lightness of birds enables flights to far-off lands conquering skies desolate landscapes silence of nights enables sound to supercede cries sarcasm in speech imagined slights damage relationships more than lies swiftness of thought with all its might makes it superior to physical size https://dversepoets.com/2021/03/08/quadrille-swift/
Layers of thought
compounded thoughts illusions of grandeur depths of despair channels of complexity I take time to break those into basic elements put them together again in different combinations I’m stunned by the results so I repeat the exercise many times till I become a writer of some repute https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2021/03/06/weekend-writing-prompt-199-element/
Reflections
Do you think it's possible, can I dedicate to a cause I don't believe in.... Can I love some one who has values those are not the same as mine? To a cause I don't believe in.... I send my deepest regrets those are not the same as mine. I like you for you mirror … Continue reading Reflections
ON LIFE SUPPORT
I see life like never before oxygen makes it presence felt always having remained intangible zig-zag lines on monitors pointers to heartbeats which stayed out of way being less than 20 decibels on the fringes awareness hits I worshipped loudness, ignored the gullible I feel ready to die to live again like never before rejuvenated … Continue reading ON LIFE SUPPORT
Let’s grow
The rose bushes lay a siege with velveteen petals and curved thornsBabies I pat on the head, have grown hornsThe world is changing fast, let's grow togetherOr those bushes will soon drive us apart Petals change color, I did not see the thornsI need to keep pace, so keep the meter onOr those bushes will … Continue reading Let’s grow
Followers
well-crafted words sure have a way great oratory has power to sway followers are assets -she’s so proud engagement on content speaks loud Do they walk to move with her, or await a magic pill to find solutions in blue ether? journeys can’t be static any movement can then become Pride of the attic https://dversepoets.com/2021/02/25/mtb-middles-turns/
Paradoxes
Prompt words I am the bud and the blossom, I am the late-falling leaf (Credit: The Paradox by Paul Dunbar) soul encased in fragile bodies part of the universal force A body made of elements construed to be stardust I belong to earth, yet dream of skies the mind is a bird which high-flies I … Continue reading Paradoxes
Waves
rising tides catapult desires, hit the shore, write stories in sand, get wiped off reinvent many times in hazy clouds, pour again to meet oceans perspectives make them strong -to be scattered by ships yet propel those in desired directions https://onewomansquest.org/2021/02/22/vjs-weekly-challenge-waves/
Point A to Point B
just being there gives no joy of reaching destinations -Journey matters going or being taken to places I don’t want to be in… -Will matters travel does not a journey make sounds do not make songs happenings do not a story make -Choice matters https://dversepoets.com/2021/02/22/goinggoinggone-poeming/
Balance
who toppled the small fry? -who felt threatened? Goliath's inner insecurity - or instability of mind -limited perspectives don't see high architectural expertise I’d put this house on the top of a hill let my life go topsy turvy with a strong will let insecurities slide away -all negatives that have held sway on weak … Continue reading Balance
