How do I put behind bleakness that darkens the way forward? How do I forget the cross I’m condemned to bear? How do I get you out of my system venom that flows in my blood? How do I speak words of forgiveness In the graveyard silence of life? https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/07/23/tale-weaver-285-forgiveness-july-23rd/
non-judgmental skies -speak, describe my shape as you see it… get these clouds out of my mirror I wish to see myself not as you see it… https://scvincent.com/2020/07/23/thursday-photo-prompt-darkness-writephoto-2/ https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2020/07/23/reenas-exploration-challenge-145/
Welcome to playing another round of the weekly game! I just googled the words ‘cryptic poem’, and am fascinated by a few interesting specimens. This is the shortest possible poem I can imagine. constantly, consistently, continually, you Source: Perry Poetry PROMPT #145 The prompt is to use the above style of writing as an inspiration. … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #145
I am what you never expected me to be antithesis of expectations resistant to regulations I do not fit in the box you painstakingly created for me I am What you never expected me to be https://dversepoets.com/2020/07/16/mtb-i-am-the-first-person-narr
worlds painted in colours of thought come back to haunt as I fly around in search of relief from self-inflicted Pain.... https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2020/07/09/reenas-exploration-challenge-143/
A fleeting moment A glimpse of disapproval veiled in silence stayed with me long after you’d forgotten all about it… Today I decide to move ahead shaking you and your views out of my system you do not exist for me as much as I do not exist for you https://dversepoets.com/2020/07/14/dverse-poetics-8th-year-anniversary/
it takes a lifetime to build something so fragile so mutable and so dependent on another’s view I enjoy Changing it like a cloak Yet, the label fails to contain me Define me Refine me Or make me What I want to be… Let identity go for a walk While I try to understand life.. … Continue reading Identity
“Cut my veins, the blood is blue”… famously said someone who’d not tasted the hue Into the blues, he dived with gallons of alcohol…. When Fame deserted, Arrogance took its toll Deep blue sky where he shone once Stardom - a shadow of the hole https://dversepoets.com/2020/07/13/quadrille-107-blue-monday/
Somehow, I don’t get what I want despite running for it all along I don’t know where I fall short Life cannot go all for a song Then, I meet wise men who look down on me and sneer They say I don’t do all I can find my attitude cavalier I know life is … Continue reading Somehow, I don’t know
empty nests with a cushion of hay I see birds that fly away on sky ramps - sashay plan and lay -claim their place in mysterious dark grey waiting for the clouds to spray on earth, go away- to hide, play games? murmurations - they all form and splay finding space somewhere to … Continue reading Do the birds know they are famous?
