Your Lily Awaiting

I look out the window and think of you

knowing that you are as sad as I am

The sound of the Cuckoo reminds me of that

When we talk, I can tell you have been crying

This time of year is always the hardest on us

The nights last forever and I will be glad

when I will see my love again

Your Lily awaiting…

I cry out for you, for it is lonely here without you

My only happiness is knowing this sadness will not last

because the warmth of the sun will be coming soon

The cry of the Cuckoo will turn into the beautiful Bird of Paradise

and the return of Summer will dry your tears..

Your Lily, will bloom just for you

I await your return anxiously..

Love Will Heal my Soul

In a world where nothing makes sense anymore;

Where the clouds no longer rain, and oceans thirst

I refuse to let the perils of giving up, win

I am not a woman who quits, and I need nothing

but the nectar of hope that fills my tearful eyes

Paint a portrait of my soul with the colors of red

and write me a poem filled with sound of the wind

My heart beats with the blood of a warrior

though soft and gentle on the surface of my being

I can withstand the beating from the world around me

and I will stitch the wounds around my own heart

with strands of resilience that will keep me, alive.

And in the end, it will be love that heals my soul.

Step Back in Time

I miss the words we used to utter in the night

that seem now like dreams woken from

Let me find you as you were long ago

with caring thoughts and concern for me

I still seek that man and never forgot him

I believe he still remains, in his heart of hearts

I wait for him to take a step back in time

and once more sing again the song

that won my heart when we first met

I miss hearing it in the night, under the lit stars

as I gazed into the eyes of who used to sing it.

Kristy Ann Raines was born Kristy Ann Rasmussen in Oakland California, in the United States of America.  

She is an accomplished international poet and writer.  Kristy has two self-published books on Amazon titled, “The Passion within Me”, and  an anthology of epistolary poems, written with a prominent poet from India, Dr. Prasana Kumar Dalai, titled, “I Cross My Heart from East to West”.

She has one children’s short story book coming out soon, titled “Tishya the Dragon”, and a few other children’s stories to follow. 

Kristy is also working on finishing two very special fantasy books that have been in the works for quite a few years, titled “Rings, Things and Butterfly Wings” and “Princess and the Lion”. 

She is also writing her autobiography titled “My Very Anomalous Life”.  

It is her life story that few know about, and the many transformations she went through.  She reveals every interesting and sometimes tragic aspect of her life. She shares her failures, victories, tears, joys, losses, heartbreaks, and how she changed, by the grace of God. 

A loving family and how two wonderful children stood by her through her transformation to who she is today.

Kristy has received numerous awards for her distinctive writing style and her work as an advocate and humanitarian around the world.

Kristy also enjoys painting, making pottery, writing song lyrics, and being with her family.  

She is married, has an older brother and sister, two wonderful children, and is a proud grandmother of three beautiful granddaughters. with one great-grandchild on the way!