L Milton Hankins Poet Free verse

Blue Velvet Circles

Blue velvet circles spinning in my mind
Archaic fabled days of sadness and desperation
Feeling so blue
Like the drifting sea anemone in ocean blue
While spirits swirl about me
Feeling so blue

Those enigmatic swirls of hazy mountain crests
Lingering through fading sun
Speak of dying
Like rain pouring down into an open grave
And mourners trying to make light
Speak of dying

Feelings of hopelessness betray the better me
Who sings uplifting songs of praise
Reciting psalms
Like a pure altar boy who knows the truth
And nothing releases the horrible pain
Reciting psalms

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Delice Arleen Skelly October 30, 2021 at 2:53 AM Literally, sadness flows from this piece, trust SAD will lift and all will be well...Delice L Milton Hankins October 30, 2021 at 10:13 AM Oh, I do, too. Delice. I struggle to make it through winter every year, but so far I always do. My spirits lift during sweet spring days.

Caren Krutsinger October 28, 2021 at 9:21 PM The last line inspires hope. L Milton Hankins October 29, 2021 at 9:57 AM Thanks, Caren. Even I found this to be a strange poem, but then I realized it flowed out of my SAD.