Poetry

unfulfilled dreams dissatisfaction frustration masquerading as enviable success celebrity lives leave a lot to be desired   Tuesday Chatter Weekly 9

Here's a Reverse Etheree   belief grows from a need for rootedness old and new do not always connect imposed expectations challenge emergence of new systems life for those starts with fighting the old the past is dead release it let it go   Weekly Tanka Poetry Prompt Challenge by Elsie Hagley

criss-cross lifelines squirting red fluid pumping station to fuel activity cleansing purifying oxygenating overpowered by futile poetic imagination   Weekend Writing Prompt by Sammi Cox

doors left ajar allow entry but lack of warmth makes me regret optimism   retraced steps heavy and beaten count the miles but cannot obliterate animosity   SoCS

flat surfaces invite to borrow warmth and enjoy horizontal bliss   limbs are heavy, but dark challenges do not let me stop destinations beckon   Saturday Mix at MLMM The Challenge Same Same But Different Your ‘Same Same But Different’ task is to take the five challenge words and NOT use them in your writing. … Continue reading Challenged

born and raised but alone in a mindset I kept looking outside to talk, to share, to opine I never ever felt at home.   college was fun with kids around indulging in frivolity. Realization… of a higher mental age struck… I never ever felt at home.   work excited me as a platform to … Continue reading Homeless

Veils are a good alibi for not looking eye-to-eye   strategic indifference to the un-pliable lot chilling glances, icy sheaths translucent non-acceptance   weather becomes an alibi to manage the layers of fear beneath apparent condescension   Veils are a good alibi for not looking eye to eye   Weekend Writing Prompt by Sammi Cox

This is an Erasure Poem (created by erasing some words from an article or poem). It is also called WhiteOut Poetry by some. The source article is one written by me on LinkedIn. Chaos to Order and Beyond POEM weave the bits and pieces comprehend the theme rays of sunlight scattering do not change wavelength … Continue reading Thought Process

I am trapped inside that pretty picture The light in the candles reflects on the deceit and the heat sears my soul. they worship and garland and sing paeans to me.   I was killed aeons ago and buried out of sight. Replicas are installed in every town hall to deceive and conceal my plight. … Continue reading Being a Goddess

time has no reverse gear or so it seems aging of bodies re-emphasizes it   there are no roadmaps with perfect signs destiny remains entwined in life destinations   why regret concepts I once had a pentimento lens only changes perceptions   nobody died other than my dreams the failure is mine as much the … Continue reading Lenses