YVONNE MORRIS
'Opportunity in a blue room'

Although you sit in a room that is blue--
and a forest of tears has lashed 
its angry limbs at you and bleeding
thorns have torn you oh evangel
and your feet have dangled like
supple, slender temples until
you learned to dance and dance
above the fire while armored angels
sang you upon their swords--
know that I honor you,
my love,
for you have made heaven
in a world that wonders at its hate

KARIANNA JOHNSON
Dreaded Darkness

 
That twinkle in your eye 
And that loving smile 
Have faded into darkness 
The light that used to shine 
To tell me that I'm wanted 
Is gone with the darkness 
And now I must repress 
My secret love for you 
So that I won't receive 
Hateful glares from cold eyes 
I must remind myself 
That something is better than nothing 
But that something is so small 
It's like living in dusk 
Hoping for morning to come.