Southern Cotton

Southern Cotton

Beautiful, soft

Fluffy

Like floating on a cloud

Deceptive façade

Lovely

Even amid the green

Covering acre after acre

Of the Mississippi Delta

Splattered of red

The Old King of the South

Destroyer of lives

Creator of rot and decay

So fluffy

So soft

Southern cotton

"Wendy K" Poem

Wendy K

Rosy, red cheeks

And a great big smile

Hide a bleeding heart

And a wounded soul

Lovely, black woman

Seems so soft and sweet

A quick laugh

But, hiding behind that smile

Deep down inside

Is a hurting woman

Trying so hard to survive

To be strong

Mom suddenly single

Struggling to raise

Her children alone

Doing all she can

Just to provide

For those she loves

Heart hurting

Pain trapped inside

A lonely spirit

Longing to find peace

Longing to find love

Dying to save her daughter

From her same mistakes

To propel her

Into a better life

Into a better world

Big, rosy cheeks

A laugh that bubbles over

A smile for the masses

Wendy K

Fall in the Garden, poem

The Fall in the Garden

Fruit so delicious and ripe

Plucked from a poison tree

It’s beauty magnificent to behold

So shiny, so beautiful, so sweet

Only a moment’s hesitation

Silky lies

Fall from serpent lips

Before that fatal bite

Before sin scorched innocent lips

And to thy husband it was given

Death in one juicy bite

An eternity of pain

Mankind to forever live in sorrow

After the fall