Writer’s perception

mornings are not good any more, as I read
stories moonlight wrote in my backyard last night
they spilt in my dreams, I could not string the beads


they adorn my neck, but it does not look right
accessories threaten to become outfit
I cast them away, just to feel right and light


Do I frame them – bright butterflies who flit?
to adorn the pages and color my book
not stringed this time, but tightly knotted and knit


into a pattern for all corners and nook
my own stories rebel, asking for a place
I see anger and tears, wherever I look


the conflict is real, and fabric beaded
but my perception is supreme, I know it
into the writer's dough, it will be kneaded


Let other perspectives just slip out or fit….

7 thoughts on “Writer’s perception

  1. Nice use of eleven-syllable line tercets. I find these difficult to write.

    I also like how this starts with stringing the beads (poems) and then tightly knotting them into place until the stories rebel and so you knead them in as well.

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