starless night

The stars have all gone out
For this there is no doubt
The skies are dark
For Only a spark
Now lights the dark blue sky’s

A lantern gleams afar
Or is it just a star
As hope returns
The one will burn
To save this dyeing world

open eyes

The stillness of the storm
Has made the world go warm
So the land scape Jupiter
The is a brand new newcomer

But will the world be different
Or will the souls be ignorant
For the land scape has been misshapen
For what has this forsaken

questions

As the energy runs out
There is no room for doubt
But hope is out of reach
For those who don’t beseech

When the final question is asked
And it is unsurpassed
The door will open wide
For those who step inside

harsh winter

The ice bites the skin

As the warmth dies within

Then one last breath will take

To never ever wake


The blinding white landscape

Has made the world misshape

But threw the muffled quite noise

A howling piercing one destroys

hope's end

Through the longest midnight
With the grasp of the enemies' hand
The searing rain will take flight
And then none can withstand

The wind will wail around us
As the smoke begins to rise
But in the end the jealous
Will strive to kill our lives

Unknown

The rage of a lord rekindled
And a lost hart is swindled
Only one can save
But end up grave
Or the world that we know will dwindle

The torture in their eyes
As the new fear arrives
The killer dies
To keep the lives
But in the end the truth lies

Singing

As I swim through cold water,
      I always have time to think.
Stroking along, head under,
      I am thinking on what I should think.

I suddenly dive down, deep
      It is darker and colder,
And now I’m a fish, or frog,
      And it keeps getting colder.

A song, a hum, a small sound
      Swims through water to ear.
I hear the pool singing, humming,
      Whispering into my ear.

Suddenly, I feel the ocean.
      I open my eyes to see,
And fish, reefs, and starfish,
      All now do I see.

My breath pounds my chest.
      I must surface now,
Leave the beauty in water.
      I don’t want to leave, now.

I leave my heart behind.
      I see this always,
The sea and beauty of water,
      Of earth, always.

                                   And I sing.

-Christine Stone Mooth

Happiness

Flying high, looking down
    At all the things I've overcome.
Feeling free! Flying free
    O'er the dark grey thunderclouds.

At my feet, under me
    Rainfalls and thunder claps.
I'm alone, flying free!
    In the bright beaming light!

The sun! The light!
    I see it now! Warming me inside!
Feeling free, flying free
    O'er the dark grey thunderclouds!

- Christine Stone Mooth

A Prayer

I’m squirming in bed
    I’m trying to sleep,
I’ve tried doing yoga
    And I’ve counted those sheep.

Something keeps nagging,
    I know I’ve forgot
Something, oh something
    I must do a lot.

And then I remember,
    And hop out of bed,
I kneel at my bedside
    And I bow my head.

“Oh, Father” I start
    “I’m so very sorry!
I almost forgot,
    Just like aunty Lurie!

“Who one night,
    As mom and dad say,
She died in her sleep!
    She forgot to pray…”

I begin with my thanks,
    But have so much fun,
I decide that I’ll list
    Every last one!

“Thank you so much
    For my mom and dad!
They love me, I know,
    Even when they are mad.

“Thanks for my sisters,
    Who tolerate teasing.
For my grandma and pa
    Who have awful loud sneezing!

“My husband, Nathanael,
    Is so fun and great!
These are the people
    I could never hate!

“My safety I feel
    Wherever I go!
For my religion
    And beautiful snow…”

I run out of ideas,
    So silently peeking,
I open my eyes
    To help out with my thinking!

“For my computer
    That hums me to sleep,
And wakes me up
    When I’m out so deep.”

Soon I am hearing
    The clock in the corner
Chiming its rhythm,
    “It’s four and a quarter!”

I prayed through the night
    And into the morn,
I hear my dad chewing
    His way through our popcorn.

So as I get near
    To ending my prayer
I say “Thank you, Lord,
    You’ve always been there.”

—Christine Stone Mooth

A Poison's Antidote

A nothingness surrounds me
Choking me, killing me.
Slowly, ever slowly, it sinks its teeth in deep.

A poison is injected
Flowing in, soaking in
Swiftly, oh so swiftly, it burns toward my heart.

And so it lives within me,
Rooted deep, far too deep!
A darkness so far in me I do not see it there.

But hope comes, unexpected
From where? Oh where?
What light, what action, has saved me from despair?

The answer lies inside me
I know what, I know who;
And a time soon will come when others know it, too.

-Christine Stone Mooth