Her here isn’t now her life isn’t proud the familiar words he speaks, pay restitution to her soul, his control is her power, a responsibility of hers alone, she speaks with conviction, to the whites inside his eyes, soft and subtle gestures a calming in the room, snatching at the stars, aiming for brighter lights, with her feet stuck on the ground, if only soles could speak, her feet would write a novel of the places she ain’t been, voices in her head tell her she’s doing well, comfortability is a burden that entraps her in his hell, bursting out behavior a savior in her doing, believing in herself is a choice that she ain’t choosing, if art is in the losing she’s a Rembrandt by design, not so many people know failure of her kind, emotions hide her well, gifts of creation that only time will tell.
Categories:
entraps, allusion,
Form: Free verse
Softly we drown through the gathering whiteness,
we float in splendor on ripples of calm.
Gentleness drawn from the lingering brightness,
shadows anoint us with whispering balms.
Softly, oh so softly, the angels are singing,
the star beams are winging their intricate dance;
and slowly, so slowly, in cadence most holy
the glistening sparkles envelop and entrance.
Softly, so softly they graze us,
rustles of silk in the cushion-blind pall.
Images strange to entrap and amaze us,
shrouds to protect us should ever we fall.
Softly, softly, ever so softly
we drown through the angels that graze us so deep,
and the dance of the stars that entraps us so roughly
propels us with gentleness down into sleep.
Categories:
entraps, i love you, inspirational
Form: Rhyme
Darkness surrounds me
I can no longer move
The flowers you once gave me
Now entraps me in its roots
How could kindness turn so rude
Yet I will never stop loving you
I watch as these flowers now black
Suffocate me
Wrapping around choking out my breath
Keeping from me air needed to survive
Voices whisper in my head
This is no longer a friend
Yet I cling to these roots for dear life
Wishing it wasn’t right
Categories:
entraps, betrayal, friend, friendship, mental
Form: Free verse
Use me; abuse me,
Don't leave your heart open,
I'll take it and break it,
Leave you bleeding and broken.
Search for my soul,
Look into my eyes.
Beyond your reflection,
I'm empty inside.
Nothing but darkness,
vast empty space,
trapped behind smiles,
and a beautiful face.
Body aching,
yearning to feel.
Your touch burning my skin,
the pain making me real.
Mistreated, misguided
screaming through the silence
that entraps me and wraps me,
entwined in the violence.
Loss of innocence
at a tender age
purity destroyed and taken away
Nothing left to give
it's all been taken
ripped away by lust
my body used; my mind awakened.
Categories:
entraps, abuse, anger, angst, child
Form: Rhyme
I reside in those hazel eyes
which display emotional smile,
let the words evade coz if you sigh
this purest talk will subside.
I request you, never speak the words
your eyes convey it better!
My cold palm stays ensconced into your sturdy one
to bestow a sense of completion,
let the two never unite coz if you hold it tight
this touch would not ignite.
I request you, let the flame stay entwined
and every moment become worth rewind!
Your intense breath around me
entraps me, makes me gallop on the wildest horse.
move away from me, let me remain untouched
I request you, don’t allow the crave to wane
enable me to feel this distance!
Your sturdy stature
invites me with full strength.
let the blaze show the beauty of rage
I request you, allow this desire to grow
and make my hunger roar!
The blanket for your support around me
gives me the strength to grow
let me walk alone and conquer it all
I request you, watch me fair
I know you will always care!
Let the love be love, in it’s truest form
there’s no need to follow the norm.
I request you, just don’t say a word
May we stay entwined forever as a cord!
Categories:
entraps, break up, character, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Excitingly exotic,
she entices and entraps
me in an entanglement
which is both discomforting and enthralling.
Enamored by her elegance and ebullience,
I embraced her with much exuberance
eliciting my eagerness and
erupting in an euphoria.
Ensnared on the cusp of erotic fever
I was drowning in passion
swooning with sinful pleasure.
But, with mischief in her eyes
a beguiling smile
and a demeanor teasing and coy,
She disappeared from my life
like the mist at the first glint of dawn.
Categories:
entraps, beautiful, desire,
Form: Alliteration
She has arrived
A flash of shadowed eyes
Masks a simmering coolness.
A collective breath ensues.
A trail of rainbowesque mystery
Shimmers about her
Roses pale as she brushes past them,
Geese concede in “V” farewell salute.
She commands the room
Enthralls, entices, entraps
Both willing and reticent.
She cannot help herself
It is her fate
Her gift and her curse.
She is neither harlot
Nor homemaker
She is but the aura of Autumn.
She has arrived.
She is October.
John G. Lawless
©9/30/2022
Categories:
entraps, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Utter Silence.
You stare at the page wondering where it all went wrong;
Was it you?
No, that can’t be right…
But then if it wasn't you then you wouldn't be here at this moment.
You wouldn't be here in the dead of night.
here with just your thoughts-
Just you-
You are what's wrong-
No.
The Utter Silence seems to agree.
Who let it have a say in this anyways?
… Was it you?
Because you’re afraid of The Utter Silence,
It entraps you-
makes you start to think about the things you did and can never recover from
It makes you question-
makes you paranoid-
makes you think there's always someone waiting in the corner.
And you can’t do anything about it.
The Utter Silence seems to agree.
Who even started listening to it in the first place?
Oh… It was you.
Because you’re afraid of The Utter Silence,
you put in headphones to drown it out.
You listen to music so loud that your brain can feel the bass…
but its never loud enough.
“Louder, Louder until I can't hear it anymore” The scared part of you screams
The Utter Silence seems to agree
Categories:
entraps, angst, dark, depression, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Pure Magic
Rain laden storm clouds nurture mangroves
Inside man or beast live symbiotic microbes
Deceptions entraps the devout and fanatical
Believers defy agnostics depose the rational
Invisible waves illuminate dark cosmic space
Migrating essences and agelessness embrace
Life harboring galaxies astoundingly hypnotic
The universe is a manifestation of pure magic
Penned: 11/11/13
3:43 a.m.
Aboard cruise ship: Splendour Of the Seas
Categories:
entraps, universe, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme
It’s deafening
All around
Nothing else is heard
As it isn't heard at all
It’s suffocating
And terrifying
Suspense grows
In the absence of sound
What might be seen
As peaceful at first
Is not so, as can be seen
Or rather heard, though not
The silence entraps you
In an eternal net
Captures you in its web
Forever stuck with your
Troubling thoughts that
Were also caught in the web
Trapped and alone with
Paranoia and anxiety growing
Unable to get out until
This world ends
The silence is deafening
And still after
The crash of
Something heavy
Written on March 20, 2020
Categories:
entraps, dark, death, silence,
Form: Free verse
Red
Red - the colour of birth,
Of the crimson cloak
Shrouding the joyous mirth,
And of the fragile feet
Untouched by this sordid earth.
Red -The colour of romance,
Of ruby roses and paper hearts
Wherefore love is enhanced,
And of the coral cheeks that blush
Upon true love's first glance.
Red- the colour of grandiose,
Of Chanel clutches and Gucci shoes
Thronged in Madison avenue stores.
And of the smear on that luscious lips
For which a fortune it did cost.
Red – the colour of peace,
Of the scarlet sky at dusk
Ever so surreal and serene,
And of the autumn woods which entraps
Visitors into an enchanted dream.
Red – the colour of sorrow,
Of russet eyes that swell
With endless tears to follow.
And of sore hands that toiled throughout
Only for a hopeless tomorrow.
Red- the colour of pain
Of that claret mole, having numbered one's days,
Blotching the skin so frail
And of the spew coughed up
With agonising ever-lasting strain.
RED- the colour of death
Of blood splattered murky walls
Of a war-torn sect,
Of scars and horrors and tragedies
Deeply etched within the never forsaking wretched.
Red without which we would be dead.
Categories:
entraps, analogy, color, deep, fate,
Form: ABC
Sun
Excites
After lunch
Swimming with friends
In
Deep
Entraps
Floundering
Under water
Numb
Written 17th March 2019
Contest: Light up the Page 3
Sponsor: Joseph May
4th place
Categories:
entraps, beach, deep, sea, summer,
Form: Lanterne
This angel of my heart entraps my soul
The quill of her feathers are filled with my blood
The parchment of her skin are my words recorded
The illumination that surrounds her are my thoughts and dreams
She hovers over me twenty four hours a day
Always wondering what I might say
Her voice whispers to me and guides me
Then shows me the way
She will comfort my heart when I am weary
She enters my dreams when I am sleeping
Creating thought’s and some bad dreams
She is the angel from high above
Translucent so that no one will see
The Angel who watches over me
Sent from God up above giving me His love
My guardian Angel sent from heaven up above
Categories:
entraps, angel,
Form: Free verse
Bathing in the Nectars of Love
Let your love fall now that I may wallow
Let the tears drip of your inner essence
Entranced by the nectar that I swallow
As I may engulf and taste your presence
Let your beating heart keep me company
The emptiness that entraps my being
A string vibrating in your symphony
Forever echoing festal freeing
Intoxicated by your juices wine
For the gods of love pour down their nectar
Indulging in grapes of the orchard vine
Seducing our souls a haunting specter
The nectars of your love are ingested
Thus the fluids of my heart arrested.
Dec.15.2018
Super Sonnet
Sponsored by: John Hamilton
N/A for contest
Categories:
entraps, love, lust, passion,
Form: Sonnet
The Nectars of Love
Let your love fall, that I may wallow
Let your tears drip of inner essence
Entranced by the nectar I swallow
As I engulf and taste your presence
***
Let your beating heart keep company
The emptiness that entraps my being
I’m a string vibrating in your symphony
Forever echoing festal forever freeing
***
Intoxicated by your juices made wine
For the gods pour down their nectar
Indulging in grapes of the orchid vine
Seducing our souls a haunting specter
***
The nectars of your love are ingested
And the fluids of my heart arrested.
Sept.05.2018
OK TOSS ANOTHER ONE IN
Sponsored by: John lawless
Categories:
entraps, growth, inspirational love, longing,
Form: Sonnet
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