It's only Tuesday
Yet the whipping outside
Is quite lovely tonight
Hopes and expectations are
Aligned with fiery desire
Mulled with insatiable fruit
Steam arises from holes
Better meant for quaint beginnings Everyone traversing by diagonals And conquering marches
Disguised with vibes buzzing
Into incendiary bravados
TV night for some here
Has turned to epic, quixotic chapters Of legends and laughter
To remind some that
The days of fullest expression
Can't be tied down to holidays
Or weekends
They need to breathe and
Swallow each gasp of life
We're willing to expend
Time following Tuesday's gust
Into foreverland.
(10/8/19)
Categories:
bravados, adventure, appreciation, day, joy,
Form: Free verse
People die for no good reason
neither they kill for any good one
Endless animosity we spread through the world
And all we just do are vying for the most precious gold
Christ's love we just seem to ignore
Extending our interests to only those worldly
things we want to explore
Pray, that's what I always do
Enkindle our hearts O God,
not to be drowned by our bravados
As I utter this prayer fervently,
I also wish that peace would come true
Change our hatred to love and let us get through
Endlessly, I hope of this special wish,
let there be peace.
Categories:
bravados, peace, world,
Form: Acrostic
I can see
That you have hid them with guile
Placed them behind
A pasted on smile
Somewhere down deep inside all the while
You’ve locked them away with a key
Hoping some day
They will set themselves free
I can see
Locked far deep inside
Within the far corners
Of both of your eyes
Between the bravados
And soft saddening sighs
In a place where you’ve driven your fears
Are lakes, and oceans and rivers
Of unopened tears
Categories:
bravados, sad,
Form: Rhyme