Jeffrey Mitchell Poems

Trying to keep my flame
But it’s hard where you placed me, in a house
With many drafts
Flicker, flicker while I sway from side to side
...

Independent though you may think, yet you may never be complete without having a meaningful relationship with me.
...

Buzzing along
Minding my own business
Then I see some honey in a tree
As I glance while passing by
I notice a spider looking at me!
...

Watching a beautiful butterfly in flight
Flapping her wings, what a beautiful décor she displays
As she glides on a gust of wind, while light from the sun
Cast a shadow of her my way on the ground
...

As soon as I came out
I wanted to stand on all fours,
Wobbly at first, being new on the scene.
Am I strong enough to run, jump and play well with the others I see?
...

A light placed in darkness, but darkness comprehended not the light, darkness was void of the light for so long, that it fought against it. Saying what is this that brings light unto him where I dwell? Reviling that which I hid, for generations in the dark, what has this light to do with us?
Generations of sin dwells with me here! Years of darkness running threw his veins, developing and operating in darkness. Why would you want to bring light to him? What has he done for you? I see no reason for me to leave, he’s mine. I spent generations with his family, why him? What is it that I don’t know about him?
It’s not about him, it’s who I am, and you must flee from him now! I have something that needs to be done, but my light comes with a price that many can’t seem pay, there’s much to learn about my light, but darkness will visit often to see how much you learned, and has there been any change.
He is looking for a way back in, trying to sneak threw a dark corner where the light is dim; he will play on your emotions and feelings. Turn family and friends against you, and use children and your wife to get back in. But you must stay the course.
...

I spoke to the soil,
To pick and turn the earth,
So I can secure them and watch over them.
Before placing them under mother earth,
...

A man is watching a beast devour other people. Then sees this beast coming toward him, as the beast towers over him! He falls to the ground and curls up in a fetal position.
...