Poetry

My poetry...

My poetry doesn’t follow any formal structure and may not be what is expected when you think of poetry, but I hope you enjoy it anyway. These are just a sampling of the poems from my book, Life Is Beautiful.

All poems are copyright © Dawn Lorraine "Pearl" Wilhelm and may not be reproduced in any way.

Even when there seems to be no hope, there is always something beautiful to find in life.

This collection of poems by paranormal romance author, Lorraine Pearl, is a departure from her normal writing style but is still full of emotional and thought provoking prose. Life Is Beautiful tells many stories through these moving poems. Whether melancholy, joyous, humorous, or even sometimes a little angry, there is something for everyone to enjoy within this entertaining poetry book.

Available in eBook and paperback...

FAIRYTALES DON’T COME TRUE

When reality and dreams collide
There can be nowhere left to hide
When the two have become one
You have nowhere left to run

When you fall under the spell
Of the wishes inside the well
The angel that you think you see
Now turns out to just be me

And now that I do not fulfill
The dreams inside that you have still
You wonder what you are to do
When reality does comes true

The pedestal you made me climb
No longer does it seem to shine
And wishes made upon a star
Now you wonder where they are

When building a life on fairytales
You soon realize that it will fail
With nothing else left to believe
You now are ready to turn and leave

A CHAMPAGNE NIGHT

Sweet sounds, echoes of
Dreams surround us as we fall
Into crystal blue water
And rosy pink moonlight
Each kiss quenches the deep
Passionate need, while vanilla
Potpourri fills the breeze
It is so undeniable
This guilty pleasure
So impossible to refuse it
The delicately soft touch
On our skin seems too
Close to heaven to be real
To be so comfortable, yet
So aroused by this womb
That is large enough for
Us both to float about freely
As a gentle breeze skims
The surface, fireflies dance
Around the sparkling pool
Empty bathing suits drape
Themselves elegantly over
Wrought iron chairs while
We enjoy their absence
The diamonds in the night
Sky reflect in our eyes
As we become so close
We are no longer two
Separate people, just one

BREAKDOWN

Why do I keep repeating
With your footsteps now retreating
With my lonely heart barely beating
Memories in my mind now fleeting

Off you go with barely a glance
Off without even a second chance
While leaving me in such a trance
And now is forever gone our romance

Now I stand here sobbing, crying
While my heart feels like it is dying
Now my soul is no longer flying
From now on I will be afraid of trying

I know I will never let another in
My faith and trust now wearing thin
Now just fear and confusion within
My head is now beginning to spin

What did I do that was so wrong
I promised truly my love was strong
And even professed it happily in song
Now I no longer know where I belong

Why do I keep repeating
While your footsteps continue retreating
How is my lonely heart still beating
As my sanity now seems fleeting

FAMILY FARM REVISITED

Many years have now gone by
The land still empty, no cows
No chickens, no farming at all

But there is some hope
The pond is coming back slowly
The deer and birds are too

Trees are starting to grow tall and strong
Still young though, many years to go
Saying, “All is not lost, just on hold”

The farm house still stands
In the middle of the land
The lone goose is there too

But now there are times
When we are sitting in the field
And the fawns come out to play

Running, jumping, and snorting
Beautiful burnt orange with
Snow white spots along for the ride

They start to grow up, buttons on one
None on the other, they look up
Occasionally, but mostly ignore us

Just happily eating the clover
White fluffy tails wagging in the sun
Life is slowly coming back to the family farm

MISTY EARLY DAWN

Farther apart now the hands of time
Sunlit visions do touch my mind

Stirring memories to linger on
Golden dreams of misty dawn

Gently down this winding path
No longer fearing echoes of the past

Faster now the delicate sands of time
Visions and memories now entwined

For carefree times is what I long
Thoughtful dreams of early dawn

Softly through the days and nights
Careful not to hold on too tight

Shorter now the time that is left
But my soul is no longer bereft

Do not focus on what is gone
Look toward a new misty early dawn

Happily holding what cannot be held
While moving forward I am compelled

A THOUSAND DAYS TO INSANITY

Through the screams of a thousand nights
I begged of you to hold me tight
Through the miseries of a thousand days
I begged of you to come my way

In the endless fields of my mind
Hours stack upon hours, months upon months
Years upon years, until finally
I can no longer hold back the tears

In the bottomless pit of my soul
All compassion is gone, all love, all good
All my might, until finally
I can no longer distinguish what is right

Now these thousand days gone by
Seem to have been as cold as your heart
My never answered question of “Why”
Disappeared with my life that’s fallen apart

Thoughts spin around in my mind
Thoughts of you being so unkind
Thoughts of me being so blind
Thoughts I can no longer seem to find

I cannot control my brain
I feel like I am going insane
I’m just standing out here in the rain
Wondering if you’ll ever come back again

SOMETIMES

Sometimes candles glow
And light the way
To deeply buried pain
Sometimes the mind will show
Some secrets that remain

Sometimes a soul will change
A life will rearrange
While those around watch
The walls crumbling down and
Fear is no longer strange

At times there is calm
At times there is rain
But through it all the
Love that falls will never
Fade and never be in vain

Sometimes the world may
Seem callous and even cold
But when you find that
Peace of mind you will no
Longer worry about growing old

Sometimes you reach for a hand
And someone reaches back
Sometimes you find that
Life can be kind, and if
You give, others will give back