Poetry Of Ryhla

[Ryhla]

The Faces Of Many

I am many faces
I am timeless and without time
Look upon my face and see mortality
Look into my eyes and see the infinate
For I am the face you know
And the stranger at your door
You know me by name
And by many names you do not
I am the only one you hear
With many voices I speak
I am the voice you hear in you ear
And the silence you long for in the night
I walk all paths
I cross all centuries
I am a constant with all things
I am your guide
Blinding you with light
I am over your shoulder
Hiding in the shadows
I walk by your side in your fantasies
As I stalk you in your dreams
All knowledge is lost in the reflection of time
All that you seek lies in the mysteries of the unknown
For as you awake from your dreams
While life plays out its song
I am the face you see
So familiar and strange
For I am you as you are now
Who you were lost in the sands of time
And who will be in the darkness of time yet to come


Written October 26,2001

[LadyWinterWolf]

A most excellent poem...it has a good rythmn, yet the words are startling as you take them in, and realize it's as if a stalker is telling you exactly what they are doing to you and why.

Very good Ryhla....you catch the reader's attention and hold it.

[Ryhla]

Thanks...

Here's another one.

In Full Circle

Sleep young maiden
For tomarrow you weep
Tears of joy, tears of sorrow, tears of pain
For life has come sweet as the babe
And death has left on swift wings

Sleep young maiden
For tomarrow you die
To become the mother of life
As the corne is left behind
And youth gracefully fades away

Sleep young maiden
For tomarow you're born
As the circle starts anew
For life begins as it ends
And starts its the path once again

©Six-Of-Heartstrings

[LadyWinterWolf]

I see the "maiden, mother, crone" images in this new poem. Life's a circle.

[Kaffekat]

Very well done Rhyla. Excellent work!!!

This is (if you knew it) surprising from me - in general I do not particularly enamored of poetry. (except for a very few cases)

As LWW said I esp noticed and enjoyed the Maiden/Mother/Crone imagery in the second work.

[Ryhla]

Thanks. Out of the ones I have online, that one is the favorite in general by many people.

[Ryhla]

As It Once Was

For love I once had
I go it alone'
And my love has gone home

For the life I once lived
I live it alone
And now life is on it's own

For life and love
Together they come
And bring the wayward son

Be it king or knave
Alone or as one
Together they will be undone

©Six-Of-Heartstrings