I have a notebook full of poetry from my teenage years that will never see the light of day. Now I have a computer, and I'm an adult, so I save all my poems in Word files. Every one of them gets copyrighted, but not all of them will feel the weight of a reader's eyes. I call them my Secret Files. Not so secret now, I guess.
Some of my favorite authors are: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Janet Evanovich, Anne Rice, Stephanie Meyer, Laurell K. Hamilton, J.K. Rowling, Robin Cook, John Saul, Johanna Lindsey, Betrice Small, Tess Gerritsen, Jeffery Deaver, James Rollins, Michael Palmer, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Louisa May Alcott.
Immortal Embrace IV
(Part of a vampire series by Sheila Roy, this poem is written from a female vampire’s perspective.)
Tonight, I wear my curly, auburn locks as a shield to hide my discontent.
I’m the one who’s Damned, but the lives I’ve taken this eve were abhorrent!
But here you are secure in bed, Sweet Mortal, angelic in your sleep.
I touch your delicate skin, I press my lips there, and, once more, I weep.
Through you, I know peace, love, and understanding of your mortal kind.
Though you doth tell me nothing in words, I can read it from your mind.
This night I glimpse farther into your being and bemoan what I see.
I encounter something new and foreign; something that shouldn’t be.
Do you not see? I am tattered with dilemma; ripped apart by indecision,
For the Cancer I see blooming in your human body…cursed all-seeing vision!
An ugly cluster developing, growing larger with each passing day.
I have the power to rid you of this affliction; I can take the pain away.
I could make you the creature I am, and the sickness would be yours no more.
Oh, but how can I knowingly curse you, when I know what you would endure!
For I cannot impose my will on you when I realize you’d suffer like me;
Imprisoned inside an animated corpse, surviving for all of eternity.
So, see my predicament, Dear Mortal. I let the choice be yours to make.
Decide wisely; look inside your soul for answers. Don’t say YES for my sake.
If you agree, we could be Immortal together, perhaps loneliness we’ll rein.
If NO is your response, Sweet Mortal O’ Mine, there will be no need to explain.
Copyright April 2005 © Sheila Roy
From "Dancing With My Imagination” by Sheila Roy ~ Copyright 2006
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Sheila Roy's website has a slideshow of her books, an author bio - complete with pictures of her 4 mini-Dachshunds, book excerpts, articles, short stories, poetry, professional reviews, links, and a synopsis of each release.
Accomplishments: ** I earned my 2nd degree black belt (Nidan) in Kenpo karate on December 9, 1995. This rank has been valuable to me as a writer; I continue to use my 2nd degree in a literary sense. Miranda, the main character in my Just Deserts Series, is proof positive of those skills.
