Blank Canvas

creativity falling through cracks of everyday-ness morphs into sensitivity a guilt that keeps gnawing at your insides demanding release whipping your conscience for incarceration asking laws be rewritten rules redefined till justice is done soul of a blank canvas or white page is inked https://dversepoets.com/2019/11/18/quadrille-92-take-a-crack-at-poeming/

Turning points

from where do they pop up in so-called happy homes unforeseen facets of known personalities   difference of opinion clash of interest greed above ethics strategic blame games   keeping it all in is a challenge…. keeping it all in the family is a bigger challenge https://dversepoets.com/2019/11/04/quadrille-91-keep/

Downcast eyes

eyes afraid to meet mine quivering lips you need not say more… I know the lie   Yet… I stop to think Why did my presence make you nervous? Why could you not bluff with comfidence?   Is it true that you care deep down somewhere? https://dversepoets.com/2019/10/21/quadrille-90-were-all-a-quiver/

Transition

just when I’m all set for the transition here you come bringing old baggage lots of memories which don’t make sense any more -yet pull me down like a millstone around the neck. No..  you are not wanted, as I move to another world https://dversepoets.com/2019/10/07/quadrille-89-are-you-set/

A hand extended

a hand extended a shoulder lent courage re-ignited by a friend in the nick of time   discipline induced seeds of culture sown miracles incubated by leaders in the nick of time   realization dawns much later you were saved just in the nick of time https://dversepoets.com/2019/09/09/quadrille-87-quick-nick-us-a-poem/

Tranquillity

dense forests pulsating with fear of hunters’ shots and wild desire   I find a cave with calm ambience redefine peace -it’s not silence   darkness intoxicates takes me to the core unpeeling layers to discover   Tranquillity - a drug Why did I travel so far? https://dversepoets.com/2019/08/26/and-the-most-beautiful-words-are/ https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/08/27/photo-challenge-278/

Heal yourself

sarcasm, criticism concealed barbs psychopaths know the power of toxic expressions   victims flinch but cannot escape the impact, cannot wash away stains on their psyche   move out beyond circles of damage stay aware of unwanted marks   heal unfreckle before they become deep unerasable scars https://dversepoets.com/2019/07/29/quadrille-84/

Sunflowers

a lifetime spent tracking the sun in the sky and then turning east again on pressing of reset buttons….   weeks, months, years of keeping a boss happy to milk benefits - changing direction again with the entry of a new tormentor   days never end…..   https://dversepoets.com/2019/07/15/quadrille-83-8th-anniversary/

Re-directed

Why should I fret  over a life that did not happen, lost battles, well-meaning initiatives not supported by amoral power?   I cannot stop values being redefined, the world realigning to laws of the jungle….   I will change course and find peace In solitude -Redirected https://dversepoets.com/2019/06/17/quadrille-82-fretboard-of-poetry/

Dragons

I’m a lone warrior but there’s no enemy on the battlefield   critical voices put-me-downs Hmmm..s and frowns I heard from childhood are the dragons I fight every day, every  hour   life on the defensive while attackers fled ages ago leaving scars on my psyche https://dversepoets.com/2019/06/03/quadrille-81-here-there-be-poem-dragons/