Author: Paragonwords
Nikki Sterling is a poet and writer from Central Florida. She loves to travel and spend time in her garden. When she is not writing or working on projects you can find her traveling with her husband and her son, exploring new destinations, and discovering amazing food and cultures. Nikki has been writing poetry for many years; Sackcloth & Silk is her debut poetry collection. She is known across Social Media as Paragonwords. Nikki’s work touches on love, life, faith, trauma, and healing. She’s humbled and grateful for the souls that read her poems.
You can find her @paragonwords on all social media platform or on her blog at www.paragonwords.org
Love and lost
She walk the streets nude
Apple hands cupped
The silence
Her eyes entomb
A secretive treasure
A rare balance
Of love and lost©
©2017 @paragonwords
Rejection…..
Soul gleams
In the eye of rejection
Another day
Recovering bits and pieces
Hiding behind
The perfect smile
Learning to walk
On broken feet©
©2017 @paragonwords
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Be still my soul….
I’ll write your name
In the fabric of time
And wait
For an eternity
To see you again
Until then
Feeble soul
Being still©
©2017 @paragonwords
The Rhythm of your soul…..
Creating beauty out of ashes

My heart is heavy
Filled with a litany of devotion
At times I feel the universe
Searching deep within me
exposing the secret places
where my words are born
Where they take the form
Of beauty and love
A tangible space
Where my soul breathes
Life into dead things
Creating beauty
Out of ashes©

©Copyright 2017 @paragonwords
Marked by magic…..

Marked by magic
Eyes of Jasper and pearls
Held a secret
Kissed by poetry
Secret lovers
Savoring the taste
Of spring
Ambrosial blush
Paint the evening sky
The sweetest shade
Of love©
©copyrighted 2017 @paragonwords
My wounds are deep…
A spiritual warrior
My wounds are deep
I’ve felt the absolute pitch
Of deception
I’ve fought and won
Come let me show
You my scars©
©2017 @paragonwords
Time has failed me…..
In dark secret places
Silent cries
Embellish the night
Tongue bleeding words
Of lies
This human heart
Frail and cold
Trembles within me
I fear time has failed me
Yet here I am
Broken, unflinching
Waiting for you to
Cast out this darkness
And rip the ugliness
From my tongue©
©copyright 2017 @paragonwords
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