Lift
the voice...

Whispers in the dark of night
Carried away by light of day...

Thinking
He sat there...

He stood staring
Hearing the echo of their words...

Here before you, reaching toward the sky
Disrobed of velvet, pastel pink...

Written for a club challenge: see the world today...
I chose Sojourner Truth ( Isabella Baumfree...

Waiting
Through the darkness,a brighter day...

Why
are you...

What can I get you sir ?
The waitress asked the man...

I ask myself one day
As I pondered about life...

Lightening flashes across a midnight sky
Moments of vision blindingly bright...

A gentle hand against my cheek
lingers soft through out the night...