Cracking a code

lights blinking in the darkness, but signals do not matchI trust ya and flash a light, but stopthe bridge above calls it a fraudulent moveI'm desperate to meet my counterpart I trust ya and flash a light, but stopWho can crack the code without a common language?I'm desperate to meet my counterparttrust is premium; being … Continue reading Cracking a code

Cringeworthy

Stay masked beyond Halloween.to keep your image and sheen What lies behind is more than horrorenough to break a robust mirror Is that evil or weakness highly strungin fear of being avenged or wrung? How far can a criminal goto cover tracks dirty and low? Do you remember your just-born facebefore you won and found … Continue reading Cringeworthy

I Dare to Dream

our paths entwine in a placeas fascinating as space,undecided, unsure …as nebulous as the future, through the shadows and light,we remain hooked to life,in the vast haze of the Universewhere stars want to embrace I’ll find a place somewhere.In Eternitybeyond the toyshops of mortalsin Infinity MLMM - Friday Faithfuls

Path-breakers

A handsome facewith headphonesoblivious of surroundingsscreen-distractedducking advicewith deaf-gear I see a pattern-breakerchanging structuresto fit into redefine identitiesrather than befire-baptized they'll change the worldthese tradition-shirkersI saluteall path-breakers MTB - get to know kennings

Friendship curtailed

I chose the Curtal Sonnet format. She asked with a smile and twinkling blue eyesWill you be my friend for a little while?The moment forever etched in my mind.I bent down to greet, but only to rise,To shake her hand and flash a dimpled smileHow I wished the daintiness to be mine...Raising its head now was … Continue reading Friendship curtailed

When Truth Shrinks

truth filters in like light shaftsfrom the branches of an old treeunsure of survival-fearing intense focuswhen the tree is choppedwith a political axeby opportunist woodcutters truth shrinksmakes way for darkness-parallel existenceleaves onlookersin a quandary Quadrille #210

Bid goodbye

menacingshadowscrouch behindshape-shift-to scare-to dare till I stretchmy handto touch itfeel them meltin my palmscrumbling downlike cigarette ash -remnantsof past bitternessblazing embersof aching memoriesI give my regardsto past livesand bid goodbyeto breathe free Poetics: Inspired by Album Cover Art

Transition to Infinity

disorientation-mild term to describewaking up in a different world, steppingon different groundaligning to rare light A child of darkness knowsthe depth of nightsThis transparent sheath reveals my only soulThere's no face or maskto show identity Countless dimensions showmeasurements on fireI'm trapped in a closed space called infinity.yearn for freedom inascertainable worlds Chosen form - Double … Continue reading Transition to Infinity

Not any more

I float to the window,find the world staring back at meimpervious, unconcernedas it has always been -the moon dissolveson the horizon-the sun jumps upIt’s business as usualAnother tiring dayproving its infallibilityand omnipresence I look back at the body.in peaceful slumber on the bedHeave a sigh of reliefI don’t need to prove anythingto anyoneany more… W3 … Continue reading Not any more

Haunted

It vanishes slowlylike a wispy threadin thin air-that inexplicable feelingof being hunted or haunted I turn back to shake handswith the tormentorA mirror imagegreets me Are we similarOr are we the same? the question will hauntmy respirationas long as breath lastsand as long asI breathe free Poetics: Haunted Harvest