Day 2 3 4 of Poetry challenge

(Gideon has been sick all weekend and this was me waiting in the Dr's office for a check up so we could get him feeling better)
Poem #2

Hiaku 1: Sick

Hot and tired boy

asleep on my lap, waiting

for relief to come

(My camera, need I say more)
Poem #3

Hiaku 2:  Click

Open the shutter

capture the light passing through

remembered always

(We went Saturday to a castle in Cochem and they had a witches tower where they put women who they thought were witches.  The crusades were during the dark ages and so I wanted to write something about a perspective of this period but with hope and light in the end)
Day #4

Couplet:  

A Castles View

Castle up on your hill

how do you make the people feel

With towers filled with your fears

and walls of stone that echo the cheers

Of mighty men on a crusade

of lonely women who are made

to feel the pungence of loneliness

and children to be raised fatherless

Dreams are shattered and people morn

waiting for a new day of life and love to be reborn

A new day comes with rays of sunlight

giving passion to the soul to give one last fight

for what is left of their hearts on a string

piece by piece they fit together to bring

Hope they found along the way

to rebuild their lives and homes and stay

In this beautiful place, green and strong 

along a river that sweeps away the wrong

light on the horizon, an army marching along

singing and cheering a welcome home song

Tears flood the valley with joy and bliss

reunited again, embraced in a kiss

Castle up on your hill

how do you make the people feel

A town united and strong once more

riches and glory you share and pore

upon your people who now trust you

life now, has a beautiful view.