invisible is the turbulence in my space fires rage within it’s quiet outside so deceptively simple Colleen's Weekly Poetry Tuesday Challenge
Deception
Vision
“That’s interesting! The light blurs the view, rather than sharpen the focus.” “It’s not just external light, but the filter you apply.” (135 characters) Twittering Tales #44
Tangibility
I envy the power of water, and its ability to switch forms. My hand has been scalded by steam. Application of ice provided some relief. And then, the doctor asked me to keep the hand away from water for some time. The same composition of hydrogen and oxygen has a different impact, in different physical … Continue reading Tangibility
Happy Diwali
We are celebrating Diwali - the festival of lights - this week in India. A simple senryu to honor the spirit. bright lights and the colorful designs hearts and souls shine Weekly Haiku Senryu Poetry Challenge - 11 by Elsie Hagley (kiwinana)
Nightmare
I see and hear blunt arrows and calm children blindfolded peeps wonder what’s right or good I am in Devil’s country Weekly Writing Prompt #111
Lakes
minds calm down by descending in the blue lakes of your eyes Ronovan Writes Haiku Poetry Challenge #171
The Fancy Date
I should have refused outright. Jeremy had planned a fancy evening out, in a submarine restaurant. The Ocean Princess had been converted to a high-end jaunt. He was shelling out an awesome amount for this date. Maybe, this was the reason I did not have the heart to refuse. He was looking into my eyes, … Continue reading The Fancy Date
A Terrible Intimacy
Intensity has a new format. Read on …
I have skittered around the jagged rim of it –
have cringed from its septic snag, standing well back,
pressing against the walls of my cell in the undisguised hell of my life,
thinking to escape its gnashing teeth.
I’ve hidden behind a false smile or fallen with
silent or searing scream while the buzzing in my brain kept
sanity away and all the time I believed
I was being brave.
Don’t give in to it. Don’t let it in or
the monsters will carry you away.
It will scratch your skin, but if you have the will you can
be a wisp of smoke, a ribbon of unreality, you can
cease to be if only for the moment. You can
die in spirit so the hurt won’t reach you. You can
escape the worst of it.
And suddenly it engulfs you, all of it, every last bit, every
truth…
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WHY?
At the age of twelve, I questioned my grandfather about the unfairness of the will he had drafted. I refused to do the things that nice, domesticated girls were supposed to do, and spent all my time in my grandfather’s library. I cut my hair short, a day before I met my future in-laws, as … Continue reading WHY?
Rivalry
I luxuriate in love, till rivalry casts shadows on the soul Weekend Writing Propmt #24 by Sammi Cox
