Your needs unmet and, too, mine equally
fulfilled,—I s’pose it’s best to leave this where
it stands.—what other course could feel as fair?
But deep disturbances in mon esprit,
increasingly violent unto me,
(as roaring winds and foaming omens) stir
tidal wave emotions without compare;—
breaking—in terrific fatality.
My heart adrift,—stranded soon on your shore,—
beats weak, throbs sad sobs, sniffles back such tears
of torrential regret...—and for what?
you?
Really, need I lament—this dullest score—
the abandon of your tempestuous fears?
No.,—if I capsize now, I never flew.—
Categories:
capsize, break up, conflict, endurance,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Boat friendship
Capsize easy
If one rocking.
Categories:
capsize, betrayal, character, perspective, trust,
Form: Than-Bauk
In your eyes, I see stars align.
In my world, you are the sunshine.
Our love's boat, no waves can capsize.
I see stars align in your eyes.
Your smile, blossoming of flower.
Your presence, warmth in my bower.
With you I can trek any mile.
Blossoming of flower, your smile.
In trials of life, you stand strong.
As prop, you are with me lifelong.
With you by my side, there's no strife.
You stand strong in trials of life.
On your way, I wish every bliss.
Pray, nothing you crave, you will miss.
With you, joyously, I shall stay.
I wish every bliss on your way!
Categories:
capsize, appreciation, happy, love,
Form: Quatrain
My voice was mute like featherless songbirds,
without vocal chords to sing doting tunes.
Sleeping spirit yearned for amorous words,
composing twin flames to ignite from fumes.
Glance of her eyes and embers kindled bright,
like gold moonlight kissing indigo waves.
Symphonic stars formed in a lonely night,
as we sang among galactic airwaves.
Her touch is a cliché of butterflies,
her lips kiss like ballads with boundless verse.
Without her I can feel my heart capsize,
in sickness and in health, she is my nurse.
Her name remains on the tip of my tongue,
as her love completes lyrics, once unsung.
Categories:
capsize, love,
Form: Sonnet
Sea surreal in darkest nets
Nocturnal-ness in jaws and tentacled breasts
still the thrill, breathless at my thoughts
the sea - a catch
The sea a catch, oh my stars
that settle like flickering candles
on tremulous waves
The sway, the dance, oh
the romance of candlelight
aboard the deck of dopamine
I resist the thought
that I’m in-between
cruise ala royal dreams
The drift of ebb and flow
I fly so slow, slipping
undertow, envisioning
serpents and maids
I’m made for the sea
See my tales splash
flibberty-thrashing
about in a net
netting the seashell gold
of surf and turf
sweet sands that tug
my eyes and heart
I blink
back tears
When will we see each other
‘gain, this match
of tenderness and angst
Let the torrents roar
Let the sides capsize
Let me touch your silkiness
your depths
your traps
of playfulness. The reader
must think me silly
as I surrender to the crests
and climb aboard
to see the sea
and sky collide
I’m given over
and under
in thunderous claps
to sated and salted
direct attack
of anything that might arrest
my joy
my exploration
my destination
my ploy
to dream without danger…
Categories:
capsize, adventure, sea,
Form: Alliteration
Designated as a this or that
Captive to needs of feeble form
We feel both limited and incomplete
Until cradled by divine love caress warm
We see clearly there are two of us in here
The one who’s hijacked soul is the ego
Thus living light remains in bondage
Till fears and desires, we let go
In staid stillness we so recognise
That we’re far more than body-mind
But to transcend limitations on us imposed
We must leave each and every concept behind
Silence paves the way for our soul’s illumination
That that never was dies, that we may rise
Wonderstruck beholding light of Self
Demons of darkness capsize
Categories:
capsize, i am, silence, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
I'm okay, you're okay is a mask in the land of pretend.
Only by removing it will a heart and soul ever mend.
If you would dispose of your mask, I will do the same,
then we'll no longer need to point a finger of blame.
We've both been hiding behind one, concealing pain.
You see my eyes are red from tears that fell like rain.
I've kept you from seeing my frown by hiding my lips,
but I've longed to untie your veil with my fingertips.
Keeping my emotions hidden has been a poor disguise.
I've been a captain whose ship was starting to capsize.
It's finally time we end the facade and reveal our faces,
for these disguises have been shielding what fear abases.
Categories:
capsize, fear, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Crashing waves breaking over me -
surging, tidal tears that capsize.
Drowning love, sinking in black sea,
fragmented heart cuts deepest ties.
Stormy, onyx skies - darken sea
crashing waves breaking over me.
Ship with no captain at the helm,
Alone am I - gone from my realm.
Floundering and lost out to sea,
Oh, Lodestar! Where are you to guide?
Crashing waves breaking over me.
Driftwood - broken dreams at my side.
Shipwrecked, adrift, my heart and I -
Castaway now so shall I be.
Dwell beneath ocean’s torrid sky -
Crashing waves breaking over me.
Categories:
capsize, loss, love, ocean,
Form: Quatern
Fathoms below
Diving slow
Buried treasure to see
Searching for me
Captain Bluebeard had treasure on the ship
A mighty storm caused the ship to dip
Suddenly the ship went down
It was nowhere to be found
Total capsize
Sank to the bottom
Throughout the ocean, there are sharks and all kinds of fish
On my mind was the treasure find being my wish
Through Davey’s Locker
The flashlight being our marker
Ocean floor
Explore
Gold and Silver
Determined in maneuver
Becoming rich
Value and Quality
It’s all about Quantity
Mystery being reality
Ocean deep
Yea ship mates
Fortune to keep
Ever so deep
Categories:
capsize, adventure, blessing, boat, courage,
Form: Rhyme
She came up from the deepest depths of the Indian Sea.
Feeling summoned by a spirit that was wild, zany and free.
A clipper ship was on the top of the waves, but she let it be.
Trying to discern who had called her from deep in the Sea.
What is happening asked a sea creature, who scampered toward her.
Not sure, she replied, but someone has a heart that is incredibly pure.
I sensed them on that ship, so I decided not to attack or capsize it.
If the crew had known this whale was there, they would have had a fit.
Categories:
capsize, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
In loving memory of Queen Queen - Nyasuba.
"I am DYING"
by Juno Byron.
My heart is losing breath
To the hourly pummelling and drubbing
With a heavy metal rod of death
No mercy forgiveness am Dying
Is it because I'm a lady?
Is it because I'm to be voiceless?
'y kill me before our baby?
Please listen to the voices
End semester is here
Boohoo! I can't sit to revise
'cos dear I fear this is my year
To capsize the prize of my cries
Open your eyes mister killer
Allow me die peacefully
With no wounds like a caterpillar
Now that you can't forgive easily
My love has betrayed me
Denied me to quit
With you I thought I was free
But you were misfit
My sisters
love is a big liar and deaf and blind
Big blisters
Quit! Before you're confined
Categories:
capsize, betrayal, death, death of
Form: Rhyme
World
One
And all
Blessed and kind
Nature and souls bind
Clings, remain soft but not fragile
In God's hands, no strong marbles clutches the ground ductile
No boulders can silence the caves' echoes in the Cordillera of man's gifted lands
Seas and oceans combined, grounds drifting like blind, storms and clouds may rage over sands but floods cannot capsize arks of men as God and Love prevails.
Categories:
capsize, god, love, world,
Form: Fibonacci
The ship of state lumbers along the horizon
Like a gigantic seagoing vessel, she struggles
To stay afloat in turbulent waters she lies in,
A pilot must keep her afloat during troubles.
Like a gigantic seagoing vessel, she struggles
With a recalcitrant, unwieldy operational crew,
A pilot must keep her afloat during troubles
Knowing how and when precisely what to do.
With a recalcitrant, unwieldy operational crew
Unwilling to cooperate on the better course
Knowing how and when precisely what to do
The pilot must the proper decorum enforce.
Unwilling to cooperate on the better course
A malfunctioning crew can cause it to capsize
The pilot must the proper decorum enforce,
Through a long dark night, approaching sunrise.
A malfunctioning crew can cause it to capsize
Leaving disaster in its wake, loss immeasurable
Through a long dark night, approaching sunrise,
A pilot makes decisions to many unfathomable.
Leaving disaster in its wake, loss immeasurable
To stay afloat in turbulent waters she lies in,
A pilot makes decisions to many unfathomable,
The ship of state lumbers along the horizon.
Written November 19, 2022
Categories:
capsize, metaphor, patriotic, perspective,
Form: Pantoum
Quintet A Pond Of Time
Five ducks
Sans lucks
Their day
At bay
Their quack
Turned black
Their fate
Negate
Ducks splash
Backlash
Be damn
They swam
Abreast
And stressed
Shots chilled
Five killed
Blind side
Applied
Lives gone
Withdrawn
Blue skies
Capsize
Last cries
Chastise
The hunt
Was blunt
Life's food
Pursued
Five plates
Awaits
Man's fed
Sad spread
10/22/22
A BRIAN STRAND PREMIERE CHOICE Poetry Contest
Sponsor-Brian Strand
N/A
Categories:
capsize, introspection, life,
Form: Footle
Liken earth life as but a dream
Where merging with God, is soul's prize
Yet not so simple as does seem
Confronted with ego spawned lies
An entrapment of joy and sighs
Though so short is our life's tenure
Within reach yet are heaven's highs
If mind be but still and heart pure
Behold with delight, love's bliss stream
By day each life breath's a sunrise
At night too, soul rides a moonbeam
As we live this life, through God's eyes
Save love, no other law applies
The outer world holds no allure
Soma nectar flow never dries
If mind be but still and heart pure
Heal bleeding souls, who in pain scream
Let not hope in their hearts capsize
All are one; we're on the same team
A deep truth we should realise
As oft affirmed by sages wise
Of this be sure, love is the cure
That from each pitfall, let's us rise
If mind be but still and heart pure
Hermit, have no fear ~ vaporise
Soul's eternal and will endure
In timeless time, false ego dies
If mind be but still and heart pure
17-October-2022
Categories:
capsize, joy, love, silence, spiritual,
Form: Ballade
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