IN THE COLD
Silver linings
Golden
Skylines...
The dream,
Is reality
In one's
Eyes.
Autumn
Colors
On falling
Leaves...
Soon
The trees
Shall
Wear
Winter coats
In
Chilling winds.
Snow
Will fall
On streets
Where one
Walks
Among many.
One's
Breath will
Leave
Behind
Puffs
Of smoke
As one
Talks to
Another...
Soon
Everyone
Is.a
Wintery
Ghost!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
ZIGGY
It was
A day
Like any
Other.
Ziggy
Walked about
With
A spring
In his
Step.
All over
Town
Went he,
On a
Shopping
Spree!
A dazzling
Paw band,
A matching
Collar
With booths
To go. .
A Thousand
Dollar worth
Enable
Zicgy spent
As he
Visited
Store after store.
The day
Reached
Noon...
Ziggy stopped
At a bar
Ordered
A glass
Of cold milk
Drinking
It all
Very fast.
There was
One last
Thing
To buy
Before
Going on
Home.
Leaving
The bar
Ziggy saunted
To the
Hat store...
Theire he
Found
A bejeweled
Hat
Exactly
What he
Was looking
For.
All dressed
Up
Ziggy looked
Grand indeed
As he
Returned
Home
A
Thousand
Dollars
Less rich.
What a
Shopping
Spree!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
IN THE DARK
The night
Was dark.
No stars
Or moon
In sight.
Streets were
Bare
Of
Anyone
In sight.
The lone
Figure
Glided
About,
Knocking
On
The doors
And windows
Of every
Houze.
No one stirred
Or spoke
However hard
It
Knocked.
In the Middle
Of
The square
It finally
Stood.
It wailed
Aloud.
What a scary
Sound
That carried
On the
Light breeze.
I'll be back
To see you
Living beings!
So saying,
It swirled
Into nothingness
On the
Light wind...
The air
Was filled
With
The promise
Of haunting!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
FLUFFY PILLOWS
Fluffy
Pillows
To lay
One's head
And dream
Of wonders
Never before
Seen.
.
Under
A pale
Blue
Tent
During the
Day
One can
Sit
Or run
On the
Fluffiness
And play.
When daylight
Kisses
The sky
Good night,
The tent
Blazes
In fiery
Light.
Oh how
Lovely
The twinkled
Are. .
One's night
Light
To slumber
By.
Fluffy
Pillows
I do
Like
To play and
Lay on
Day and night!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
THE PERFECT ONE
Ten to
Midnight
Was all
The time
Left
While she
Danced
In delight
In her
Golden
Gown
And diamond
Shoes.
She twirled
And waltzed
With
Every
Gentleman
Until
The prince
Had
Her
In his
Arms...
He was
Attired
In silver,
His feet
In
Bronze.
They
Made
Such a
Beautiful
Couple
That their
Union
Was
Inevitable.
But the
Hour struck
And she
Took off..
She was
Never
Again
Found...
See, she
Was a
Fairy outlaw
Who lived
Far, far away
And underground!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
HEELS
Slipping on
My high
Heels,
I click-clacked
Around...
My presence
Was
Heard
Not by
My speaking
Aloud
But by
Shoes
Talking
To the ground.
I went about
Smiling
Broadly,
Waving
Hellos
To everybody!
They waved
Back
Gaining
Cheering...
I was
A star
As the
Cameras flashed,
I felt
Elated
At being
Considered
As one
Of the
Best.
A wonder
Feeling
It is
You see,
To walk
Around
In six
Inch heels
On the
Ground!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
THE CHALLENGE
I set a
Challenge
To all
The poets.
Write
A rhyme
That
Will
Freeze
Time
All agreed
Enthusiastically
But they
Failed
Miserably!
One wrote
Asking
Time
To stop.
Another,
Asked
Time to
Slow down
To a crawl...
All in all
The whole
Lot
Missed
The point.
I had to
Stop them
Amd write
It
Myself.
The challenge
Won
Me
A pat on
The back
Along with
Cheers of
"You're the best!"
I accepted
The praise
With grace...
The poets
Looked
Glum
So, I said
To them
That next time
They'd win
But for now,
I was
This challenges
Queen.
Time indeed
Stood still!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
