Butterflies fly on currents the winds forgot released from cages by one who understood the hunger for freedom by one who felt the call of an open window by one who shuddered as every door slammed shut by one who grasps opportunity and lets it go photo: Pixabay prompts: #becomingfragile, #WrittenRiver, MindlovesMisery’s Menagerie, WordPress Daily Post Continue reading Empathy
No more living in shadow’s fury Memory pulverized by delicate hands reaching to hold times gone by Once brilliant blooms fade as satin rosehips crackle and burn over the sun’s relentless touch No more justifying a masquerade A fusillade launched by enemies feigning innocence fastens bloodlines to destiny gone wrong With ice in her heart, she responds giddy in new … Continue reading Brilliant Light
A new year emerging, an illusion in wings beating softly a memory of loss engaged in deep conversation with memories of love this, an ordinary world, where tears of joy and sadness fall as one Differences find meaning in all that is somehow familiar Days become weeks as months get caught in moments we collect Anticipation frames each adventure while time passes unnoticed this, … Continue reading Resolutions
Moonlight hidden on a foggy night yellow eyes glowing under a scarlet veil shadows soaring on abandoned walls this could be the stuff of nightmares even as bells toll at midnight and ravens gather at cemetery gates images haunt, ghoulish and ghastly old wolves whine and howl until the last survivor is silenced photo: Goodfreephotos.com prompts: OctPoWriMo, WordPress Daily Post Continue reading Halloween Horror
None as complicated as the game of love Love as a puzzle Love as a gift Gift immortalized in music Gift celebrated in poetry Poetry both savory and sweet Poetry legendary and true True emotions lost in constellations True boundaries defined by irregular borders Borders on the mad Borders on the effervescent Effervescent ingénue is radiant Effervescent martinis shared on a romantic night Night spies … Continue reading Love of One
When Innocence takes delicate matters by the hand intent on silencing screams between warring factions Time is forced to face Introspection on her witness stand Social contracts shredded by meaningless transactions Intent on silencing screams between warring factions she somehow understands all views cast in black and white… those social contracts shredded by meaningless transactions serve no purpose other than to destroy and incite This … Continue reading Strength in Innocence
A touch of moonlight falls casting shadows on empty walls Determined and strong she searches for a place to belong and wanders down empty halls Perplexed by the unfamiliar drawls she stumbles as momentum stalls pursuing a plan that might be wrong Moonlight falls A kiss of frost as memories recall promises made for the long haul Relentless ambition her torch song She was nothing … Continue reading Moonlight Falls
Tears trace broken lines across a face weathered by a mother’s journey photo: Pixabay prompt: Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center Please follow this link to sign up for great prompts! Continue reading Joy and Sorrow
Each day as she wakes and fastens an old apron around her waist Stained from years of use, its deep pocket, almost threadbare and ripped holds treasures of a lifetime Unseen by casual observers, it’s the receptacle of her creations For, as she meanders through each day, it’s the receptacle for her metaphors and rhymes Watching from her small corner of the word, she gathers … Continue reading The Writer’s Apron
