letters from a dreamer

...and other lovely thoughts

Sunday, December 23, 2007

love letters



When someone reads my little writings I want them to feel inspired, uplifted, hopeful, and warm. Some literature makes one think, other literature calls for change, while some reveals the often unsettling truth. Literature such as this is good, and often used to better the mind or challenge preconceived thoughts. Other literature, however, serves as a pastime, a place to escape and dream. That is the purpose I want my writing to serve. I want my readers to feel comfortable, at home when they read my work. I also, and most importantly, want to reflect God's love with my writing. I feel a sense of release when I write these, and I want my readers to feel the same as they let the words sink into their heart.


my love quotations:

All I hear is silence, where I'm supposed to hear your voice.

My thoughts of you just can't keep up with the slowness of my pen.

I can't let go without knowing,
because I can't live without loving;
and I can't love without you.

My love for you, I don’t know where it’s from
This love, impossible to stop once it has begun

written by: Jessica K. Shannon



November
by Jessica K. Shannon

November reminds me of you
You and your love that
Turns a golden hue and
Falls into my smile.

You came to me here
When the summer had past
Near the wide swing
The spark in my laugh.

...to be continued


White-Washed Memories
a novella in progress by J.K.S.


One by one she smiled at them, each with a lovely book clasped in their hands. One was velvet black, another cherry red. Still more, one was copper-hued and the last a delicate ivory. Each starry-eyed girl possessed a deep affection for her "book of dreams," so it was entitled, and carried it with her wherever she went. The little dreamers mentioned were four sisters. So alike, yet extremely different in their ways and temperaments were each, that they got along splendidly. Of course quarrels here and there happened on occasion, but nothing amounting to very great importance.

...to be continued






Saturday, December 22, 2007

Poems, endless and imaginative




Elysium

Jessica K. Shannon

Perfect place of peace
only in my dreams
Elysium.

Beside you in the snow
No where else to go
Elysium.

Curled up with a book
All work I forsook
Elysium.

Dancing in your arms
Safe from all harm
Elysium.

Butterflies leave their mark
On picnics in the park
Elysium.

More common than it seems
Not only in my dreams
Elysium.

Written November 2006






Darling

Jessica K. Shannon

Oh, darling, your love is to me
a melody
Oh, darling, your voice is to me
but a dream.

It's wonder, it's magic that I
call you my own.
Like seeds from a love tree
that we both have sown.

Why does my heart call to yours
like a song?
Why does my hand for yours
always long?

It's your fault I'm endlessly
floating this way.
Above all life's cares,
to your heart song I sway.

And, darling, I know
what we share can't be seen.
It's brightly painted in colors
on an angel's soft wing.

Written November 2006



God's Lullaby

Jessica K. Shannon

What is this thing called dreaming,
which takes my breath away?
Why do I feel as though I can do anything
when I merely call Your name?

While I feel the rocks beneath my feet,
as I'm standing in this place,
I feel transported to a time
where the shadows can't erase.

My life, my love, my inspiration, all seem a step away.
My dreams can't hold my hand forever,
It won't be just me someday.

But I can wish, hope, and imagine
until the day I see Your face.
You'll wash away my tears and sadness,
with just one ounce of Your sweet grace.

Written December 2006