Carol Lynn Grellas
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- The Gatherer
I am the gatherer−
when I smell a rose
I’m breathing gardens
of centuries past.
I am the gatherer,
until my basket is full−
when I will lie down
beneath a veil of lilies
and become one
with the earth; home
to all things blooming.
I am the gatherer−
one day I will blossom
forever, under a tree
named, Eternity.
The Deer that Deliver Us
(For my mother)
Deer roam the hills where I live;
delicate ankles turn with the grace of a dancer,
and dark soulful eyes blaze into mine,
connecting us like reflections in a mirror.
They leap with gazelle-like movements;
long jaunts across mustard fields−
then linger in the twilight hours until the waiting
is done. When they'll leave again
with their new disciples, soaring together
beyond the Heavens. Or so I see them, in my mind−
as the last they took her, she went peacefully
and comes back to visit along hillside
of my father’s home.
On Life, and Compassion
Unsullied acts that show compassion thrive
With mystic force to serve one’s heart and soul
All other ways efface the kindness you derive
For artificial means another goal…
And when the gladness rises from your being,
Obliterates the calmness from the sea,
Shoots moonbeams dragging lilies o’er the sky,
That’s when you’ll fall and cry on bended knee…
As gratefulness start booming in your head,
Since goodness spreads a joy that’s heaven-bound;
With glory for the coming of your bliss,
Immersed in lofty clouds above the ground.
Exalting all whomever was a friend,
Receiving joy, releasing it again,
Deciding that a life of amnesty
Is why we’re in the kingdom of all men
Carol Lynn Grellas is a Northern California-based writer. She attended Santa Clara University where she was
an English and Art major. She has had numerous poems appear in magazines and online journals, including most
recently, The Oasis Ezine and The Oasis Online, Las Cruces for Poets and Writers, Munyori Poetry Journal,
Words on Paper, The Pregnant Moon Review, Moondance, Dogzplots and Twilight Musings Anthology. She
has poems forthcoming in, MSU Great Falls Literary Guild, The Storyteller Magazine and The Verse
Marauder. She has one book published titled, I'm Packing Things for Heaven. She lives with her husband, five
children, three talking birds and a blind dog named Ginger, who inspire much of her poetry