Best Mystifying Poems

A few things that have always mystified me
Why must something as exquisite as a diamond
Or a towering, majestic oak take so long to be,
What’s it like living every day on a tropical island?

How do honeybees duplicate their perfect comb
A few things that have always mystified...

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a billion eyes watch
as darkness blankets sight of 
mystifying souls

Copyright © 2010  By Caryl S. Muzzey

Seventh Place Winner ~ "Familiarity Unknown” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Gareth James
April 24, 2010...

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Here I am
Laying in a room
With a secret dear to my heart
But if I tell it, it will shatter everyone's world apart

I think, when I walk through the gates
My heart will be beating at a very uncomfortable pace
Because I am afraid
Afraid of God turning me...

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Old river-thought murmurs 
 —I slip— 
  not away, but into the hush between 
  what holds and what lets go— 
 a spine of light bending softly 
   from mist to depth. 

I remember stillness: 
  cupped hands at...

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