Freedom

A busy day ahead promises made earlier in the week come back to haunt…. How do I say my priorities are different today I open other windows while listening to the speaker on a webinar I feel obliged to attend… I also need to scan recipes for a special dinner I recall the luxury of … Continue reading Freedom

Once again…

once again sky above darkens night falls once again the sun rises hope dawns once again life moves on cycles of breath once again I accept life myriad colors but just once finality strikes end of life.. https://dversepoets.com/2020/07/30/mtb-haiku-sequence/

I am not

I am what you never expected me to be antithesis of expectations resistant to regulations I do not fit in the box you painstakingly created for me I am  What you never expected me to be https://dversepoets.com/2020/07/16/mtb-i-am-the-first-person-narr

Writer’s perception

mornings are not good any more, as I read stories moonlight wrote in my backyard last night they spilt in my dreams, I could not string the beads they adorn my neck, but it does not look right accessories threaten to become outfit I cast them away, just to feel right and light Do I … Continue reading Writer’s perception

Wild

out in the open -dreams I nursed secretly tend to go wild they wanted a separation ardently, secretly so… https://dversepoets.com/2020/05/21/mtb-5-line-japanese-poetic-forms/ https://dversepoets.com/2020/05/28/openlinknight-267/

Portrait

venom concealed in expressions eyes belying fake smiles  I tried to make you look good without computer applications…. I mourn dried collars in my palette they shrivelled of inadequacy Black dominates your depiction  https://dversepoets.com/2020/04/09/the-perfect-seven-lines/

Slayers

stacking chocolates in the fridge heading to the kitchen to grate cheese for a pasta sauce while the cake baked in the oven is bliss   drooling over the scene that would follow on the dining table I check my phone and am deflated instantly   It is the diet app sending notifications I can’t … Continue reading Slayers

I did not mean to demean

I did not mean to demean your puny existence or make you aware of your hollowness when I shared my thoughts which were too lofty for all that you’d seen and experienced so far but believe me the intent was only to share not knowing that people who could share mind space are extinct now … Continue reading I did not mean to demean

Ending

life, love, laughter lilting merriment surreal   slipping away in somnambulistic silence knowing nothing of netherlands but landing there   A leafless forest lakes leaving earth listening to lazy lullabies   -Lifeless   https://dversepoets.com/2020/01/30/the-music-of-alliteration-assonance-and-consonance/

A surprise at sunrise

A surprise  at sunrise under the pillow turns my mood mellow It’s been a long time celebrations and wine replaced the small joys of candy and toys Santa in my dreams Ho, ho, ho… he beams Find me in your heart decorating is an art hopes in strings of light cottony warmth just right shining … Continue reading A surprise at sunrise