October Leaf 93 Poems by Teen/Young Adult Author Jean-Thomas Cullen at Galley City

15. BARBARA BELLE

She rides in sunshine,
Time she conquers, sun time

She’s an Egyptian queen
lost in tapestries of green
on a black mare
who’s a nightmare
He carries her over fences
stings her with lances
snares her in trances
She takes her chances
because she’s an Egyptian queen
like none you’ve ever seen

She sings songs from a dusky cave
she longs for a man who’s brave
who crosses the light-engreen-crusted hills
with sad eyes warning (here my soul lingers)
and points to the earth
far-flung soul’s sweet berth

and the hills have hips
whips and shapely lips
legs wide open to the sea.

Thank you for reading. If you love it, tell your friends. Please post a favorable review at Amazon, Good Reads, and other online resources. If you want to thank the author, you may also buy a copy for the low price of a cup of coffee. It's called Read-a-Latte: similar (or lower) price as a latte at your favorite coffeeshop, but the book lasts forever while the beverage is quickly gone. Thank you (JTC). PS: I wrote most of these poems (except the title poem, October Leaf) as a teenager, so I published them under the pseudonym A. T. Nager.

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