Waiting

I feel in my bones wheel of time slowing down and wonder where will it take me?   I want it to speed up take me to happiness Why am I condemned to abject misery or a vacuum?   I want it to go slow if I see disaster looming on the horizon   I … Continue reading Waiting

Only if I knew

The challenge Cage-fighting wasn’t a publicly sanctioned event; a fact which increased its popularity among certain demographics. As with all human enterprises there were rules. Fighters couldn’t leave the ring until the fight had reached a satisfactory conclusion. The referee’s ruling was absolute. Death matches were prohibited. Death was messy. Death meant corpses and corpses … Continue reading Only if I knew

Deception

bareness stretches to share hollow secrets with stark branches remembering lush green foliage that once adorned   golden beams smile knowing – colors will change with every season, every dawn vain reflections know not they are not real   the Lord and Master rests with a promise to return handing over batons to its beloved … Continue reading Deception

Tear drop

does a tear drop know what it holds what it means to the one who sheds it to the one who sees it?   pent-up emotions contained no more? a sham, a manipulation, a cry for help?   does an expression know its social acceptability its repercussions energy it transmits to the ecosystem?   Does … Continue reading Tear drop

Peaks I touched…

creativity drips thru’ unseen funnels drop by drop rays of light riding on instincts changing form reinventing, realigning to meet the world   final saleable copy -a faded image of original brilliance yet artists hold its close in memory of the peaks they once touched https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/09/10/photo-challenge-280/ https://dversepoets.com/2019/09/19/ever-been-close-to-a-whale/

A hand extended

a hand extended a shoulder lent courage re-ignited by a friend in the nick of time   discipline induced seeds of culture sown miracles incubated by leaders in the nick of time   realization dawns much later you were saved just in the nick of time https://dversepoets.com/2019/09/09/quadrille-87-quick-nick-us-a-poem/

Soul

Life could have been simpler if there was a choice to die Games would be so much funif I could impose a tie   I put in my best yet lose the game honors are inscribed but not in my name   Death would be simpler if I knew I’m a soul Health will be … Continue reading Soul

I am a rock

it is raining outside today I feel compelled to look inside storms raging - within and without I will fly on clouds - come what may tasting sharp thunder - I will glide just ignore the envious clouds Am I getting carried away? there are horses I cannot ride I'm feather-lite, winds have a clout … Continue reading I am a rock

Biographies

Housekeeping ain’t no joke cleaning up gives deep insights into occupants’ minds   I place electric kettles in every room with sachets carrying relief   Only teapots know or the cleaner the junk of restlessness in minds   Don’t ask what prompted them or me to fix a cuppa?   Emotional biographies…. https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2019/08/31/weekend-writing-prompt-121-teapot/

Lest it …

I wrote my heart out but it lost its beat couched in politicalese   I laid my thoughts out the pattern was lost couched in diplomacy   I learnt to contain the core of my being lest I lose it to influence supreme…. https://lindaghill.com/2019/08/30/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-august-31-19/