Poetry
by
Shelley
ChldofWolf@aol.com

Shelley is a teacher working with children who have mild disabilities.

Searching, Questing

Shelley wrote this poem in the Spring of 1991, during her first year of healing from depression and other issues.

Searching, questing, I seek to find and define myself.
Struggling with and for memories locked within,
I travel down the dark road into myself.
The path is only wide enough for one, and there are pitfalls everywhere.
Others may advise and direct, but I alone can make the journey.

Canyon
and
Humpback Whale

Inspired by photographs in a National Wildlife Federation calendar, these two poems were written in May, 1991.

Canyon: Multi-colored strata of ages;
Banded hues, hollowed by the ever flowing waters of Time;
Prehistoric testament to the eons of Earth, the life of
Man but a tiny fossil in the uppermost layer.

A humpback whale breaches in the mist-veiled inlet.
With a mighty thrust, it vanquishes gravity for a brief moment,
Then falls back with a sudden diamond splash,
Revelling in the elements that share it -- Water, Air, and Water once again.