She moves through the black tunnel
unaided and untamed
as a child
coloring out of the lines
Fostered towards the light
in its movement
mussed -up hair of a lady
in a white robe carrying a glass orb
Where am I ? she questions
a fine tuned galaxy
answers in her darkest hour
YOU ARE !
Madness, lunacy, dementia
peppered words
at the edge of a brain
fighting for peace of mind
and recognition ...
Then, a Father's extended hand
"come child follow me"
all deeds and faith acknowledged
with no judicial sense of guilt
she draws a line, then climbs
One baby step at a time
closing in on Sanity
taking one step forward
towards death,
parting the curtains of time
she enters
the Great Divide !
Inside
blue ether,
she remembers, *everything !
Can you tell me where I am as I seem to be quite lost.
I need to find my home no matter what the cost.
I can not tell you very much and I don't know what to say.
I have walked for so long and seemed to lost my way.
I must have had a mum and dad and a loving caring home
But they sent me on this walk and left me all alone.
WHATS THAT YOU SAY I NOW UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ME .
TO A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE MY LIFE WITH A FOSTER FAMILY.
Who taught rationality to act in an evasive way?
I send him my love aches whenever I feel them.
He heard a story in the darkness of night.
Is he supposed to ignore me every morning?
I assured him I would always remember him.
I'm born from his pleasure of forgetfulness.
Autumn huddles on my palms.
Work your way up from my roots to my branches
Written: September 9, 2021
wanky waves wailed
rustled reeling rage
leering la-de-da lust
lanky leg's lurch
seeped'n smothered surge
tilts taunted cup
serves felon finger -
punctured palm rogered
kleptomaniac knuckles gulped
meagre contractions mated
bounty success birthed:
fostered fame's club.
'20:05:11:16:40
Note: A reflection on an African form of poetry called "Gammo" ... Was invited to submit a piece on it.
wet wits bruised
gaunt gifts glued
callous crest cruised
vying voluptuous views
dark dances drool
punctured praises puked
wanky wastes wielded
damped dribbles processed
pulpy pills possessed
sassy syllables etched'n
tactic trail, tensed
hanker hoisted, rent
fallible fate fostered
dripping damped clusters.
'20:03:17:15:01
Note: Dedicated to Aesop.
like taunted tiger
seeped'n saucy anger
felon fury fostered
fiery feelings triggered
callous claws smirk
dripping lanky lurch
saucy silhouette scribbled
with whooshing wiggle
naive cubs cobbled
as rustling rage
smite tainted trace
intruder felon phrase
same, salient emotions
strap squishy combustions.
'20:02:17:15:44
like heaven's eyes
seeped'n felon fire
hoisted heats hanker
dripping damp dissolvent
feeble flesh sighs
under brutal bite
same moaning melody
punctured passion pricks
reeling rusty rhythm
her eerie eyes
monstrous mystery plied
like fire smirks
fostered feeling's wood
burnt into nude.
'20:02:03:04:52
~Note~ See her only causes commotion.
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