Two Poems by Maddy Mueller

The Lotus Gate

From shared to shattered

is a moment turned Eternity

so I try to make my heart unbreakable

unable to be penetrated

yet, it figures its own escape

So I tell myself

Ah Joy! tis torn' apart 

in layers this time

and re-formed into a lotus clover

for me, this day

thus a vow I make n'ere again

to let Love forsake it

Am I mistaken its innate hiss

and shaking laughter at me?

Mayhap I must close this place

awaiting reconciliation

Mayhap it's a Miracle in the making

Mayhap by now my lotus flower has grown

sharp edges and teeth

like an inviting white picket fence

with a sign on the gate

that says 'Keep Away' 

                 

Once

At one time she sought the crescendo 

of youth's storms

Now she yearns for the flaps of breezes

that kindly carry her part of the way

The bumpy roads

she once squealed over

with every bounce

feeling like an opportunity

to be thrown up in the air

has changed to the need for paths

pacified as by the rhythms of lullabies 

and as smooth and taut as the glide

of a woman's belly with child

Once she excitedly expected the night 

to ignite in fireworks'

vivid sparks that popped open 

an explosion of mums

which now sit beside her

in a still life painting

They've become taller and plumper

than her original memory of them

having turned delicate pastel

as if someone had gently brushed

them and her eyes with soft tissues

reassuring her that once is forever...

Maddy Mueller is from New York City and resides in Northern California. She worked as Assistant Editor for a newspaper syndication publishing company.. Maddy usually self- publishes her poetry collections but has recently branched out to other venues as well. Her inspiration comes from writer/poet Kahlil Gibran and collective unconscious psychotherapist Carl Jung.