Feeling sluggish, shelled.
Lithely lingering in the dust and grime.
Palette grey and dull, devoid of crisp bright hues,
Brushes all furry, frayed, blunt, incapable of fine detail.
Apathy and complacency palls to gloom and doom in my room.
Inactivity and being non-committal, chokes the creative urge, to be stillborn.
But then, words and poetry flood into the brain during sleepless nights.
There's no stopping it.
Its spell, dispels the squashes, and quells the squishes to splats.
Categories:
lackluster, feelings, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Lackluster is my middle name
You see, I’m rather ordinary
To renown I have no claim,
I’m to be expected, customary.
Some call me rather mediocre
In truth, I know I’m mundane
Certainly not a powerbroker,
I’ll be unquestionably plain,
Admitting I’m not very smart
But I do know my way around
And, friends, I’ve a good heart
My feet firmly on solid ground.
Written August 24, 2022
Categories:
lackluster, fun, giggle, humorous, me,
Form: Light Verse
Come to me with a heart truly sincere,
I am fed up of your games and eyewash;
And your pure pretenses in every sphere,
Stop existing like a capricious bosh...!
Don't act like living and live like acting,
Though life has sequence of action each stage;
When acts, by flaunts and flirts, turn distracting,
Life remains void ever; an empty page...!
Hypocrisy is not a stage-manner,
Potent actors are never white-washed tombs;
Truth, often, like a rigorous scanner,
Pierces through even tightly secured rooms...!
Learn from flowers that never in life bluff,
Living a life fully true too is tough...!
13 July 2022
Categories:
lackluster, life,
Form: Quatorzain
N-ever be lackluster,
O-r you'll end up in sorrow;
R-efrain from being blue,
M-ake your heart
A-glow.
S-o never be lackluster,
I-n your daily performance;
L-et not your life lack for sheen,
A-im for the shining radiance.
G-od's love February fifteenth
A-llows your day to be brighter;
N-o reason to be indifferent, never be lackluster.
Categories:
lackluster, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
You lack what I have.
You can't have it back,
because your lack is my gain.
Lacks define your success.
The less you have the better.
But, a life with too many lacks is lackluster,
a life spent lolling and loitering
is lackadaisical bliss.
It is a half-hearted half-life, ruined by deficiencies.
So count your lacks, one by one
and get rid of them.
Be fulfilled as you fill your lacks,
like a dentist fills cavities.
Categories:
lackluster, inspiration,
Form: Free verse