Armed with this knowledge you now know what the title means. Without further ado here it is. The time is 10:28am.

"Tonight's the night," she said in her mind as she smoothed the edges of her hair

Her reflection in the mirror captured the flash of excitement in her sapphire eyes

As she applied her strawberry smackers lip gloss to lips she hoped he would kiss

Her fingers nervously dialed his number to ensure he would be showing up there

The sun has receded into nights embrace, and the stars seem to be winking above

The school girls are all buzzing about a boy, and having a shot at being their love

A door bell ding sends them into a giggling ruckus, for they have began to arrive

An empty Pepsi bottle in hand to play the game of hidden heart beats contrived

They sat in a circle each one more nervous then the next

Who the bottle would stop on was anyone's guess

A prayer was mumbled under baited breath

"Please stop on me," my handsome Adonis Seth…

The bottle spun out of control the gods must had fate weighing heavy on their minds

Because despite his rambunctious spin of this enchanted bottle it's her that it finds

His outstretched hand beckoning her to rise to her feet for seven minutes of heaven

"Only seven minutes," she sighs "why can't it be more like ten or maybe eleven."

It was dark and quiet within the small space she placed her hand on his chiseled face

Her fingers traced his pouting lips as she got lost in the moment of passions first kiss

Suddenly she could see fireworks dangling gloriously above her consciences tall trees

The smell of summer jasmine stood out in the gentle song of the winds subtle breeze

Rapid knocking on our closeted love

Teenagers giggling shouting hope you wore a glove

For a second they didn't know if it was a sin

They only had seven minutes in heaven not ten

**Ok I admit it's not my best work.. but hey I had ten minutes.. Giggle the time is 10:39.. so I took eleven minutes…LOL

~Shannon Morrow

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**Let me Explain** Cough

So it's Friday and I am work... So forgive me for any typos or whatever.. today you get me raw and uncut... Giggle which is really what I am most of the time..You don't like that stop reading now.. LOL

I thought that I should explain something.. Since I am getting a ton of mail about my lost in his kiss status message...

Most of you that are my friends here are poets and will understand this well.. but I do have a few that read that have no idea what I am talking about... A really good friend of mine that I was talking to on Tuesday told me not to use big words.. and in comparison to my friends here.. I am practically special ed.. LOL

OK so my status message on Wednesday... well I am very metaphoric... my heart beats to thumps of poetic pulses... When I speak of a kiss .. it could be simply that I read something and connected with it.. Or was lost in the reverie that someone who I talk to everyday has with another person.. Or it could even be a dream that I have.. I have lots of those.. my heart is filled with romance.. Sometimes it's no-one .. sometimes it's some-one.. I guess what I mean is don't take me so literally.. please...

When I first started my myspace I looked into finding an old boyfriend I had in highschool.. he ended up being married.. which I was so cool with.. because I am and I thought allright a couple we can go have tepanyaki with and share.. As I loved Anthony as a person.. though I never regretted our break up.. he was still a good friend to me..

So quickly I ran to my blog excited.. mind you I had 6 friends at this time and wrote about how I couldn't wait to take this new friendship in hand.. referring to his wife.. as Anthony was already my friend... that was met with great anger... she accused me of wanting to rekindle something with her husband..Which trust me that was the last thing I wanted to do.. I was more excited about having a couple to hang out with ...Aye... So the moral of the story is please don't read 2 much into what I am saying.. Most of the time I am just being a girl... a sappy romantically driven girl...who pines for passion and meaning.. Giggle

I hope all of you have a great weekend.. Know that I love you all... every last one of you !! XOXOXOX ~Shay

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I was Tagged!!

I've been TAGGED by Marilan...and since I adore her I will respond..XOXOXO ..

Okay, first the rules.(of course there are rules! LOL)

1) Each blogger starts with 10 random facts/habits about themselves.

2) Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their 10 things and post these rules.

3)At the end of your Blog, you need to choose 10 other writers to get tagged to list their personal facts.

4) Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.

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1. I was speaking as if I was adult by the time I was 18 months old…Which scared the crap out of people especially since I didn't get any hair till I was three… LOL

2. I always cry when I hear the song "You are my sunshine" because my mother (my best friend) sang it to me every night before I went to sleep. I would reassure her for hours on end that I would never leave her side. That statement holds true till death.

3. When I was 10 I pulled out my four front teeth to by my sister a present she wanted for her birthday. (I was ten the tooth fairy was my only option in my head) and my parents spent thousands repairing the damage that would follow in my mouth… Sorry Mom and Dad!!

4. I left home at the age of 16 and never came back… (That's a story in itself) perhaps another time… LOL

5. I went to a school for gifted children and it made me insecure and neurotic so I went back to public school where I continued to be those things just in gate classes. LOL

6. I kick ass at karaoke …but you will never hear me do it… I am ninja about it.

7. When I was a kid I wanted to live in Disneyland… I was pissed when I found out the castle didn't really house princesses'….**Sigh** Why does the magic have to die?

8. My sister and I are polar opposites of each other.. For example when I was playing with my barbies and babies... she was playing with a glass eye and goulie puppets… I'm blond.. she's brunette…I am snow white .. she is beautifully bronzed..I was an athlete.. she was a noodle..If I wore white… she wore black. We call each other the sun and the moon . For neither of us could exist without the other. We recently got tattoos to symbolize that on the opposite shoulders of each other (Of course) I love you my sister moon…without you I am nothing!!

9. I am sad right now because the first person who ever tagged me to do one of these things was Michael and I miss him so much sometimes. Or at least what he was to me when he was still pretending to be a friend.

10. The only regrets I ever have is when someone else gets hurt. Knowing that something I may have done hurts someone kills me. I never want to hurt anyone.

OK so now you all know how boring I am… Giggle .. Hope I didn't put you all to sleep!!

I am not going to tag anyone..I did this for Marilan..However I would love to see some others respond.. what would you say about yourself?

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Im sorry (not a poem)

I am so sorry.. you know who you are.. and I am very very **SIGH** Sorry..Please know I have nothing but respect and love for you..and always will...I think I need to leave myspace...

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My Friends..

Some of you know that I have had some family hardships that I have been dealing with... not to mention some health issues..

I have been on this morning trying to get through poetry and blogs.. honestly though I am so distraught that I can't even muster up any words to respond..(yes big mouth me) I have read alot of you this morning however I need to revisit them to leave a comment.. Forgive me you are all so talented and deserve the praise and love...

My life right now is falling apart.. my kids are putting me through hell.. my husband has walked out on me emotionally.. and provides me only more reassurance that I am alone in my quest. I am stuck in a limbo of nothingness and confusion.. coupled with profound sadness..I have been struggling for the last year with my personal life.. and it continues to get worse..everytime I take a step forward.. I have to take three steps back.. I am growing very tired... and though I will never give up.. I feel like it all the time..

So please forgive me if I am not myself.. or I haven't been as engaging..my head is twisted in knots and my heart aches within the depths of my soul... I know this too shall pass.. however for today it is consuming my very being..

I love you all and wish you only the best.. thankyou for all your kindess and support... it has helped a great deal...

Hey even a ruined sea... is an ocean of life...

Light and love to you all..

~Shay

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Awakening..
Category: Writing and Poetry

Good morning to all of you.. this is something I wrote this morning... just kinda on the fly.. I was feeling inspired.. Hope you enjoy it!!

Valentine pink daybreak reveals enamored love drunken smiles

While soft warm porcelain skin dances with clingy silken sheets

Lost in whimsical dreams of cherry blossom rain in the spring

Tasting sugar coated words dripping from lovers pouting lips

Captivating glances speak a language understood but not spoken

As rosy cheeks give away any chances of hiding secret notions

The sun is peering through the window tapping closed eyes

Nudging these lifeless limbs from their current dormant state

Rendered speechless driven only by the passion burning inside

I place my hand on your chiseled face and lean forward slowly

My racing heartbeat the only sound as blood rushes through me

As you place your cashmere kiss on over ripened cherry red lips

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The bluebird now sings her song outside the window with fervor

Assuring I pay mind to the lapsing time of mornings tasks failed

Your fingers trace the silhouette of my soul caressing my needs

Breathing in the essence that is only me and living in its glow

Our bodies' vessels appointed to give focus to mergence of souls

As we drink from milky white flesh and feast on pale pink desserts

The buzzing of the neighbor's edger grows louder with every second

The curtains are still drawn yet the light shines through effortlessly

Within you I find the part of me that resides peacefully content

Awakened from this dream leaves me unspoken for and alone

Tightly clenched eyes avoiding mornings wake will not save me

Nor will it change the fact that your heart is where I call home

The shrill of the alarm clock screams its demands in my tired ears

Feet shuffle clumsily to find my smiling reflection staring back at me

Even though I knew I must leave you in this sweet romantic reverie

The smile that shines through is something you left behind for me

Although at times it feels as though I am being torn from the seems

I know that you and I are one regardless if it's only in my dreams

Looks as though another beautiful day is in sight

**Sigh** then why I am praying for the night??

Shannon Morrow 2008

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A retraction and an apology...

Some of you may have stumbled across one of my blogs yesterday called Captain Bullshit...

I wanted to apologize to all of you that read it...

Yesterday I got some bad news about my health... Then I was emailed by a friend telling me some things that someone had said about me that were ..well.. straight lies.. it's that simple...I guess the two things coupled together made for a moment of anger and weakness...

The truth is that I cared and loved this person so much that it just kills me after all that we were to each other that he would be trying to hurt me like this.. For what reason I don't know... I can't explain what's going on in his head...I have already felt the loss of someone I hold dear in him and then he took another friend with him...I never felt the need to defend myself.. I have done nothing wrong.. unless loving and caring about someone's well being is wrong...then I am guilty on all charges...

However I am wrong and want to apologize for my reaction yesterday to you my friends.. Most of you don't have the opportunity to know me on a personal level...therefor when I blog about my sadness or anger you only see the worst part of me.. which is exactly what I am not most of the time...and for that reason alone I cheated myself ...and you...

When I blog most the time it's because I use my myspace as more of a online journal.. things that move motivate hurt or anger me always ends up here... You are the ones who read all my personal thoughts.. and sometimes it's raw emotion that spills onto the pages..You get me times ten.. Giggle..

So my friends I ask this of you.. please understand that my intentions are never to hurt anyone... This blog is a reflection of fleeting thoughts and emotions.. they are of a human that makes mistakes and will continue 2...By writing them outloud it's my way of learning about myself and improving my own humanity..

After I wrote that blog Marcelina.. which is a dear friend to me ... if you don't know her.. get to know her she is fantastic.. wrote me a comment.. basically saying that I shouldn't lower myself to his level or let it be my reflection.. and that is exactly what I did.. I let him bring the ugly out in me.. and I don't ever want that to happen again... Thank you Marcelina!!... Your soul always shines throughout the darkest hour and provides me the inspiration needed to be a better person in this world...

So on that note... I apologize to you.. I apologize to him.. I apologize to me... because everyone present deserves only the best that my heart has to offer...and that blog wasn't it...

I love you all.. thank you for always sending me love and support...I can't tell you just how much that means to me... There isn't any set of words that can convey my gratitude.. have a great day my Sweeties..

I send only the best love and light to you.. XOXOX ~Shay

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Nightingale
Category: Writing and Poetry

Whispers in the distance call the nightingale locked in her golden cage

There's a faint hint of freedom in the breeze that softly blows outside

Into the night sky she sings her song of sorrow which falls upon silence

This cage can not confine me

A flicker of hope remains buried within the depths of her lost purpose

She's been given such wings of beauty, yet was forbidden to use them

A prisoner locked in jewel encrusted decadence existing without life

This lock must have a key

Desperate for a burning ember to reside in the spark of determination

Seeking the courage to be more then a mere reflection in the mirror

She looks to find herself in this journey and not the final destination

I must keep up the fight

Precious are the gifts that go unnoticed in the eyes blinded with riches

Grace only lives in a place of humble stature and appreciative nature

The golden rule serves those well that can live by its altruist guidelines

I promise I have only my love to give

A nightingale serenades softly to the lover that has left her in tears

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