Thank You

I have been very blessed to have wonderful people in my life
and sometimes the words Thank You mean a lot.

Words can not express your warmth and grace
Your love and embrace gave me hope of a new day
When I stumbled you were there to catch my fall
Thank you for not judging my inequalities
But recognizing my greater qualities
Thank you planting the seeds giving me the roots to grow
Thank you for healing my grieving heart
When I lost the ones who departed out of my life
Thank you for helping me keep my faith
While I await for a miracle
Thank you for helping press towards
My quest and helping me realize that I am truly blessed.

A Tribute to my Mother

My mother means the world to me she is my best friend. Though she gets on my nerves at times! She is one of the most remarkable woman in my life, so I dedicated this poem to her.

Words Webster's can't define
You have brought me through thunderstorms
When I wanted to end everything
You sparked a new beginning
When my heart shattered
You gave me the connecting pieces
When I lost my sense of direction
You gave me a life map
When I lost my battles in defeat
You gave me courage to keep going
Comfort for the tears
Encouragement through fears
Laughter through pain
Unconditional love
A pathway of guidance
And a platform to be myself
Parenting is a full time position
And I return your payment in full.

©Tiffany Collins

Today

Today I complained that my shoes didn't match with my bag
When a solider who just returned home lost his leg
Today I complained that my breakfast was distasteful
When there is a woman in Africa who would trade places with me
Today I complained that my son was driving me crazy
When my friend lost her son to leukemia
Today I complained that I hate my small apartment
When people are losing their homes due to foreclosures
Today I complained about my life not being perfect
When some one's life ended today.
©Tiffany Collins

Expired Time

Given a title upon my arrival
Yet he didn't fulfill the requirements
So he caste his absentee ballot
For all the times that truly mattered
Like Graduations, proms, and even the arrival of his grandson
Metal gray bars and a life sentence separates us
Angry bitter tears and broken promises
one lie after another could have turned into fairy tale
Time will heal all wounds but it will never have enough
Quarters too feed the meter of his time absent in my life.

©Tiffany Collins

The Forecast

The forecast predicted rain
Hail, sleet, and snow
The doctor predicted three months
And then a departure to the silent land
shattered hearts with no glue
A family torn a part with no clue
Yet she always knew that her pain
Would leave them in vain
Stage three of breast cancer
Cursed her body like a lion eating its prey
From there we knew death had entered the room
To carry her away like the forecast predicted.

© Tiffany Collins

A Woman Unfolding

A woman unfolding like a bird with closed wings
But only I have opened mines to fly
Surviving the growing pains
And even the responsibilities I have gained
The wind calls me to fly then I look and see
That this woman unfolding has turned into a lovely black butterfly
With a mind strong like one of the world leaders
I have become the essence of my ancestors who smile upon me
to be all that I can be
because as the world can see I am unfolding like no other man, woman or child.
© Tiffany Collins

Let Me Be Who I Am

Let me sail through the summer June sky

Let me take long dives under the bath tub sea

Let me paint my images on the hallway walls

Let me eat chocolate ice cream and dirty my clean clothes

Let me stumble when I fall and put a band aid on my knee

Let me eat from the cake bowl after you have put the cake in the oven

Let me jump in rainbow filled puddles and get my feet wet

Let me pretend to be a superhero and want to save the world

Let me play the drums on your favorite pots

Let me express my thoughts freely

Let me make mistakes and give me room to grow and wings to fly.

© Tiffany Collins