Sometimes what you fish
May not be what you wish
Be careful still
Even a fishbone can kill
Categories:
fishbone, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
In the centre of the valley of death
Grows the tree of life.
The bones that feed the roots,
Spread its branches
Upwards to touch a fishbone sky.
Awakening is opening an umbrella.
Just as it starts to rain.
Categories:
fishbone, death, religious, self, symbolism,
Form: Didactic
when did we stop.
how did your open face
close its door...
it was alive before
why does your back
say more
than determined
silence on closed lips
tweed fishbone pattern
second skin, defensively
crafted around
dismissive gestures
where did we halt
increasing pace
did we displace
what once was harmony?
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May 25, 2017
Copyright © Darren White
Categories:
fishbone, love, silence,
Form: Free verse
Dog with a fish bone
She wants me now
She wants me not
She wants no one else to have me
She wants me to care
She wants me to appreciate her
But, she doesn't want to let me in
She wants me
But she wants me not
She wants my attention
She wants my time
She's even jealous of other women
But, she doesn't want anything to do with me
She wants me now
She wants me not
She's like a dog with a fish bone
Can't have me, can't let me go.
Categories:
fishbone, confusion, love,
Form: Free verse
Fashion shoe treads imprinted on the bisque beach
global longtitude/latitude design airborne print in flight
Honeycomb print slowly pacing synchronising footsteps
Concentric wave prints grouping Fine detail pattern soul
beside clearly printed diamond fishbone sports design
Heavily studded trail souls tread along large paw prints
Simply dotted aerobic shoeprint next to little dog paws
A new soft pink fluffy seaweed floats in lacy ocean foam
Large horseshoe prints clomp digging deeply in the sand
Smaller horseshoes gather meeting near a water trough
Fresh green seagrass clumped like freshly cut long lawn
cradles long ball strands of yellow ochre squirting beads
Bare feet touching soft sticky sand immersed wet in water
Naked footprints side by side breathing beach vibrations
Two lovehearts drawn in the light brown sand interlocked.
Sandcastles decorated with shells sit sturdily on the shore.
Categories:
fishbone, adventure, animals, life, nature,
Form: Alliteration