KRISTY RAINES

 

The Next And Thereafter

 

The Moon watches you from afar

and the stars around me sparkle for you

 

Oh Sun!

 

I, the mystery you search for

that could not be found in anyone else

waits for you like a lost Princess in the desert

 

Can you feel my deep touch of passion?

It is a reminder that with every rebirth

I will return to you, over and over again

Know that no love will ever be as true

No words spoken will ever be as sweet

And, no life you search for will ever be as complete

For we were destined to live our lives together

in this life and into the next and thereafter

Only you hold the key to the door that

leads to my heart of eternal love for you.

 

Live and die with me...

 

No Doubt Heaven Sent

 

Your words always touch my heart so deeply

I have never been so moved by them until now

Your truth is surely straight from the heart

For me you say you would give up all

I now truly believe you would

You gave up all expectations and that was the key

The cost of love far outweighs any win on earth

No one I know loves as deeply as you do

Because of that, you have received the desires of your heart

Someone who loves you as much as you love them

What a gift that is

 

No doubt, Heaven sent...

 

Let Me Hold Your Heart

 

The heart is like a delicate crystal vase

It is so very beautiful, and catches the eye

 

But when it is being held by the wrong person

they will drop and break it into pieces

leaving it unrepairable

 

A heart should be held like a precious treasure

 

Tell me about your sleepless nights and why

she hurt and disgraced you selfishly

 

Now, you can't find your way out again because

your eyes are still watching her foolishly

 

So, let me hold your heart

 

I will never take it from you, and it will be safe with me

 

I promise, I will never drop it or let it shatter...

 With You

 

With you, I can't catch my breath

for in our world, you make life exciting

Love is to be so strong that it can't break,

so, love me with everything in your heart

You will never have to search for a mirage

I am alive and real, standing next to you

In the morning, I wake up with you like the sun

filled with hope in the day ahead of us

Thoughts of you make my heart race

because you've put your all into us

Our love has been shaped into something

more beautiful than we could ever have imagined

and no eclipse of darkness will ever pass between us.

 

A Cold Winter's Night

 

A woman sits alone on a cold Winter's night

with a tattered blanket wrapped around her so tight

In her frail hand she holds an old empty purse

in the other, a Bible, she reads quietly this verse

"I will be glad and rejoice in Your unfailing love,

for You have seen my troubles from Heaven above".

 

"Thank you, Lord, for keeping me one more day

Use me for your purpose is what I pray"

As she continues to read to herself in the cold

a complete stranger approaches the woman of old

Have you no family or home to keep you warm?

You'll freeze to death in the coming Winter's storm.

 

She looked up at him with a very warm smile

and spoke with such kindness in a humbled style

"There was a time in my life when I had it all

that came with a price and in my faith did I fall

Since I came back to the one who created me

He fulfills His promise and takes care of my needs

I may not have riches or a homemade of stone

But provisions are met by people's kindness shown".

 

A single tear rolled down the stranger's cheek

as he knelt down next to the woman so meek

With arms around her, he helped her stand

He covered her with his coat and took her hand

"Tonight, you have found a home with me

for there was a time that I had nothing, you see

But a very kind woman saved me from my plight

when she gave me a home on a cold Winter's night".

 

Things Words Can Not Express

 

Show me so sweetly and gently

things words cannot express

How can I be silent as I look in your eyes

or when in your warm caress?

 

Do others hear the sound of my sighs

while in your strong embrace?

And do they watch me holding your gaze

while together in a public place?

 

Silently and gently, I come to you

under the glowing moonlight

Now close any distance between us

It's just you and me tonight...  

KRISTY RAINES

 

KRISTY RAINES was born, Kristy Rasmussen, in Oakland, California, in The United States on April 9, 1957.Kristy is a Poet, Writer and an Advocate for Human Rights Internationally. She has received many literary awards, and humanitarian recognition certificates. She is most known internationally, for her unique style of writing. Kristy has recently launched her first poetry book, titled, “The Passion Within Me”, and is awaiting the launch of her second self-published book written with respected Poet, Dr. Prasana Kumar Dalai of India, of Epistolary Poems, titled, “I Cross My Heart from East to West, Volume One”.  Kristy is also working on her first two fantasy books, titled, “Princess and The Lion”, and, “Rings, Things, and Butterfly Wings”.  Kristy also writes short stories for children.