Pray For Las Vegas

First round not a threat to life,

Initially many believed.

Fire-works, they began to look,

But colorful lights they did not see.

 

Screams from the crowd erupted,

People began to run and fall.

Blood started to flow,

From faces, necks and hearts.

 

Which way to run, no one knew.

What direction were the bullets coming?

At least 20 minutes it seemed, continuous rounds,

Automatic weapons rushing.

 

58 dead, over 500 injured,

Our city forever changed.

Pray for Las Vegas.

Each victim has a story and a name…

 

©Elizabeth Dianne Allee

October 3, 2017

Image: http://nashvillepublicradio.org/post/country-music-performers-respond-after-mass-shooting-las-vegas-festival#stream/0

Happy Palms…

Palm trees in the Las Vegas,
Brought from far away.
Transplanted into sandy ground,
About which, they had no say.

Yet they seem to be quite happy,
Despite the lack of rain.
They have the loyalty of the sun,
And winds to help them sway!

And how about the late night music?
The lights that make them glow?
The crazy things they get to witness,
That the world may never know?

It is true what they say,
At least in many a circumstance.
What happens in Vegas stays there,
Where many happy palms dance.

©E.D. Allee
March, 2014

Image: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g_VBSbhezVo/TZ2F_2kfNcI/AAAAAAAACqk/S-xAZC59eKI/s1600/IMG_5232.JPG

 

What happens in Vegas, sometimes gets shared…

Walking on a staircase,
Along the Las Vegas strip.
I heard loud and clearly,
Nearly suffered a missed step slip…

“Is my booty showin?!”
Wow… I’ve never had to ask that.
A peril to which I cannot relate,
No judgment, just the facts!

The comedy that exists to entertain,
If only our senses are alert.
Some may find it sad, maybe I do a little.
But When I relive that laughter, my stomach still hurts!

©E.D. Allee
February, 2014

 

Le Reve- before it even began…

Dim illumination.
Misty water.
Light pouring through the fog.

Soft music.
Shadows moving.
Across a floral ceiling tall…

Soft water sprays.
Sounds of the tropical wild,
People still flooding in.

Mixed conversations.
Laughter and silent stares.
Le Reve’s about to begin…

I saw Le Reve (The Dream) this weekend. One of Vegas’ amazing shows. Not lacking in stimuli by any means- great for the stimuli junkie I am! I loved it. It was filled with ridiculously incredible acrobatics, magic, illusion, music- even a bit of comedy. The artistry was mesmerizing… captivating. I felt like I had really entered “a Dream”. I didn’t want to wake up either! I’m grateful I had the opportunity to experience it!

Short video here: http://www.wynnlasvegas.com/Shows/LeReve/Videos

photo collage:my collection

 

Me Within…

Paused for reflection,
Amidst a revolving world.
I saw me within…

©E.D. Allee
February, 2014

pic: from my collection

Common Moment…

Gathered together as strangers.
Connected by fascination.
Experiencing the shared moment,
Eyes lifted in amazement…

©E.D. Allee
February, 2014

Bellagio Casino Fountain show, Las Vegas strip

pic: my collection

High On Vegas…

Aside

Vegas in the day

Accents the desert landscape

At night she’s feral

©E.D. Allee
January, 2014

Picture: my collection – local hike.

 

Found in The “City of Sin”

Aside

 

My friends gave me two weeks

Said I’d die if I moved to Vegas

Part of me feared they were right

With their “friendly” vote of confidence

 

I’m still alive two years later

Clean and sober almost a year

I’ve learned it’s not where I go

I can grow where I’m planted, and I’m planted here

 

Looking down from up high

Framed city in sight

I see newness and hope

It’s here I learned to fight

 

Perhaps it’s ironic that I’d discover sobriety

Amid the temptations in the “City of Sin”

I choose, with God’s help, life’s path

True change is not external; it comes from within!

 

©E.D. Allee

December 2013

 

 

 

Night Accents…

Aside

 

The horizon slowly fades from view

And mountain silhouettes slip into obscurity

A dark sky of hidden stars now dominates

Blocked by the overpowering lights of the city

 

At one time my eyes easily captured

The vast foreverness of the twinkling gems

Reminders to all onlookers

That light in darkness is ever present

 

I recall the cold metal of an open truck bed

Delighted by each falling star

Awed by the reminder

Of just how small we really are

The stars reached down and I reached up

Two separate realms connected

Staring so hard that the tiny lights blurred

As if the black night no longer existed

 

The stargazer I once was lives on

Mostly inside memories and imaginings

Upon captured images

And written paintings

 

My view’s different now, the glimmer I know is man made

Bright and filled with colorful variety

Glowing lights mix with heat and gasses

Creating movement, life, passion and fury

 

I’m witness to nighttime accents

Until daylight hours return

Another horizon breaks with its illuminated glow

And mountain silhouettes are once again…granted the light for which they’ve yearned

 

©E.D. Allee

 October 23,2013

Picture: http://www.masterfile.com/em/search/#id=&color=&colour_key=0&format=hvsp&keyImage=&keyword=blurred+city+lights%2C+vegas&license=ALL&mode=search&sort=alice&aspectRatio=mediumAspect

 

A Rainbow in The Desert…

Aside

 

I saw a rainbow blaze the desert sky

The memory of, remains amplified

The colorful array gleamed perfection

For my attention, the heavens beckoned

My heart and mind gave a grateful reply

 

Against manmade structures and mountains high

A sight unexpected, that mystified

Beauty I didn’t know to imagine

I saw a rainbow

 

Rainbows were always in ample supply

When I lived among the rains’ lullaby

With rain scarce, spectrums can simply become,

Common accents, with amazement deafened

I’ll always cherish the power of light

I saw a rainbow…

 

©E.D. Allee

October 2013

 

photo: http://scottfillmer.com/2012/07/12/the-pot-of-gold-rainbow-over-the-las-vegas-strip/