Letter From Tammy

Poetry has been my passion since was very young and I would like to share some of my poetry with you.  Although I have seven books out, I have yet to have a poetry book published.  It's ironic, but at the same time, I think it's because I carry those precious words so close to my heart, I don't want to let go.  Enjoy my words of prose and I hope it touches your heart.

TDT

DREAM A DREAM

When you dream a dream from within the heart

A dream you chase each day...

It becomes the dream that's meant for you

No matter what anyone  may say.

If you dream to be a writer,

Let your words fly free...

And if you dream to sing your songs

It's a dream that will be.

When you dream a dream from within the soul

A deeply desired thought...

It' something more precious than anything

Something that can't be bought.

So dream your dreams and so believe

In the you, you want to be.

It will come true, because of you...

Because you did believe

IF HE ONLY KNEW

To My son

At first his hands fit in mine

And day by day he grows.

My only little one, my heart

As everybody knows.

He starts to walk and talk so well

As the days pass by too fast.

And I know deep inside me

These days will not last.

Then growing up, my little one

Is no longer a baby I see.

The one I gave my all to

He'll be what he will be.

Finally years have flown by

And grown I see him now

Mistakes he's made...I see it

But I can't help somehow.

Now I have to step aside

And hope God hears me pray.

From the little one I held

To the man he is today.

Nights I spend so worried

For him to be safe and strong.

From the day I had this angel

It doesn't seem so long.

But now he's not mine to keep

And choices made are his alone.

I can't imagine living life

Without my little one, so gone.

So I send out a huge request

To our God almighty above

That he never forget back then

And how much he is loved.

But I can't make dicisions

For the child that's  now a man

I just hope he realizes life is short

And for what's right, you should take a stand.

For family is the single tie

That surely bonds us all.

And in family comes a safety net

One to catch us when we fall.

So please answer this simple prayer

One to please keep him well

Even when I am not around...

In your presence he will dwell.

At first his hands fit in mine

And day by day he grew.

My only little one, my heart

If he only knew.

THE FIRST THING

TAKEN AWAY

Each minute, each hour

Passes like a flash of lightning and so never to look back,

For the way each second is spent

Means more than all the stars which hover above,

And the more we spend loving

Is only more for us to look back on and smile.

Instead of seeing what could've been done

And what hours could've been filled with laughter

Instead of overflowing tears of pain.

A year can flash as if were never here at all

And a lifetime is seldom seen

Until we slip and take a fall.

So cherish the light that awakens you

In the midst of the early dawn.

And remember the light that was there one minute

Is soon taken away the next.

Never take for granted

Tomorrow will bring new flowers and beautiful skies.

Never wait to tell someone how you truly feel in your heart...

For when you think time is all you have

Sometimes it's the first thing taken away.

“WHAT I THINK OF ME”

 Amidst the many faces staring

At who I am and want to be…

I’m unsure of the person

That these many faces see.

Am I just the writer

 Among many of my kind.

Or am I a soul lost and weary

In search, but never find.

Amidst the many faces

Whose eyes do stare my way

What do those glares and expressions mean?

What exactly do they say?

Do they see the one whose words are art

 Do they see a heart so bold,

Or do they see my insecurities

That I constantly dare to hold.

For I’m not really sure just what

These strangers and friends the same,

 See when they look at me

 Or even speak my name.

 Amidst the many faces staring

At who I am, but now I see…

What other’s think doesn’t matter much

 As what I think of me.

FEATURED POEM

HIS NAME

by Tammy D. Thompson

Wretched dirty, clothes so worn

Hair long and tangled grey…

Eyes sunk back and full of pain

With no words to say.

Many walk around him,

With disgust shown on their face.

No thoughts of how he ended there

With such a look of disgrace.

In a tone of low, he muttered

“Can you help an old man?”

But as I stood there watching

No one lended a helping hand.

Finally, with no more hesitation

One step, then two, I took…

With a smile I reached for my wallet

As many peopled looked.

Giving what I could to him,

I said, “What is your name.”

Looking away for a second, and

            he was gone.

For now I’ll never be the same.

Wretched dirty, clothes so worn

Hair long and tangled grey…

I learned a lesson clean to my heart

On that unforgettable day.

For still I’m not sure what happened,

But it doesn’t matter just the same,

With a smile, I close my eyes

For I think I know his name.