Embraces and Release
...“Embrace and Release”
In the quiet of night, I pondered—
the art of severing ties, like pruning a tree.
The weakest links, once tightly bound,
now set free, like a maiden’s unclasped bra.
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Categories:
forebrain, allusion, america, analogy, angst,
Form: Blank verse
I Am Back Again
...A long night to think about
about cutting people out of my life
the weakest link. A makeover for 2022
And release the tightness from my chest
Like a Maiden form bra, that drove...
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Categories:
forebrain, abuse, addiction, age, allusion,
Form: Free verse
Gray Grandpa's Last Words By Beside
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A s usual
B efore bedtime
C ome sit with me he did say
D onald Dennis my grandpa
E tering the inner room curtain
F alling by his bedside we
G athering almost in a circle
H earing his old ...
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Categories:
forebrain, age, blue, children, family,
Form: ABC
A Look of Revelation
...Symbols and sigils flood the forebrain as I walk through the metal and wired glass doors. With an whoosh of air, they close as if mocking the breath I had held in too long. Fear beaded in the sweat o...
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Categories:
forebrain, betrayal,
Form: Haibun
Soul Walkers
...The walkers ... aimless and ambling,
stagger, strut and stumble toward
their solitary scenarios.
An occasional erect form jogs
the stomping sound of feet submerged
in the staccato hum > the rapid fir...
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Categories:
forebrain, life, music, nature, uplifting,
Form: Free verse