Oh! illusion of all illusions
Art thou incarnated as Cupid?
Depicted ye with wings
And hath armed with love-shaft
Entwines ye many hearts of innocence
And warms thyself in their perdu passion
Thou drowns many hearts of sanctity love
Into your fathomless Lethe
And creates many insane encomiast
To eulogize thy illusion deeds
As Apollo transformed Clytie to sunflower
Thou endears innocent hearts bend towards you
Cadeceus, I pray unto thee, resurrect true-hearts
Whom the nebulous, fiend Cupid has entombed.
Categories:
illusionary, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
A crooked cobblestone street of windows
A maze of windows - creating a mournful meandering mirror
Watching, waiting, and wishing to be magical and magnificent
The brilliance of becoming something more
And as misty darkness undressed the Day
As luck would have it - wish granted, and it was a Monet.
Categories:
illusionary, art, beautiful, creation, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
They live in a world of illusions
Gripping onto their beliefs
Weaving a web of lies
Steering their journey through the tide
Are guardians of their pride
Masses who follow their rules
Followers of the deceitful fib
Enjoy a life of ease
The ones who supply them
With their fabricated visions
Shape their lives with lead
Are masters of this creed
But those who dare to speak the truth
Are victims of their dreaded cruelty
As a testimony of the act of defiance
Ruthlessly slaughtered in public
Hanged on the gallows of death
So, with their minds full of illusions
They dream of world domination
Or are pawns of a larger game
Leading to this devastating end.
Categories:
illusionary, allusion, death, imagery, journey,
Form: Free verse
Building your home
Besides a river
Is pure illusion
When there's big rain
Everything goes
Down the drain.
Categories:
illusionary, life, metaphor, wisdom,
Form: Light Verse
My perception of the world is illusory art
The darkness is absolute
Women suffering violent abuse
From the one who said, “I do.”
Men and women pushing dope
To innocent souls searching for hope
Carjacking, kidnapping, and kids without a father
Rape, fraud, human trafficking and manslaughter
Women tearing down each other and disrespecting their mothers
Men trample over society causing everyone to suffer
Shackles, chains; imprisoned in the brain
Depression and suicide
The world is insane
Neglected children needing somewhere to hang
“Hey Lil’ Bro come join our gang.”
There in the wake lies the devil’s den
Next level self-destruction surrounded by sin
Drive-bys, Do or die
We are brothers Fam
Lay down yo’ Life
“Do it for the homies, don’t let down the tribe!!”
Now you have a teardrop
For all the bodies that dropped
The executioner's face stays hidden
The judge handed you a sentence
Yet, you hold your head up high
Beaming with empty-headed pride
Because you didn’t snitch
On the one who left skeletons in a ditch
Their crimes stay hidden
The Hood Tale legend
“You can never get out!”
Written by Sherry B
@2024
Categories:
illusionary, 12th grade, allusion, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Park your delusion and drive your alter-ego
On the throughway to your minds highway.
Where function and dysfunction blend effortlessly
Without evidence of a contrasting memory.
Where comfort is meaningless
And discomfort the norm
Sending reality back
To its obsolete form.
Searching for affirmation
With a lack of information
In this current desolation
Without hope for maturation.
Where rationality
Is not a possibility
While living in a state of self-pity
Ignoring one’s ultimate mortality.
Unable to accept the reality of age
Because time cannot assuage
The questioning of one’s inner sage
While waiting for someone to turn the page.
Doomed to do the same again and again
Without a possibility to mend
The relationships with a friend
Until one’s ultimate end.
Categories:
illusionary, confusion,
Form: Light Verse
Moon atop the sea
All mysteries and shadows
Capturing my soul
Categories:
illusionary, imagination
Form: Haiku
I would like to thank you for your visit.
I have removed these poems for a distant future book publication.
I believe we poets, can make a difference
in this world. We live in the 21st century,
we have tools( technology), we have our past, and imagination.
We just don't have the courage, because
I guess most are afraid to fail, to loose money.
All I have to say is we can't take money with us,
when we die. I also say hasn't mankind failed enough,
and isn't mankind worth the effort, our children is worth the effort..
Thank you, and my your God Bless you
John E WordSlinger
Categories:
illusionary, imagination
Form: I do not know?
There it is
Just out of reach
If you grab it -
It will fall over the edge and take you with it.
An illusion
Not really there
Taunting you to act -
It seems so easy don’t let it trick you.
Some kill for it
Or so they think
But lose it trying to gain it -
Left with nothing but to face it.
There’s a secret
Only it knows
But here’s a hint -
Let it go and you’ll get it.
Categories:
illusionary, introspection, life,
Form: Dramatic Monologue