TERRI MATOLYAK

 

 

The Muse

 

He crossed her path

as if from heaven itself,

an angel slaying the demons

that haunted her.

 

A capture of her heart

as he reached into her soul,

breathing in all that is

within her into himself.

 

Filled with love,

he fed her spirit...

 

With a fiery passion

he breath into her

life and energy,

giving her an insatiable desire

to spread her wings

and fly!

 

Volumes of thoughts

and feelings

converted to words,

splashed on paper

inspired by him.

 

Truly an unexpected blessing

supplying her pen

with never ending ink!

Together they rose as one,

creating and forming

an unbreakable bond.

 

A forever connection

of heart and soul,

powerful love energy,

a never-ending mystery

yet to be unraveled.

 

Now. Yes even now,

a covenant forever,

with her potent and prolific

poetic muse.

Terri Matolyak © 2023

 

Moonbeams And Shooting Stars

 

When darkness falls,

they sit and gaze at the sky;

a blanket of black velvet

envelops them with its embrace.

 

In solitude,

they own the heavens above,

the majestic vastness theirs

as far as can be seen.

 

Here, looking up, she reaches high

for those sparkling dust speckles

spilling across the heavens, as

moonbeam shadows dance

on her dimpled face.

 

There, he sees it fall -

a shooting star spilling diamonds;

they float to his grasping hand;

he holds them to his chest.

 

Moonbeams and shooting stars,

exploding light when darkness falls,

light that takes thousands of years

to reach diverse destinations.

 

But here, in this same moment,

beneath the same sky,

love transcends all time and space.

 

A star touches his heart;

a moonbeam kisses her soul;

the heavens belong to them both

Terri Matolyak, © 2023

 

 

She Is More

 

She is lost in the abyss of despair...

cheeks once sun kissed,

now pale and damp from tears.

 

It's hard for her to remember

she is more...

more than the body she lives in,

more than the car she drives,

more than the zero in her bank account.

 

So hard for her to understand now...

she is much more than her past,

more than her daily routine,

more then what she believes herself to be.

 

I want to scream!  You are everything...

everything that you dare to imagine,

filled with the chance of being even better.

The only limits you have,

are the ones you put on yourself!

Her ears have become deaf.

 

Oh, if only she would remember...

she can do so many things,

go wherever and whatever place she wants to,

and she can be the person she wants to be.

 

Such an ability she has to be great,

of being full of joy.

Always a reason to love and laugh,

create and build,

think and choose,

learn and grow,

to dream big, and get things done.

 

Right now in this moment,

she needs to imagine how things could be.

If I shake her, will she get moving?

If I keep repeating, will she finally listen?

 

And most important...

will she have the courage,

the determination,

the child-like faith,

to say yes!  I am more!

...and then just go for it.

©Terri Matolyak 2023

 

TERRI MATOLYAK

 

TERRI MATOLYAK: Terri is a coal miner's daughter, mother of 4 grown children living in a small town in Pennsylvania.  She has had an interesting life journey, but it's poetry that gave her wings to fly.  She has several published works, and soon she hopes to have her 1st book of poetry published.