Forensic evidence is no pretense against the defense/
It will prove prevalence in the family’s ordinance/
Moronic elements that ail his laments are just sordid and dense/
More on it as the envelopment to derail inherent ends he upends/
Four chronic tipple alcoholics sail away an heir apparent out of pretense/
Tour scenic and hop the fence frail to tear a new pair of parents for greed sense/
Sore we’ve beaten it in old hallways as we dance trails to romance and breed new brands/
Bore logic that grants pathways with complete relevance and developments of freelance/
All remnants of other incidents one of which would enhance such reverence/
With immense radiance compliance and patience will lead to confidence/
Competence is of the utmost importance in these pants with no ignorance/
Encourage tolerance in the newest plans to advance these new contents
Categories:
envelopment, adventure, betrayal, deep, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
High Priests and Priestesses of Environmental Conservation
My comrades and I hereby present our observations
In light of runaway climate change and glacier-melt
That among our brothers and sisters is so keenly felt
We see no other course but to revert to our former ways
For if not, our future will soon dwindle to a matter of days...
Hence, we recommend retiring all motor-powered transportation
Returning to the trusty burro and steed for all our vehicular needs
A ban we must institute on all electric lights
Let us restore the wax candle to its rightful place in the night
Last, but not least, an immediate halt to all technological development
Returning to our native roots, to be one with Nature in envelopment
O, High Priests and Priestesses of Forward Thinking
Please accept our report ~ knowing that our window for change is shrinking
Categories:
envelopment, change, environment, future, technology,
Form: Couplet
Before… I beheld her quivering, shirking---
suffocation gripped her with my envelopment;
breaking free from the gentleness I exuded
she would scamper wailing…
as if scorched by my belongingness’ warmth.
After painstaking therapeutic sessions
offering my compassion-propelled embrace
I witnessed her, gradually yielding to me
succumbing to my love-blest invitation…
devoid of resistance.
Graciously overcoming
grievous traumatic hug-pressure
she confessed that she’s healed
from domestic violence, by the mercy of God*…
Who rescued her against lustful and incestuous hugs.
Now… with serenity's bliss
she’s cheerfully reaching out to others
letting them feel kindness-driven hugs
sealed by care, concern, and comfort...
precious blessings of earnest bonding.
*Psalm 52:8 ... I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
June 6, 2020
8th place, "Hugs" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Craig Cornish; judged on 6/14/2020.
Categories:
envelopment, blessing, christian, encouraging, faith,
Form: Personification
Days darken,
alien Martian,
a red desert the main and dessert,
silenced sounds sing "death surrounds",
as those spoiled souls
beneath the soil
follow for my blood sweat and toil.
No breeze, no trees,
an air so rough cut lungs bleed and breathe,
agitated rest that rages with stress,
no water to drink, no means to think,
sinking in meanness linked to weakness,
suggested thoughts to die digested
outnumber thoughts "you're being tested",
positive doesn't register at present,
denied that present,
sent and presented
evidence that renders my presence an irrelevance
with not an element of development
preventing the dark envelopment.
Measures to trail pleasure fail to find treasure,
no success and severed from leisure, it could only suck less,
leaking a fear so powerful the emotion of scared rejects an appearance,
no distractions or interference just distress,
no flicker of hope in the distance, an empty mess,
it used to be so different, less difficult more significant,
I walked alone to this world showing signs I can't
get back, it must be my fault I'm living this mishap,
I misread the map resulting in capture, life in a trap.
Categories:
envelopment, depression, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Condemn not victims programmed to devour, imbibe and assimilate beliefs, creeds, norms, mores and values that wipe away the compass of right and wrong, left and right, leaving victims in a state of arrested moral development and envelopment.
Help redeem souls lost in
the strong grip of misguided
creeds inadvertently.
Categories:
envelopment, poems,
Form: Haibun
Heart Swallows Heart
Heart swallows heart,
nerve ends quiver with the action of envelopment,
the movement is completed with sharp desire,
this mess of physicality craves for fullness.
Hand touches hand,
eclectic messages sent through waves connecting nerves,
it’s a hallway of bodies,
circuitous is its route, dimmed in a pale light,
yet like a halo, opaque and hallowed.
There is space enough in this close little nook,
sit facing each other, speaking of topics numerous,
reaffirming our friendship along the way,
our borders are clear and respect for them rests there.
Resonant are the words that waft from your mouth,
the heart and brain working in tandem,
encapsulate the passion and sincerity,
with a straight forwardness that cuts to the bone,
a love shared together like no other.
12/2015
Categories:
envelopment, friendship,
Form: Verse
I’m not afraid of dying alone.
She said she wants a man who will keep her awake;
She fears these days of growing old.
She tries to care about the men who stay,
Because she must marry one someday.
There is love at first sight,
And then there’s a time for you to open your eyes.
I won’t be your wife;
I haven’t decided if I want to be alive.
I wake up and wonder where all meaning went,
Only to realize that meaning does not exist.
Hell is not so bad considering I would have all eternity
To come to grips,
With how insignificant humanity is.
But instead I wait here for the end.
And you wait for a man;
A martyr for the emptiness at hand.
When we exist, instead, to understand.
Now life is just this envelopment
Like skin over bone;
She said she doesn’t want to wake up alone.
There is no god
To crack open the sky;
There is no eternity
To earn, to abide.
And no one will be there to meet you at the gate;
We all die alone in our very own way.
Categories:
envelopment, death, life, loneliness, muse,
Form: Rhyme
Useless desolation only mocks
implications the early morning dawn's conception.
Formed luscious curves and figures,
watching how quintessential nature lies.
Skies filled with dewdrops of angel tears,
hanging onto their salvation in fear.
Pent up tension borders this descent
pre-exist dawn in hollow borders round.
lingers in the picture it surrounds.
Confessional crescendo echoes in
the silence here I can find identity.
Envelopment calls in senses tense
and invitation that entices.
King of fisherman’s nets full and
his belly pregnant waiting the
fall and rise of harvest
My asylum a questionable sanctuary,
I watch the morning dawn and
prepare for a long death.
Categories:
envelopment, death, hope, life, nature,
Form: Free verse
Frightful day, full of strain,
waiting, wondering, hoping,
clock watching, biding time.
Final word spoken.
The darkness did descend.
Lying in wait.
A wicked demon hibernating in my chest,
ready to devour life.
Awakening, identified by a slight thickness,
ever so slight.
Confirmed by rays of energy,
burnt onto a Plasticine membrane.
A plague of cells out of control,
toiling for dominance,
determined to win.
But it will not, I will fight.
Excise the evil, take it all.
Am I half of Venus without both.
Willful poisoning to survive.
Amid the vomiting, dizziness, and weakness.
I test the will to live.
Recovery is tedious, agonizingly slow.
Day by day,
looking forward to a day without the fear
of envelopment by the darkness.
Categories:
envelopment, health, inspirational, life,
Form: I do not know?