Single

I'm single like a rose 
They don’t grow on their own
And solitaire on a table
Their beauty will last but a day
Until
All evidence of life begins to fade away
He is my soil
He feeds my soul when I falsely believe I have been uprooted
When the sun goes down and its time to rest
By the moons light I reflect
On the richness of how my roots reached deeper when it was him
Holding them in place
 
I am single
Like power with no knowledge
Winging big time decisions
Hoping and wishing
That the fate of man does not decimate in my hands
And grateful that I never have to know
Because where I am he is never far behind
And I know that trouble may last for a night
But like psalms 30:5
He is the joy
That cometh
In the morning
 
Im single like
There is one sun that lights up the sky
Every morning bringing the night to an end
And giving the world light and warmth to no end
But he...
He is the earth
That makes it all worth it
Any work I do -- I have not one doubt that he deserves it
They say
There will come a day
When the sun will burn out
They teach it, they preach it, they sing It as truth
And then there is him
Who fills me with hope
And assures me the light within me will never die
He believe in me and I believe in myself
And I need him to believe if I can light up the sky
He is a major reason why
 
Single like the index finger when you throw up the peace sign
Consistently teaming
As one without the other diminishes meaning
 
 
 
 

Published by Dionne Shelton

Dionne Shelton is a writer, wife and mother of five who can’t remember a time when she wasn’t writing.