Dancer

Beautiful dancer
Graceful movement
Clothed in softness
Unspoken words
Expressed in form
Feelings
Flowing from motion
Your eyes
Speak freely
In gentleness
Your heart
Sings melodies of rhythm
In heartbeat time
Your spirit
Touches deeply
The souls of all who see
I am more
Because of you

John Thompson
November 20, 2008

Sweet Friend

Eyes soft and tender
Walks gently
Through fields of Spring
The lovely flowers
Along her way
They can’t compare
But still
They turn to her
As she passes
Her warm smile
Shines on them
And they open
A little wider
And life it…
Seems a little brighter…
A little kinder…
Just when
She is here

John Thompson
November 15, 2008

Hadeel

Arabian Princess
Guarded by a thousand horsemen
Beloved by her people
She sees into their hearts
And judges fairly
In mercy and love
But often
Before the dawn is near to break
She rises early
To watch the morning stars
A dove flies silently across the sky
Going wherever it will
A tear glistens
In one of her large brown eyes
And tracks gently down her cheek
A diamond sparkle in the starlight
That falls silently to the golden sand
Seen by no one

John Thompson
November 7, 2008