I wander on a journey that may fail
The compass heading points me to true blue
Late Summer is the time I know so well
Accentuated by my thoughts of you
I wonder as I wander through the maze
What separated us as years sped by?
My love for you displaced by cruel malaise
Still on the journey asking myself why
Acceptance is the price I have to pay
I’ll try my best to take the good with bad
Accepting our relationship’s decay
Your absence from my life makes me so sad
To make the best of life remains the goal
My thoughts of you are balsam for my soul
Your smile shines~
as the early effulgence enshrouds
upon wisteria water
echoing ephemeral embraces
on tenebrous turquoise trees
that bear your name.
Your laughters linger~
upon the emerald leaves
that radiate a lilac shade
as the sun goes up
like your eyes that sparkle a hue
transforming into Caribbean blue
on the first glance
of a sweet romance.
Your song soars~
entwined in ethereal ensemble
above each passing cloud
where etched elegies echo
a lost and found love.
That magical morning scene
of enchanted garden near Giverny
unveils a dream I keep
in wild willows lilac leaves
where my story dwells in silence .
The shy sky behind them~
wishes to kiss the gleaming water
where silent sanctuaries are sheathed
upon the indigo shadow,
accentuated by fine chiaroscuro
embracing purple petals
that whisper through silent water
where lofty love story dwells~
perpetuated by each sunrise.
ACCENTUATED IMAGERY
an
innermost
creative
essence
of
individual
confronts
motifs
yearning
to
emphasise
&
resemble
original
meticulous
symbols
in
a sense
of
transience
Rarely feral these days,
these agile creatures, mostly furry,
are kept in houses as pets.
Meows and purrs are their means
of generally pleasant communication.
Howls and growls – not so pleasant!
Whether Munchkin or Maine Coon huge,
each has its distinct personality -
accentuated by tail flicks and eye blinks
Consolation and companionship
they may provide the fortunate human
whom they choose to curl up with.
Nigeria our beloved country
Diverse in tongue and tribe
United by a loosely held shoe string
Accentuated differences in culture
and tradition.
Nigeria united by force majuere
Divisive force than a blending force
The unity daily lies in a scale balance
Skewed to the north or to the south
By a major crisis or an act of debacle
Nigerians and Nigeria seating on shoe
string.
(Written 17th March, 2017)
Bette Boop was a sex symbol in the form of a cartoon in nineteen thirty
I remember her dancing around the stage, a little bit naughty, dirty.
Her shapely young body was drawn to accentuate her butt and her boobs.
She was an eye-opener to the young people watching on their goo-tubes.
Her heavily made-up eyelashes accentuated her overly large black eyes.
Her dresses were drawn to show off her curvy, shapely young thighs.
As a child, I remember being intrigued by this saucy young flapper.
“Boo boop de boop”, her trademark was a happy knee-slapper.
Today’s blessing comes via Elie Wiesel.
A man who understood injustice…prejudice and woe
having survived the Nazi concentration camps over 70 years ago…
The words he spoke once he was liberated…
today should be accentuated and stressed…
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice…
But there must never be a time we fail to protest.”
Childhood Memories
By: Miracle Man
9/28/2024
Clouds seem to fast forward this days sunset,
And dimness accentuated our lone street lamp glow.
By unfamiliar night noises I soon became beset,
and visions of imaginary creatures began to flow.
“For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, but it’s much better to be killed by a lover.”
~ Charles Bukowski
Darkness sucked at my soul
with jealousy and intense arousal.
You are mine.
Forever, in life or death.
You shine in lifelessness
as my blade
sinks silver into your skin,
accentuated by the red of my rage.
Together, in life and death.
I love you.
Intrinsic awareness,
sensuous stream
in the vale of time,
channeled challenged
through mind’s myriad
angularities accentuated,
carries in coherent current
ceaselessly,
the cognitive impulses
criticality conjured,
surging swathing waves
of enlightenment
across formless emptiness
of amorphous perception.
The pulse of time
vibrates with perpetuity
in inner space,
intuitively infinite,
the cadence in harmony
with the intonation
of eternity,
the manifested
timeless transition
from one phase
to another
in continuum,
modulated mystically
by stimulus shimmer
of the illumined soul.
The life force
ostensibly obscure,
abhors vacuum,
persistence pervasive
propels the essence
of the existent
in nothingness niche.
CHANGE
obvious
abrupt hiatus
distinctive
light
& shadow
contrastive
focussed
in
visible
autonomy
blurred
impressions
with
striking
effect
evolving
in
slight
elevation
subtly
subverted
in
fleeting
glimpses
dictated
by chance
OPACITY
phenomena
in distinct
contours
of
ornamental
simplicity
consolidated
in
controversial
conception
&
recollection
of repeated
quality
so consummate
&
finely drawn
contrast
uniquely
positioned
in a
genesis
of memorable
&
blissful feelings
accentuated
by curving
contours
announced
&enhanced
confirmed with emphasis
& enthusiasm
Figures
drawn by the sun,
golden rays
on the banks of the pioneer lagoon...
the tiresome round running
serving as a sight to the sky...
accentuated geometry in
dizzying obsession
naturalness
and artificiality
in the aged city...
We are love-tied doves
immaculately clad in white
toward our flight as a couple to witness
altar date, sealed with “till death do us part.”
While flying, our feathers radiate blest serenity
showcasing azure sky that has conquered gray clouds
vivified by rainbow colors accentuated by golden beams
midst kaleidoscopic hues of scarlet, blended with orange-crimson blast.
With gratitude to the heavenly Creator
our tweets of praise* join cyan firmament
ablaze with flaxen yellow along green freshness
conquering indigo tints against fading violet and lavender gleam.
Wishing wellness for all in glowing daylight
praying for sunny mood even beyond pink of health
on we settle to behold wedding, defying challenges’ blues
at the Palace in the Sky**, adorned with roses in vibrant colors.
*Psalm 150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
**Palace in the Sky is now People’s Park in the Sky (Palace in the Sky in Tagaytay - Cush Travel Blog)
December 7, 2022
5th place, "YOUR CHOICE 2022" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 12/24/2022.
phoenix questers
yes…
out of the deep
dark stagnation
of malignant
apathy
we must pull
ourselves
upwards to
eternity
and beyond
to that synergy
which will take us
to the
liberated journey
where
we shall bask
in the aurora
of history makers'
spirits glorifying
the knocking
at the door
of his-story's
mystery opening
and their entering
inking new pages
of ourstory
streaming with justice
peace and love
of god’s gifts
from the oven
of his heart molded,
baked and accentuated
with the icing
of audacious hope…
thus is the legacy
to you
the new torch bearers
to taking
the entered vision
of the dream
to the claimed reality
that is the quest
of phoenix beings
who are the waited upon
future history makers
of our never ending story
whose pathway
has been plowed…
new seeds germinating
and blooming flowers
birthing liberating fruits
ripening seeds
of ourstory
of being free at last
here on earth
as is in the high heaven’s:-
she had a burning desire; an egocentric thrill.
a need to disrupt the constancy of her life,
to dramatically dissociate from conformity,
and become the sole dweller of her universe.
one that rebels it's place in the cosmos.
she was already remote from the others,
outrageously imposing and other-worldly,
she accentuated perfect idiosyncrasy.
for her icy mantle that created fog halos,
she carried a core imbued with a fever.
she fanned the flame to burn into an inferno,
until she shifted her life into full retrograde,
bridging together the divides of her nature,
she activated her freedom and individuality;
a woman of color in a monotonous crowd.
with life's impermanence cruelly threatening,
she manifested every energy in abundance,
channeled her soul's sacred wavelength,
hauled her dreams into subliminal orbit,
for she had one chance to envision her self.
voyaged into a black hole of introspection.
unaffected by forces that oscillate around her,
she dismantled every negative tendency,
and like a celestial body as eccentric as Uranus,
she awakened her own cosmic rhythm.
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