Eugenia navigates the absolute here. https://amanpan.com/2022/08/04/navigating-the-absolute/ Grace Y. Estevez-Reddy Ignites a take on RXC#242 https://graceofthesun.com/ignite/
Navigating the Absolute & Ignite
Authenticity
authenticityis doomedwhen no one’s interestedto knowthe real you confined by imagetypecast by mediahe struggles to expresshis truest self But…they believewhat fits intheir storiesstitched, decoratedcarefully presentedto tellwhat’s their typewhat’s not Written for dVerse Quadrille hosted by whimsygizmo
Sepia Tints
memoriesas oldas discardableas worn out packagingnot recyclable relationshipsas short-livedas fake laughterDo I throw outlast remnantsof what remained after? Do you rememberwheels not movingwhen shots were takenand then canned?Nobody knew why… we posedwe pretendedhappinessnot meant to be oursIn a time framestuck and bookended we moved long agofrom sepia tintsto blueprintsof a futurewithout each other Written for … Continue reading Sepia Tints
Transgression
it’s so easy to cross boundary linesbehave like you own the placeown people, own minds and lifestylesdemonstrate superiorityyou were born privilegedto lord it over others privilege of birthstatus, money or just-an assumption that othersshould fall in linebecause everybody you knowhas always done so-and everybody else will always doIt’s something you are used toAnd can’t see … Continue reading Transgression
August
waterlogged streets, cloudy skiesheavy downpour, clothes won’t dry yet, drop in temperaturea tremendous reliefheat is such an alienator my birthday’s just passed bybut Leo month keeps me high will this year be worse or betteror between the yearsjust another connector? A time to reflect, a time to dreammaybe it’s a chuckle or a scream I … Continue reading August
Loops
I tell myself - labyrinthine turns can’t psyche meChin up, I walk straight looking at the sky aboveMy feet struggle to figure out what to do nextStraight won’t take me where I want to go Go in directions where my soul is freethere is no friction, I can plant a treewith seeds of intellect, let … Continue reading Loops
Believable Magic
I need to make a pointI take a dramatic stanceto state the obvious-how impoverishedis the acceptance ofwhat’s realwhat’s natural… It takes storiesto speak your mindfictional charactersare more acceptablethan an individual Who has a rightto be uniqueor different?God's own creationor a figment ofImagination I’m the protagonistI’m the storyI’m the writerYet, I play with the pentill it … Continue reading Believable Magic
Goodbye, yellow brick road
ADVENTUREBreak the alphabetto write a new spellingthis one is skewedwith U creeping in betweenIt’s UR ventureI see callow cadetsbrandishing bayonetsshowing crowdsthe only path to success Goodbye, yellow brick roadI retreatto write my own storywhere words are notdefined by bibliophilesredefining saps meI’d rather reinventyour norms defiednot deified It doesn’t matterif roads are blue or red-it’s energy … Continue reading Goodbye, yellow brick road
Horror
watch the orange orb go down reluctantlyas if it is still thirstyto swallow the sky darkening skies terrorize me with secretsnot knowing what to expectI shut eyes to sleep hope I don't dream of glistening silver swordsdrop like comets in the nightto tear me apart it has been the longest day ever - waiting-warriors on … Continue reading Horror
Oomph
tik-tok sound of stilettosand everything it carriescaptures hearts you gather appreciationwith a stolen glancetilt of the neck,then walk awaywrapped in vanity hoping to leavetrails of bleeding hearts they are busy admiringthe next model on the ramp https://dversepoets.com/2022/07/25/quadrille-155/
