I shoulda seen it coming
like a blazing surge of lightning,
before it took bite of my name
with a deafening defame.
The trickery of friendship
is like a sinking ship,
where you're left in your sleep
to plunge into the deep.
The color of money
is as blurring as a golden honey.
Even the bonds of consanguinity
could give in to its monstrosity.
Like a lurking veiled blade
is the slit of its tirade.
In the midst of nocturniy
you'd be robbed of your serenity.
My wisdom of the unknown
brought the fierce winds, I was blown,
where the luster of a penny
has veiled the eyes of many.
February 4, 2023
I shoulda Seen It Comin' Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: John Lawless
Consanguinity
Consanguinity is the characteristic of having a kinship with another person. Many jurisdictions have laws prohibiting people who are related by blood from marrying or having sexual relations with each other. The degree of consanguinity that gives rise to this prohibition varies from place to place. Such rules are also used to determine heirs of an estate according to statutes that govern intestate succession, which also vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In some places and time periods, cousin marriage is allowed or even encouraged; in others, it is taboo, and considered to be incest.
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consanguinity
all a part of unity
in community
Standing for them, myself I see
Oblivious of that, for me they all agree
To myself, why sweat for them?
No consanguinity gives room for mayhem
Unabashed, I am, egocentric,
undaunted, I am eccentric,
Audacious, I am covetous,
In my trade, I have to be callous
In their dying need, I stand apathetic
oblivious of that, they think am sympathetic,
while squabbling over the meagre food,
oh!! how I bathe in my lassitude.
Transcend not in this hit and go
I may as well be Othello
In my trade, am void of magnanimity,
In dialogue am in destitute of veracity
Few can call me altruistic
and deep inside, I know am not patriotic
My conscience has travelled
That's why in my trade, am unrivaled.
© Temajung Michael T.
Darkness and I have become allies,
affinity by association's shadowed prayer
spoken of the same kindred language,
consanguinity in our devout appeal
of blackening night's smoky exposure,
like a coke whore I obligingly snort it
doomed to partake in a dreadful flight
upon an impeding raven's blighted sojourn
midway extravagances of destructive somber ruins,
obscurity's sulphurous gloom of unsung melodies
surrendered in silence 'midst dusky moonlit spirits
Stepping through a vale she spied an oak,
its branches scratching heaven's glow
and anchored to the earth its twisted roots
clawed deeply through the soil below.
Embracing now its weathered bark she found
her scrawny body stretched from stern to stem,
her very blood the sap which seethed within
and energized the giant denizen.
She was at once the tomboy and the tree,
photosynthesis and flesh and bone
to reach the spheres, the bowels of earth
both bodies joined, the fusion done.
She was one with insect and with bird,
the wind and rain conjoined and made her wife
to all of nature, sea and sky
to hail the consanguinity of life.
Stepping through a vale she spied an oak,
its branches scratching heaven's glow
and anchored to the earth its twisted roots
clawed deeply through the soil below.
Embracing now its weathered bark she found
her scrawny body stretched from stern to stem,
her very blood the sap which seethed within
and energized the giant denizen.
She was at once the tomboy and the tree,
photosynthesis and flesh and bone
will reach the spheres, the bowels of earth
both bodies joined, the fusion done.
She was one with insect and with bird,
the wind and rain conjoined and made her wife
to all of nature, sea and sky
to hail the consanguinity of life.
Stepping through the veil she spied an oak,
its branches scratching heaven's glow
and anchored to the earth its twisted roots
clawed deeply through the soil below.
Embracing now its weathered bark she found
her scrawny body stretched from stern to stem,
her very blood the sap which seethed within
and energized the giant denizen.
She was at once the tomboy and the tree,
photosynthesis and flesh and bone
to reach the spheres, the bowels of earth
both bodies joined, the fusion done.
She was one with insect and with bird,
the wind and rain conjoined and made her wife
to all of nature, sea and sky,
to hail the consanguinity of life!
So speedy again on the high ways
Trees and shrubs glancing through my eyes
As if they were ever in motion
With this wireless whooping sound like a rumbling thunderstorm
I closely observed the backward race of nature
Only seen but by my shortsightedness
This seriously turned incongruous
With me feeling so strong a marathon with nature
See the trees and shrubs with projections
Like the strands that hold my kidneys in consanguinity
Like twinkling stars, the twinkling birds twinkled off my little retina
Still the trees whirr at me as the victor
Feeling the heartbeat of nature
I was totally engrossed and entangled in admiration
For the simple complexity of nature
For wow! Nature is being set on a pedestal
...inspired by 'Piktor's Metamorphoses' by Hermann Hesse
Stepping through a vale she spied an oak,
its branches scratching heaven's glow
and anchored to the earth its twisted roots
clawed deeply through the soil below.
Embracing now its weathered bark she found
her scrawny body stretched from stern to stem,
her very blood the sap which seethed within
and energized the giant denizen.
She was at once the tomboy and the tree,
photosynthesis and flesh and bone
to reach the spheres, the bowels of earth
both bodies joined, the fusion done.
She was one with insect and with bird,
the wind and rain conjoined and made her wife
to all of nature, sea and sky,
to hail the consanguinity of life.
Dedicate to human rights Mr. Anna Hazare activist that fought for free corrupt Indian society.
this poem is a result of my disappointment.
Inhabitable lineal consanguinity, paraphernalia under the subordination.
A resourceful visible Bond, to colonize the characteristic of vocation.
To command inhabited Living, to obtain Ledger of human grace,
Aristocrat, Barbarian excommunication, excellence of allocation.
Mom says,’ Son’ go and sleep’ rising Sun brings bounded calculation’.
Intensive, restraint viscosity reliance, consciousness of annihilation,
A grain roaster, provocative nobler, a big bundle of convocation.
Bubbling well being blazed meandering futurist contrivance face,
A winnover shabby, recommital mumpish, a rational versification.
A readymade self imposed Leader fatal solubility calcumination.
Mum says,’ Son, ‘go and sleep, optimist opportunist evaluating eternity’.
Mom never says,’ son, ‘go and fight’ recarnation is a mean formality’.
Stepping through a vale she spied an oak,
its branches scratching heaven's glow
and anchored to the earth its twisted roots
clawed deeply through the soil below.
Embracing now its weathered bark she found
her scrawny body stretched from stern to stem,
her very blood the sap which seethed within
and energised the giant denizen.
She was at once the tomboy and the tree,
photosynthesis and flesh and bone
to reach the spheres, the bowels of earth
both bodies joined, the fusion done.
She was one with insect and with bird,
the wind and rain conjoined and made her wife
to all of nature, sea and sky
to hail the consanguinity of life.