Poems by Lydia Hendricks, by newest first

• Oysters and Me

  I think I swallowed a grain of sand.
  Maybe.

  by Lydia Hendricks 26 lines, on Apr 20 8:37 PM 2006. In Personal, Spiritual, Hope
• The Weeds

  Today I walked through a field.
  It was a mistake.

  by Lydia Hendricks 30 lines, on Apr 20 8:36 PM 2006. In Weird, Spiritual, Nature
• The Ones We Used To Know

  I was cleaning out my drawer
  and it was full of you

  by Lydia Hendricks 52 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 6 8:25 PM 2006. In Sad, Lyrics, Personal
• Some Kind of Firefighter

  I don't have to save lives or lead a nation.
  I just wanna fight someone's fire.

  by Lydia Hendricks 27 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 18 3:16 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal
• Spinning Tops

  And I know it's not always Kodak
  or even happily ever after.

  by Lydia Hendricks 19 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 2 7:27 PM 2006. In Love, Hope, Collaboration
• Hello, Butterfly

  Butterflies make me happy.
  They are like crayon boxes with wings.

  by Lydia Hendricks 14 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 12 2:19 PM 2005. In Nature, Hope, Childrens
• Love Is the Only Bandaid

  Daddy, why are people mean?

  by Lydia Hendricks 10 lines, on Oct 12 2:15 PM 2005. In Spiritual, Love, Childrens
• Subtracting You

  And then I heard your footsteps
  and they were as ordinary as everyone else's.

  by Lydia Hendricks 22 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 25 9:44 PM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Love
• At the Lake

  a croquet set & it smells like sunscreen,
  smoke from the grill, & mosquito repellant

  by Lydia Hendricks 34 lines, on Sep 12 10:46 PM 2005. In Nature, Contemporary, Collaboration
• I Am Your Goodbye

  I am a river of the blackest sort
  With corpses as canoes

  by Lydia Hendricks 19 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 1 3:57 PM 2005. In Weird, Sad, Dark
• Smashing Teacups

  and run away
  with the teddy bears

  by Lydia Hendricks 18 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 1 3:52 PM 2005. In Sad, Abuse, Hope
• Sketch Me a Story

  and you say,
  "I want to be skinny like all the other girls."

  by Lydia Hendricks 37 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 16 6:31 AM 2005. In Sad, Abuse, Dark
• A Falling Tear

  the sound of conversation. about you. without you.

  by Lydia Hendricks 8 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 16 6:29 AM 2005. In Sad, Personal
• Mapping Out Moments

  Which way is forward, and where is up?
  These road signs are blurry, but I'm not giving up...

  by Lydia Hendricks 31 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 7 1:34 PM 2005. In Lyrics, Love, Hope
• Doorknob Made of Brass

  I've no time for trifling detail
  Nor an agenda for the useless.

  by Lydia Hendricks 25 lines, on Jul 2 11:42 PM 2005. In Weird, Sad, Collaboration
• Stranger

  eyes: blue
  hair: brown

  by Lydia Hendricks 19 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 2 8:34 PM 2005. In Weird, Personal, Contemporary
• Legato

  she clashes with the world
  like morning dew in the desert.

  by Lydia Hendricks 35 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 8 1:22 PM 2005. In Society, Nature, Contemporary
• The Beautiful Crossroads

  If you leave your path to chase down mine,
  You'll miss the beautiful crossroads where yours and mine overlap.

  by Lydia Hendricks 51 lines, 2 comments, on May 16 2:52 PM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Love
• hot pink stockings

  catch a glimpse of the monster
  called Insecurity

  by Lydia Hendricks 25 lines, 1 comment, on May 15 7:04 AM 2005. In Personal, Society, Contemporary
• Don't Want You To See

  The million tears I have to cry,
  I'll blink back just for you,

  by Lydia Hendricks 20 lines, 2 comments, on May 11 12:32 PM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Love
• If I could tie up all the stars in a glistening bouquet

  And bottle the refreshment
  Of a sparkling, sun-drenched day...

  by Lydia Hendricks 19 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 26 7:41 PM 2005. In Fantasy, Nature, Hope
• We Were Young Once

  Chasing butterfly dreams in fields of innocence.

  by Lydia Hendricks 25 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 26 6:18 AM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Love
• A Single Flower

  It’s swimming an ocean of sky with sketchy tentacles that we can never capture.

  by Lydia Hendricks 14 lines, on Apr 23 5:19 PM 2005. In Fantasy, Nature, Contemporary
• Powerless

  a lion without teeth.
  a bird without wings.

  by Lydia Hendricks 12 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 3 1:48 PM 2005. In Personal, Nature, Contemporary
• A Beautiful Distraction

  A flutter of brilliant blue...
  Sings a song without rhythm or rhyme

  by Lydia Hendricks 28 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 8 1:59 PM 2005. In Weird, Nature, Hope
• This Fence

  And your potential is a backwards flower
  Budding into a shriveled kind of obscurity.

  by Lydia Hendricks 17 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 16 5:05 PM 2005. In Weird, Sad, Personal
• And Then He Cries

  Sometimes my anger
  Is carbonated.

  by Lydia Hendricks 39 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 16 2:38 PM 2005. In Weird, Sad, Personal
• to Ambria, my Favio

  Cover Girl eye shadow in Java
  a million red M&M’s

  by Lydia Hendricks 43 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 4 5:41 PM 2005. In Personal, Love
• Wings to Fly

  I'm
  an aquarium fish

  by Lydia Hendricks 21 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 4 4:49 PM 2005. In Weird, Spiritual, Nature
• a prayer of restoration

  r e v i v e the fading zeal inside this child,
  and be the balm to a blistered heart

  by Lydia Hendricks 32 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 1 7:25 PM 2005. In Spiritual, Hope
• "911. This is God. May I help you?"

  Because flexible doesn't mean unbreakable.

  by Lydia Hendricks 38 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 1 7:23 PM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Spiritual
• Leave Your Baggage At the Door

  And I asked God for
  A place where I could leave my baggage at the door.

  by Lydia Hendricks 35 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 18 4:49 PM 2005. In Spiritual, Hope
• When You're Not the One

  because he's holding someone else's hand,
  and kissing someone else goodnight.

  by Lydia Hendricks 37 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 18 4:44 PM 2005. In Sad
• Under the Rug

  Permanence lays plastered over the beams,
  A rug of discolored stains and faded residue

  by Lydia Hendricks 38 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 1 7:49 PM 2005. In Personal, Spiritual, Society
• an answered prayer

  And You pick me back up
  Before I even realize I'm down.

  by Lydia Hendricks 73 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 24 11:39 AM 2004. In Spiritual

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