Deepening Soul Vol. 2
   Devaney S. Roberts
   Copyright 2014 Devaney S. Roberts
   DEDICATED TO
     My Parents & Sisters, In Memory Of My Baby Sister JaNay S. Roberts (9-16-98) R.I.P 
   Giving All Thanks, Praise & Glory To My Lord & Savior Jesus Christ
   ABOUT THE AUTHOR
     Devaney  S. Roberts would like to first thank her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for blessing her with this talent. She was born Nov. 9, 1995  In Midwest City, Oklahoma, but has lived in Springfield, Ohio since the age of 6. She loves softball, writing, painting, dancing, making jewelry, watching scary movies,  Photography, and just hanging out with family. She’s a usher in her church. Devaney  plans To get her degree in business and open up a  daycare/homeschool center.
   Broken Pieces
   Crystal tears fall down
   My face as memories collapse
   My whole body.
   Puzzle pieces,
   They are, to which
   I can’t find the
   Connections to clasp
   Them back together
   Again.
   Tape nor glue
   Can stick pieces together
   Or maybe they were never
   Meant to be
   Joined together in the
   First place.
   Candles are lit
   To honor the humanity
   Of our souls,
   To praise the broken
   Spirited and to join
   The feelings of the words
   That can’t be spoken.
   Crystal tears fall down
   My face as I realize
   What’s broken is broken.
   Energy
   Your high energy
   Consumes me like never before –
   Energy of love
   Fallen Tears
   Tears fall into
   The hands of the soul
   That doesn’t deserve it.
   That soul is not a bad soul,
   But a clueless one
   Because if he knew
   The distress he caused,
   He’d be speechless.
   True colors show
   Every once in a while
   And I’m afraid his
   Has shown too soon
   For me to prepare.
   Heartbroken,
   I am not as I realize,
   It’s not me, it’s you.
   Chills run down my
   Spine as I fear you,
   I don’t fear you exactly,
   But, I fear your consequences.
   Life is too short
   For hate and war.
   I know that,
   But do you?
   Never To Be Heard
   If we are never to be heard,
   Why was man created to speak?
   Visions of captured souls,
   Hearts, and voices will  be
   The end of us if we cannot
   Express words through
   Our self-spoken mouths.
   Black shadows come
   And consume us as
   Prisoners,
   Never to be heard.
   The demon destroys
   Our lives passionately,
   Carelessly, beating us
   Mentally as our self-esteem
   Slowly falls into the deep
   River of hell,
   Never to be heard.
   Darkness has risen
   As light falls.
   Our mouths
   No longer speak of
   Love and life because,
   If we have freedom,
   We are lost in a world
   We thought we knew.
   So,
   We don’t speak,
   Never to be heard
   And our mouths
   Are closed,
   Never to be heard.
   Presence of Existence
   The green grass glades
   As the wind gently blows.
   Flowers are so fragile
   They break at the gentle
   Touch of breeze.
   Sweet silence
   Is at this destination
   As you can hear chirping,
   Whistling, and the sound
   Of woodpeckers pecking
   On the dark brown, firm,
   Wood tree.
   As I walk on the sidewalk,
   I sight-see all the beautiful
   Things that surround me
   In my state of misery.
   I can sense
   The smell of spring flowers
   And feel the presence
   Of clarity.
   Clouds change
   To a shallow,
   Gray color as spring showers
   Appear into existence
   People run to
   Not get soaked,
   But I stay to soak
   In the presence
   Of existence.
   Lost Soul, Lost Spirit
   I am a sensitive
   That can see through
   Man’s lost soul,
   Lost spirit.
   The feeling is
   Arising through me
   In which I can’t understand.
   It’s as if the soul
   Has spoken lost
   Words to me.
   Feelings grasp me
   Into it’s forsaken
   World,
   A world that is deserted
   And unknown.
   I shiver, because
   Of the cries
   That washes
   Feelings of life
   Away.
   I want to help
   Reunite man’s
   Lost soul,
   I want to connect
   The puzzle of life
   To him so that maybe,
   His lost soul
   Will soon be found.
   Definition of Light
   Light shines upon you
   Quite dim like the morning dew-
   You are shining light.
   The Sea
   The light blue sea makes
   Beautiful waves come to life-
   Vibrantly beauty
   Survival of A Rose
   The smell of roses
   Lingers into my soul.
   My stomach
   Begins filling up
   With butterflies
   As I get closer to
   This unexpected life.
   Sometimes,
   I wish it could last
   Forever rather than
   Become extinct in our
   Little world.
   Its beautiful
   Red-covered flower
   Petals send me through
   Painless memories,
   Beautiful visuals.
   Raindrops fall
   Onto each rose petal
   Gently, fearlessly.
   Lifeless is now
   Gone for now
   Until it cannot
   Survive anymore.
   Grow
   I’m growing
   Older and older.
   How I wish
   I would stay young
   But, how I wish to
   Grow old and to
   Learn how to love,
   Live, and learn.
   Night Sky
   As the night sky
   Blooms to existence,
   Stars instantly begin
   To be in the light.
   Beautiful white noises
   Appear as music
   To me as they sing
   Lullabies to my ears.
   They who needs
   Healing comes to
   Meditate beneath
   The stars and the moon.
   Roses
   The beautiful rose
   And its beautiful color-
					     					 			br />   Like a loving heart
   Punished
   He would
   Abuse her day
   And night not matter
   Why the cause.
   She’d scream
   As loud as she could
   But, it seemed as if
   The world was deaf towards
   Her voice.
   She would cry
   Day and night,
   Wondering why,
   Why she was picked
   To be stomped on,
   Slapped, stabbed,
   Punched, and everything
   Above.
   Why was she
   The one to be
   Punished?
   Life’s Not So Bad
   City lights
   Suddenly flash
   The depths of my soul
   As I’m standing on the
   Balcony.
   Staring up at stars,
   Wishing on a wish
   To never leave
   This calm place.
   Sheer joy
   Comes over me,
   Flooding my soul
   With emotions I
   Cannot explain.
   The moon shines
   Its sheer glare
   Down upon me
   And I feel a higher
   Power wash away
   All my fears and worries.
   As I stand there,
   Peacefully still,
   I realize life ain’t
   That bad.
   I stand there
   In such a state,
   A meditative one that
   All I can feel is
   Undenying love
   Deep in my soul.
   I, myself
   Cannot explain
   How I really feel
   In this moment,
   Only God knows.
   I finally come back
   To present,
   I look up at the
   City lights and the stars
   And the moon and I
   Realize life is not so bad.
   Never Forgotten
   Tears fall down
   My face as I visualize
   What you could have been.
   Pictures appear
   In my mind of life
   That you’ll never have.
   Never in my life
   Will I ever have
   The chance to feel
   Your presence,
   Only in heart and mind.
   My feelings begin
   To race with sad
   Emotion as I realize
   That I will never feel
   What you feel, see what
   You see, or touch what
   You touch on this
   Earth.
   Tears fall down
   My face as I realize
   That you are gone
   But never forgotten.
   Our Love
   He says
   He loves me
   Like he loves
   The sea,
   Well I love him
   Like I love a
   Peaceful swim.
   Tree Beauty
   Why, those beautiful
   Trees, how the colors
   Define the real
   Beauty of them.
   As red stands for love,
   Orange stands for power,
   Yellow stands for the
   Brightness of life.
   Oh, how I cannot
   Wait for the season
   Of fall to arise
   Back up again.
   I can’t wait
   To see the beauty
   Of trees that
   Mother Nature
   Has made.
   Pain Reigned Over Me
   I’m drowning
   In the pain that you
   Sent me through.
   The pain is
   Suffocating me
   As to where I
   Cannot breathe
   To breathe air
   So I can finally fight
   To numb the pain and
   Let it go out
   Of my life.
   I try to
   Be stronger,
   Stronger than you,
   Stronger than pain
   Itself, but it seems
   As if the pain cannot
   Break, it seems as
   If pain took charge.
   Known Silence
   Silence becomes
   Accustomed to when
   The only soul there is
   Is you.
   You try and grab
   The closest strength
   You can, but you soon find
   There is none.
   I become
   Claustrophobic
   To the sense of
   Loneliness building
   Up.
   I shield myself
   For safety of not
   Getting hurt,
   That’s the only
   Way I survive.
   Loneliness
   Is now a bully
   To my soul.
   I have to fight
   To survive
   Life’s Nature
   I look into
   The sea waters
   Of my life like
   A crystal ball and
   I wonder what my future
   Holds.
   Calm winds
   Surpass me into
   The dignity of the
   Light blue sky.
   I look down
   Upon my past
   And realize that
   My journey
   Is not yet finished,
   That I still have eggshells
   To walk on and
   Seashells to love and admire.
   Upon my tree
   Of life,
   I water it with
   Clear emotions
   So that it may grow
   Into leaves
   Of adventure.
   Life In The Outside World
   Life in the
   Outside world
   Begs for truth.
   I’m afraid
   I’ll freeze in this
   Cold world and the
   Ice will never break.
   My heart stops
   Cold never to
   Recover from this
   Shattered lifestyle
   I’m in.
   Life in the
   Outside world
   Grows heavily more
   And more as lives
   Are born and souls
   Leave.
   We cry our share
   Of tears, wondering
   Why life is this crucial.
   Life in the
   Outside world
   Crumbles to the
   Ground as lovers
   Do not love and
   Friends are not
   Friendly.
   Life in the
   Outside world
   Is a cold place
   We live in.
   Choices
   People make
   Choices,
   Good and bad ones,
   But they never
   Know what is until
   They’ve done it.
   They never
   Think about
   What it could
   Cause, because
   Sometimes,
   They just don’t care
   How people may
   Feel in the end.
   White Dove
   A beautiful day
   In the sunlight,
   A peaceful day when
   It’s warm and bright.
   Where it feels
   So good to be in
   A place of happiness
   But also knowing
   That there will be
   Some sadness.
   A peaceful, quiet
   Night, sweet voices
   In the sky where you
   Will always want to
   Be by in the day and in
   The night.
   Perfect
   It’s like
   A world with
   N 
					     					 			o problems,
   A person with no
   Bad times.
   Animals
   Not being
   Abused,
   People in peace
   And not war.
   Love instead
   Of hate.
   This is
   Probably
   The definition
   Of perfect,
   Too bad it’s
   Not reality,
   But then again,
   Ain’t nothing
   Perfect.
   Far Away
   You’re so
   Far away,
   I can’t reach
   You.
   Why’d you
   Leave?
   Why’d you
   Have to go?
   You’re so
   Far away.
   I can’t find you.
   You just
   Disappeared
   Without a trace.
   Why aren’t you
   Here? Why are you
   So far away?
   Winter Breeze
   You feel
   The surroundings
   Of the winter breeze.
   It feels
   As if it’s
   Coming over
   You, the coolness,
   The wind.
   You feel
   The cool air
   Just moving
   Through you,
   It just feels so good,
   You don’t want to
   Leave the cool,
   Winter breeze.
   My Love For Poetry
   My love
   For poetry
   Is like my love
   For flowers
   And trees.
   Peace And Earth
   Earth be still for life
   So we can have peace awhile-
   Peace on earth be still
   Rainy Day
   As the rain
   Falls, streets are
   Getting slippery
   And cars are getting wet.
   Leaves from trees
   Are getting soaked,
   People playing and
   Chasing and running
   Around.
   Rain clouds
   Getting dark
   As people run
   Inside their houses
   On this rainy day.
   The Eyes of Nature
   Here,