Chuck looks slender and charming
wearing his black
tux, white silk shirt, black
tie, black rose boutonnière on his lapel ,
and polish black
patent leather shoes;
drives up in his black Cadillac.
Chuck, a Texas oil tycoon, is a character,
drinking a glass of Black Crow whiskey.
Charlene, his foxy lady in black
dress and sable, diamonds woven in her black
hair, playfully flirting sips champagne.
Black twilight night emergent rays
cast twinkling stars through crystal chandeliers.
Cheerlessly, the black raven spies.
Chaffinch tips it blue-grey cap,
chirps under the black shadows of the trees.
Black sleek cat with white lighting eyes,
lurking in the moonlight, sighs.
Black gold drilling,
is Chuck’s conversation with his chairman.
As music plays, Charlene dances with his partner.
8/25/2021
not for contest
just musing
Colors of sorrow
Black, gray – faithless
Melancholy
Breaking through my
Deepest thoughts
Into my heart’s
Haven of hope
Drifting in and out
Like the beating
Echoed through my veins
Bleeding, flowing in rich
Crimson drops
Feelings rearranged
Within me
Revealing the way
To breathe in
Blankets
Of
Dark angst
Fear and mourning
Regret that weeps
With grief for – not only
What has been in yesterday
But what is to come again
With the rising of the sun
And the longing within
By soul
A teardrop flows
Cheerlessly
Expressing the way
Toward despair
Where my feelings
Know only the aching
Pain that lives
To cut through my
Feelings for him
The one who did me in
With his selfishness
And greed for
My tears
White Dove
White dove flew over my busy
schedule
While I was driving to work,
Cheerlessly contemplating.....
My heart was looking for new
adventures,
I was asleep, but in my dreams
I was awake!
The white dove flew above gray
clouds,
And lingered with the hopeless
crowds,
I heard its voice; it was so
loud,
Calling me to eternity.
Right in the moment beautiful,
New thoughts were born.
I followed the dove; with my
eyes closed,
Trusting that I shall find my
long-lost love...
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