Promises end

Paula Light stopped at the house today, and dropped a few wonderful lines in response to RXC#233. I stopped at the house today Couldn’t stay Once a dream Now a nightmare Chaos everywhere Shards of broken promises The click-clack of claws Graffiti-covered walls Vows buried under sand Topped with cigarette butts Read more at https://lightmotifs.wordpress.com/2022/06/03/promises-end/

Excavation

I exhume stories buried premature before they could show courage or silent torture Before the world acknowledged the author but they come loaded with perspectives to kill truth - repaint victims on social channels in courts of law till they lose identity originality a society that rewrites history to suit the ruler arrests evolution lessons … Continue reading Excavation

Anxiety

The prompt line I chose Not trying to brag or anything, but I can wake up without an alarm clock now simply due to my crippling and overwhelming anxiety, so… My take subconscious thoughts conquer with unseen tentaclesI'm on a leash, can't break away from dark shacklesI change the technique, I change my spectaclesdarkness turns … Continue reading Anxiety

Gaslighting

you walk away - saying something it's an outcry against gaslighting it makes no sense arguing when you're convicted without trial it's an outcry against gaslighting when reason goes for toss in the wild when you're convicted without trial it makes sense to walk away when reason goes for toss in the wild you walk … Continue reading Gaslighting

Alone

Alone is all-in-one when I come together gather different pieces to make a whole to make sense of it I dissect dreams to see what one part of my psyche says to another and it’s so engrossing… Alone is what all others don’t like it leaves them out excludes them from control rooms Separates their … Continue reading Alone

Chaos designed

it may take a lifetime to talk, to mastermind being on the same page yet find chapters intertwined settings change backdrops not inclined to the right degree -Stories fall behind monochrome is idyllic but expression confined Such are intricacies in design of the human mind It all depends on situations It takes you through the … Continue reading Chaos designed

None prettier than her

Touch them lovingly, be as gentle as you can Each figurine comes from my favorite woman She is a magician, an artist at heart She pulls joy from a hat, no sleeves to conceal Each figurine comes from my favorite woman She's a miracle, magicians embarrassed She pulls joy from a hat, no sleeves to … Continue reading None prettier than her

Keep going

Rise up to the challenge, give me a hand shake up inertia, hit the ground and run sweet dreams at dawn, sweeter than honey dew is still fresh, but you follow the sun burn midnight oil to learn, seek your North Star fish for the treasure lying in bottom of oceans Stay committed, come hell … Continue reading Keep going

Prayer

I offer Gratitude for sleeping through nightmares I ask for consciousness -to be awake -to absorb positivity of a cherished dream coming true I ask for receptacles to be created to multiply joy How does it matter if my eyes are open or shut? https://dversepoets.com/2022/05/16/quadrille-night-sleepy-times/

Breaking Mirrors

I watch with disbelief unidentifiable pieces of a splintered self mock and challenge like ten heads of Raavan never at peace with each other I search for the base on which rest pieces of a damaged psyche Re-engineering too needs a logic in the face of bullets flying from all sides I redefine the self … Continue reading Breaking Mirrors