Lady Labyrinth Poet Free verse

The Silkworm's Birthday

"The Silkworm’s Birthday"





Mulberry leaves flutter in the breeze
Kookaburra brave Joker bluffs a sky blue breast 
Drops one feather for a quill, a song hidden in a laugh, no bitter pill
magic never rests, like a crystal prism spinning in light, magic reflects


While a black cat purrs sleekly close by in the prickly pineapple patch
A child with a sharp clawed heart punches holes in a cardboard shoebox lid,
she simultaneously watches her fat friends chew on their green stories
squishy and velvet skinned


while three fairies watch their Queen of Hearts lose and win


They feast on Grandfather's Jersey Caramels, 
and from "Her" garden fresh passionfruit pulp, wild strawberries and cream
while she sews dreams like pearls into royal robes for them 
on her Spitfire Singer Sewing Machine 


leaving a silver line embroidered in the Watching Child's memory


Where Golden Silk Cocoons are spun, into a puzzle of a story 
with alternative outcomes, in future dimensions
She stitches in her insignia
this she leaves as her sign, the departing Monarch Queen


for later, when they are pupae chewing through imago


For birthday girl
All her love stitched in rhymes
singing through from L to G Minor, gifted, the inheritance -
K is for karma, K is for kind


Like a bird linnet hums like a Hummingbird
Strings and Organ, Albinoni’s Adagio
Barber’s Agnes Dei 
and Lara's Theme


like hidden angels sing
an invisible guardian 
watches on without agenda 
Soft as a freedom falling blue feather


A heart floats silently smiling 
always unseen
watching a Silkworm spin
a life from imago’s  story and a Monarch Queen's dream


The Golden Chord is always spun
continually between two kingdoms
watching her prodigy dream big and live
glowing chrysalis spreading wings


Transformation


In "Her" children 
Live all "Her" dreams


(LadyLabyrinth/2019)
18.9
ljb - gvlm
mlb,klb,llb,
j, a, i, t




Running Up that Hill/Meg Myers
https://youtu.be/N7iVWK2W48o









Albinoni – Adagio in G Minor
https://youtu.be/GuNoTsQ_wjg

Samuel Barber – Agnus Dei
https://youtu.be/AiuC_CaObbI

Allegri – Miserere mei, Deus
https://youtu.be/36Y_ztEW1NE








A pupa (Latin: pupa, "doll"; plural: pupae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. The pupal stage is found only in holometabolous insects, those that undergo a complete metamorphosis, with four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and imago.



Latin: Imago (Engl. Image)








self-portrait: gvlm (2014)
Happy Birthday Darling. Love, Mum (2019) x

Tears for Fears: Rule the World, "Head Over Heels"
https://youtu.be/726IPv--fko

Tears for Fears: "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
https://youtu.be/eXh0fLzL2ZY







P.I TCHAIKOVSKY : "Hymn of the Cherubim" 
https://youtu.be/vyFkPd6fEuI






"Someday, whenever the Spring breaks through,
You'll come to me, out of the long-ago"
Doctor Zhivago 
(ljb, Lynette, d.18.9)

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Ts Poetry October 22, 2019 at 2:18 PM Astounding LL, your heart is aglow Lady Labyrinth October 23, 2019 at 8:24 PM Thank you TS. That is a beautiful compliment for a beautiful story. Sometimes my heart is aglow. Leanne

Paula Goldsmith September 30, 2019 at 4:44 PM What a beautiful story turned in a beautiful poem. It should be a POTD....... Lady Labyrinth October 3, 2019 at 4:57 AM Thank you Paula. It made it through to my daughter and my sisters. That is worth more than POTD. x

Ann Foster September 12, 2019 at 11:14 AM Wow...not a poem a world of literature carved up into tiny bites to be eaten at leisure...and pleasure. I loved it. Ann Lady Labyrinth September 13, 2019 at 11:29 PM x. Thanks Ann.

Winged Warrior September 9, 2019 at 8:34 AM A Lady Labyrinth masterpiece...well crafted my friend...^WW^ :o) Lady Labyrinth September 10, 2019 at 6:10 PM Thanks Light Angel.x

Charles Messina September 4, 2019 at 6:45 AM You are an amazing poetess LL. This is absolutely brilliant. Just one question.. do Jersey caramels actually come from New Jersey (lol) I lived here my whole life basically and never heard of that term. But we do have a few caramel stores. Love your poetry. Sending love.. Charlie Lady Labyrinth September 4, 2019 at 3:48 PM You crack me up Messina. I wouldn't be surprised if Jersey carmels originated in the U.S. But I think maybe the recipe came from the island of Jersey (UK). My grandfather used to buy them from Woolworths for us. I do remember, my mother, who was an exceptional cook, as well as seamstress and artist (of sorts), used to make us plain caramels which were much richer and gooey. But this story, I remember the Jersey caramels, very well...yummo. x