Detection of orbs, orbiting my eyes
Perfection absorbs, and I'm paralyzed
Broken and brittle, split in the middle
She spoke without tittle, spit out a riddle
Follow the hollow, to swallow the hollow
Wallow at every turn
Wallow and swallow, or sorrow tomorrow
Follow or ever burn
Baited, deflated, fated not sated
Orbiting eyes would burn
Hated, degraded, fated not mated
Some boys will never learn
Categories:
absorbs, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
a leisurely stroll,
walking alone in the park,
I voice deep secrets -
thoughts that I have never shared -
with the forest primeval
verdant, sheltering,
it absorbs the unrevealed;
nature is opaque
Categories:
absorbs, mystery, nature,
Form: Other
She is summoned for a cup of coffee
before the eyes can open.
The house breathes her in like incense
sweet when needed, choking when not.
The woman she serves, speaks of justice, of rising tides
but never sees the maid’s drowning eyes.
Carried in her little apron:
crumbs from a breakfast she didn’t taste,
a broken brooch she didn’t break,
a key she’s not allowed to use,
a list of orders inked by masters
and the weight of every accusation
that arrived before the evidence.
She knows all the corners of mansions,
absorbs the moods of households.
But is gifted with hand- me downs
and a pair of shoes worn thin by ambition.
And when she dares to rest, they call it an excuse.
A headache becomes defiance.
A funeral becomes fiction.
Before the sun sets,
she wipes all the demands.
Categories:
absorbs, allegory, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Heart
intents
that love flows
in the veins and
soul absorbs all pain
shadows of past dislimn
ushering to a future
of innocent naiveté
where the infinite horizons meet
as the circle of life and death completes
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Categories:
absorbs, heart, life,
Form: Etheree
Alongside me in rain and shine
she walks her life on her own terms,
setting the course on the pathway she likes to pave.
Probing nameless people uncalled, she may descry
break the fence of her protected privacy and pry,
ask incisive questions to slice her persona.
She doesn’t ever care to respond.
In our passionate journey together for so many years
I’ve felt in her heart sunk in the quicksand of time,
emotions rise from the dormant fervor’s cauldron.
The good done to her she can’t acknowledge loud,
but the buds of love blossoming within,
she keeps under protective shroud.
Mellow sensitivity soaks all her inarticulate feelings,
she is overwhelmed beyond measure,
but doesn’t know how to demonstrate.
A deviant introvert, she absorbs pain and joy silently,
content with little and whatever I give as caring gesture.
She hasn’t given me even a flower as a token of love,
but I always adore her as a blooming rose I have.
Categories:
absorbs, appreciation, character, wife,
Form: Free verse
The sky, colored all shades of grey,
blocks out searing rays of sunlight.
And as clouds start cooling the day,
sprinkles bring a welcome delight.
A splashing sound
quenches the ground.
Droplets freckle the dirt with spots,
where the thirsty soil absorbs them.
And drops, drumming on roofs and pots,
frighten the dogs, causing mayhem.
A little rain
can entertain.
Nature loves taking a shower;
for it makes everything look clean.
And every tree, bush, and flower
tends to gleam with a misty sheen.
Raindrops aren't tears,
nor liquid spears.
Showers summon a cooling mist
as tumbling drops moisten the sky.
And your wet skin feels freshly kissed,
instead of sweaty, hot, and dry.
So, don't complain:
enjoy the rain!
Categories:
absorbs, appreciation, cheer up, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Greening
Reclaimed Brown
Intrepid Smog
As Dust Absorbs
A Reckless Past
Aged & Rotted
Vintage Sour...
Germ-i-nation.
With New Arousals'
Fragrant Lust
Overheating On
Shimmering Lemon
Breath To Wet &
Tender Birth.
-Gray Squirrel
06-02-2025
Categories:
absorbs, life,
Form: Free verse
Across the valley, green pasture and the hills
I imagine dancing to freedom I feel
Lifting my toes in the daisies, full of thrills
Along the river, my spirit flows surreal
It's a taste of heaven on land around me
I imagine dancing to freedom I feel
In the sky, large birds soar so effortlessly
Peace comes naturally, not something I chase
It's a taste of heaven on land around me
I stand strong in the heights, bad things I erase
Enjoying a new life with things I create
Peace comes naturally, not something I chase
I'm part of life's production, lessons and fate
I'm becoming everything I want to be
Enjoying a new life with things I create
My mind absorbs the landscape, all that I see
Across the valley, green pasture and the hills
I'm becoming everything I want to be
Lifting my toes in the daisies, full of thrills
Heidi Sands
4/29/25
(C)opyright
Categories:
absorbs, appreciation, beauty, change, life,
Form: Terzanelle
The Gain
****************
A laser consists of
three main
components:
a gain medium,
a pump source,
and an optical
resonator.
Primary Methods
*****************
High Pressure,
High Temperature
Chemical Vapor
Deposition
For-Deuterium
******************
central plasma core
where fusion reactions occur,
powerful magnets
to contain the plasma,
and a surrounding blanket
that absorbs energy
and breeds tritium fuel
Tungsten
********************
Categories:
absorbs, music, science,
Form: Ballad
"As she drinks nectar from a flower, sweetness from heaven falls like dew
anointed with a gentle rain amidst sun showers she appears as if on cue
Lifting her wings she lands on a Zinnia beneath a tinted sky of April blue
flight of fancy fanning fast, fabulous marvel, she is beauty true on true"
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Defoliated trees bloom with emerald life after their verdant resurrection
in the fervent flow of zephyr with floral fragrance she finds her direction
The floral canvas absorbs sequins of sunburst colors in mesmeric meadow
where she flitters allured to the aromatic arena of the springtime show
As a winged flower she drifts in the wind, whispering the tune of luring aria
in the drizzle of delightful shower with the cadence of the dulcet ballerina
Life breaks in the wake of hard domino effect while in debris my dreams lie
her dancing rhythm ripples rapture in me as I fly on the wings of the butterfly
Categories:
absorbs, beautiful, butterfly, spring,
Form: Couplet
My heart is closed again,
Croaking with but a beat to stay alive.
It is angry, cramped.
It is remorseful,
Now scared of the possibilities,
Of false ties and
Infarct seeping once reflected.
It is drunken,
Longing to say soaking,
To inflate and explode in waves,
Clawing at it’s enclosure.
It is confused,
What are these ties?
The string woven over each other,
Wrapping and complex and unintelligible.
Elder fingers could not have the insight
Into a tale as known as this one.
My heart wants to know who you are,
But it aches still,
As my brain absorbs our string,
And it spits out Morning Glory.
Categories:
absorbs, angst, crush, feelings, longing,
Form: Free verse
Love is
so much stronger
than hate…
Hate aborts
all that is
good…
Love is
a pregnancy
that always gives
birth:-
Hate pontificates
that which
is called fear
but strengthening
love silences
weakening fear…
In the healing
atmosphere
of life
hate evaporates
but love
absorbs
healing sunshine
and serenely flows
with her frothing waves
splashing upon
the shores of life…
The moonlight
of love
will always
drown
the darkness
of hate
for where love
abides
hate can never
be:-
Categories:
absorbs, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Human versus pre-human
Are humans born with a soul? I don’t know but I think a newborn child has yet to acquire a soul A newborn absorbs everything it sees, including colors and voices, the way it is lifted up given a bath hugged, and song too, absorbed into the new memory bank and stored The child is not aware of this, but it is the building block to acquire a soul that can rudimentarily think, hence a soul that learns right from wrong now, if an AI figure is fed information like this does it, acquire a soul that has moral knowledge? If this is true, the ramifications are disappointing because we are only equal to an AI, who in time will master how to recreate itself
Categories:
absorbs, absence, angst, august, blue,
Form: ABC
Amidst a burning skyline where
every tick of a gesture a happenstance
charges my essence and absorbs
this space where discoveries
allow me a chance to revel at
what is miraculous...the dance
of kaleidoscopic stars, toddlers
wiggling like cherubs , fireflies dressed
like the Orion... and I go with the flow,
radiant as wings of revelry
guide me through an armada
of delirious fireflies I need not comprehend...
because my heart awaits the next
swing of child-like enthrallment
delirious as the zigzaging zings
in a twirl, in ribbons laced by thrills
of free imagination...there, in that
jeweled wing, I seek nothing
but the translucent lucent spins
in total wanderlust of the unknown,
ready to celebrate this flight of eternal fireflies
away from the ordinary glitter
within what could ever be
any woodland that's ever near !
Categories:
absorbs, adventure, imagination, insect,
Form: Verse
When light hits my eyes
What do I see?
An amalgamation of atoms
Each individual connected to another
All vibrating within
The empty space that
Makes up the universe.
Water is clear
Because it's vibrations
Are independent of the light
But I'm not clear
And neither are you
Because we are made up of
White red olive brown
Skin
Coloured by the sun
And blue blood
That turns red
When it sees the light
Of pink muscles and sinews
And powder white
Calcium bones
Which all vibrate
In a way that absorbs the light
Trapping it
Within the empty spaces
And never letting go
Categories:
absorbs, light, people, perspective, science,
Form: Free verse
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