Transformation

walkingso fearlesslyinto the setting sunHope I live to tell your storywhen you emergeon other sidestransformed, touched, purifiedbathed in golden light; unawareof change worshippedby waiting worldsyour scorched skin lies ignoredsomewhere; the pain forgotten innew forms Photo Challenge #486

Reconstructed sensibilities

Form : Sijo Kigo: Birds head south and autumn sky Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge - 24 seasons what do these shops sell when birds head southalien syllables inknown meters; I need to reconstructseasons to get the right shadesof autumn sky in a known languagepoems on display Photo Challenge at MLMM

Compatibility

“How did the two of you meet, Mom?” Children get incredibly curious about their parents’ past lives at times. “There were no café dates, but everything to do with working together on a food truck. When we were all fagged out at close of business, Richard took the trouble of concocting something unusual from leftovers, … Continue reading Compatibility

Incomplete

the core of humanity smashedscattered on pavementscloneswith properties of the whole-but alwaysa little less;a little incomplete; God blasted Himselfwith a Big Bang-Nowplanets, satellitespart of same systembut apart-looking for each otherand God Quadrille #184 Smashing Poems Photo Challenge #482

Nowhere

Bridges are fascinatingespeciallywhen they lead nowhereit makes me curiousabout the charms of nowhereand underestimate the groundthat feels trampled beneath my feetwhy is it so defiant? Bridges are addictiveThey impart a sense of achievementof having crossed chasms or oceanswhen all that lies belowIs deceptionIt makes me feel worthwhileAt least for a while Bridges are neededto connect … Continue reading Nowhere

Age and Ages

how many storiesor secretsdo you holdin each line? Centuries turnwithout asking youhow and whyyou felt what you didand what would you liketo be carriedinto the future? Does each lineyearn to be heardor drive youto etch your own lineson the canvas of time? unheardunseenignoredJust as the last line.. Photo Challenge at MLMM

The Whole Moon

it’s not a piece of the moonbut the wholein my backyard -it’s perfectlike the lifeI always imagined-it’s well-roundedlike opinions I seek-it’s goldenwithout King Midasor his cursed touch it’s a piece of my subconsciousto drive life aheadconfidentlythere never were any problemsthere never shall be Photo Challenge at MLMM