Oof. It’s been a few days here. I’ve been slacking (i.e. running around like a decapitated chicken). We’re back in the saddle today. _______ A melodyCarried by the wind and the sun todayVibrates not my ears but very soul My path through shady grovesI sometimes feel dark’s coldSudden chills puncture through to bone But one […]
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The Mountain in My Heart (Poem)
Oh God, what will You doWith this mountain in my heart?The top so vastly farIts face so steep and starkIt’s blocking out the sun and making normal things quite hard Helpless, here I standA tin shovel in my handsWere I to try and shift it,All my life I’d sweat and chideAnd move not its first […]
Continue readingTime is a Gift (Poem and Musing)
I wrote this in 2012: Shaking my fist at Father TimeAs he smiles and passes byTaking with him comfortable placesSnatching away familiar facesWhich now taunt me as memories and dreamsThat will never again be realityLeaving me cold, wet, and dry Now I stand on my thresholdDoor behind closes, door in front still closedTrapped in between […]
Continue readingHung From My Brows (Poem)
Wrote this little snippet a week or two ago. Weights on stringSinkers, pendulums, anchorsHang from my furrowed brows -LS
Continue readingMy Nursemaids (Poem)
Pain holds me in her armsUntil she hands me to Sleep But Sleep is fickle, distractedShe puts me down too quickly sometimes She leaves the room, and PainHer more attentive sisterPicks me up again as I stir and start to cry I can hopefully promise I won’t always post (or write) such emo things. I […]
Continue readingThe Shadow that Hoped (Poem)
At dawn, a dark tendril quiversIts brothers slipping into shadow It hesitates; looks this way, that;Feels the light within its marrow It begs remain in the light of dayIts very nature, though, dismayed Hopes it cannot entertainHang heavy from its wispy frame Hopes it cannot hope to claimPeddle their visions all the same Tortured by […]
Continue readingA Crazy Idea (Poem)
Lingering, naggingSafely inconceivableYet conceived A thought I thought I was rid ofRightly bestedIn right’s sieve Gazing out the window in the mornRememb’ring its fatal bleed I gasp, its ghost appearingquite clear, across the wayAlive indeed! It wavesNo malice, only myst’ry and invitationIn its face Aghast I watchI had tried to put to restIts heretic claims […]
Continue readingEye of a Storm (Poem)
Open eyes againCan I (even) recall whenTempest thrashed and truth beliedSwirling debris every sideDarkness roared from deep insideMy very heart-core breeched Now the quiet balmsI blink at sunlit calmFor this moment, gone the frayI ask the sea where hid its wavesPolite, confused, it cannot sayAs if never ’twas that way Heart beats a steady slowBoat […]
Continue readingFuture (Poem)
TendrilsFigments never firmerStretch beyond my viewThickly laced in shadowNo purview Daunting tensionAre they mine? Are they yours?Which are image?Which are sure?Should we know? Catch my breathCrowded visionCannot see what’s here and nowOverlaid with if’s and how’sNeed to rest
Continue readingUnder Rain (Poem)
Rainfall on my backBones are cold and slackI shift but without faithResigned to my fate A jostle at my sideSomeone else besideUnder the same pourBut at least alone no more -LS
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