Lucid Explanations For Living
Luminous virtuosity that lies dormant all your life
Numerous animosities that combine to form violence and strife
Curious curiosities for the emperors fifth wife
Numerous generosities that involve the back stabbing of a knife
Automatically mistaken for another person by someone you love
Biographically misshapen by the author as the truth is left out to the shove
Colour-graphically laden by the images of heaven from above
Instamatically forsaken by the grapevine from a dove
Elevations of inspiration cascading from the moonlit horizon
Revelations of observation parading bright without the lights on
Celebrations of invocations that serve only to enliven
Collaborations of confirmation that momentum forms only to syphon
Elucidate the concept as you illustrate the notion
Repudiate the precept while you hover above the ocean
Rejuvenate the incept as you maintain the sincerity of your devotion
Recuperate the sunset while you transpire without commotion
By Elizabeth Moroz Copyrifht 2025
Someone broke my best friend’s heart.
They’d been together throughout the entire lock-down.
And even though it looks like we’re entering a freer time,
he said it felt like she’d become part of the claustrophobia.
Explanations can snag on nerves like fishhooks.
I often write
What pops into my mind
And not what's in my heart
That explains
All the cockamamie rhymes
And most of the crazy parts
work
DODOITSU
BUMBLE BEES WAX ©
Bumble bee hums a tenor
Fixated on honey mead
Wax walls honeycomb the young
Wings cool masses throughout!
truth
EXPLANATIONS ©
Explanations vary in voice
Questions without doubts marry
Answers close moments in time
Truths betwixt the minds!
truth
TRUTHS HOLD NO CERTAINTIES ©
I don’t brand deals jokingly
I take credence for myself
But the silky lined path fibs
My schemes ‘perch’ nowhere!
spell
NEVERLAND WITHIN ©
This ‘Neverland’ is all spell ©
Circling around nonsense turns
Giants and trolls open wide
Wallowing at the hillside
No entrance keys needed!
sprinkled
on our heads
sugar
on
a
frosty
cereal
making it all as sweet as possible
making the smokescreen as thick
as the best psychedelic light show
fogging up the stage
dementing our vision with tales of things
that never really happened &
coating them with flavorful language that
chills us with wonder,
numbing all of our questions
so that we may sleep the soundest sleep that we ever have
tonight---
oh
munch them right up
munch
munch
munch them
with a big fat smile that advertisers search far & wide for
munch
munch
munch &
please the deceit machine---
and by all means,
when you’re done,
be sure to ask for a second helping.
I can't begin to describe
The way I feel
When he walks into the room
A smile bigger than any other
Spreading across my face
As my stomach begins to twist
And the butterflies start to flutter
I wait for the sound of his voice
Wanting to feel his touch
I reach out for him
Wanting to pull him close
Beginning to realize the truth
Everyday I like him more
How this came to be
I will never know
It's something left unexplained
But I wouldn't trade it for anything
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