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Two days ago, I started to dance,
But my neighbour, from his house, caught a glance.
I saw his smiling face,
But his exact expressions were tough to trace.
I smiled at him back.
Next day I saw him walking down the stairs,
I passed by him, without any care.
But he turned back and greeted with a smile,
I was pushed into an unknown space for a while.
After sometime, I got back on track.
Few months hence, I met him on the train at noon,
Then fell upon me from the Abode of God , a boon.
There was something his eyes wanted to tell,
Suddenly,he spoke " You dance really well".
I was taken aback.
I was so immersed in his essence,
What I desired for was only his presence.
I wanted to be his forever,
As I could part with him never.
Unaware, It was destiny's best hack.
Now, we are together since years,
My happiness is his and mine are his tears.
We have embarked on a journey of togetherness,
All that matters to me is his happiness.
Every moment is a bundle of joy that we stack.
In a place, In another time was where it all initiated
A bombed out place with mixed climatic systems, Reinstated
But moving on in this place gave me a cerebral pulsation
For within and outside these boundaries, I knew no realization
Was it entirely fictional in all its worth, Or was there sense to my thoughts
I knew paradises face was not written in the smoke, With cascading numerics and
endless noughts
My perceptions redeemed the credible flashes of reality, But I was in suspension
I agonized walking through splinters of fire and wrath in this cultured dimension
I caught a hollow lie in my head, Which was rhythmic until it spread
It was then that I realized this place was not real, Only a fantasy in my head
And then I became aware that this existence was never ending wonder
Looping and cascading, Everything with psychedelic elegance, A shattering electric
thunder
Brilliance came forth in verse and actuality, Amongst my mind their thoughts
manipulated
A cataclysmic pulse scored my spine, As if I was charged, But deep within felt
simulated
Anything in composite material form was reassuring, But the dreams struck like
death
Nothing in this world titled Arcadia with flesh, Only skeletons with expired breath
Arcadia has claimed its child, Swallowing in gulps, And taken aback by the ferocity
I am the Tempest swirling in all dimensions, breathing in the atrocity
The End.
Form:
In my schooldays I had a stream to sit on its bank in cool air
Tender fingers moving in my hair with grace in the form fair
As I grew up the stream disappeared in order to make room
For the needs of her moving times with new stems and bloom
The other day an elderly lady called at my office with her team
At first I was taken aback and then kept looking at the stream
The same sparkle a little diffused in the eyes still lingers
In my bald head I felt restlessness for the reassuring fingers
For some moments I was focused on my memory shred
Moist eyes looking in her face and blossom in purple and red
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May 21, 2016
For: Last Line Prompt – 2 – Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Julia Ward
There you are going to bed at night
not knowing what's in store
as your head hits the pillow
mysteries surround imaginations door
You're in a land far away
where the sky's completely blue
far and wide that's your outlook
what a picture seems all true
The ground where you stand
is fully and completely white
so transparently crystal clear
no speck of darkness in sight
Everybody around you so friendly
having capacity to understand all
no matter each one's language
you hear and know each one's call
Living in a house so grand
maids and servents plenty abound
meeting your ever giving want
you've indeed landed on amazing ground
Then you meet your beautiful bride
so attractive her beauty takes you aback
who is this gorgeous creature?
there's nothing else you lack!
What a world indeed is this
to live in it is something new
never again to waken up
except next to your beloved Sue!
There is lousy luck at a slot machine.
We play roulette after blackjack.
The table games are just as mean.
Below the dealer’s ace, there is a jack.
Bet on red, but it comes out black.
Lady Luck disappears this day.
It looks as if she’s hit the sack.
Why did we come down here today?
The summer is a pleasant as I have seen.
Tourists come to this town in an attack.
But you would prefer the casino scene.
The winds are keeping our ship aback.
Lower and lower goes each chip stack.
Seven-out at craps makes me say,
“common sense is what most people lack.”
Why did we come down here today?
The situation we’re in is hardly serene.
Today, I am hardly taken aback.
My wallet is holding less and less green.
Our express train has gone off the track.
Whatever happened to your gambling knack?
It appears as if it’s gone away.
I just hope I don’t have a heart attack.
Why did we come down here today?
Right now, I can’t even afford a snack.
I know we’ll be back again some day.
What I went through, most guys can’t hack.
Why did we come down here today?
The other day I was taken aback by something a young girl in the bookstore said…
It made me lose my perspective as my expectations ran away with my head.
This can happen when I least expect it and I usually get burned
which immediately brings me back to reality…and allows my humility to return.
She stared at me…I smiled…she said, “Excuse me but you look like….
and here is where my curiosity took over…as my expectations spiked…
I bet she’s going to say Sean Connery…and how would I respond
if she thinks I bear a resemblance to the best of all the Bonds?
If not the inimitable James Bond…perhaps she thinks I am a clone
of the older, strong and adventurous...father of Indiana Jones!
By this time in my own head my sensibilities were blurred…
I mean…I don’t even like martinis…not shaken…not even stirred.
Still to be mistaken for James Bond…now that would be a feat
that would make my day at work…totally complete.
Back to the girl standing in front of me…once my face she finished appraising…
“You look just like…my Grandpa.” She said, “the resemblance is amazing.”
I smiled as my ego plopped back to Earth…but I realized instantly…
that looking like her Grandpa was good enough for me.
Because she made the remark so innocently…with such elegance and grace…
and the mere mention of her Grandpa brought a smile to her face.
Expectations are a funny thing, however
for as she left the store this thought upon me dawned…
I wonder if her Grandpa was ever mistaken for James Bond?
She was that pretty female figure who dazzled every one
She would easily repulse advances while getting a load of the goodies
She could take the drinks you offered with a sublime smile for an apology
Many are the tables not to mention bed her essence has graced
She was the most skimply and seductively dressed on any occasion
Coco Mohan's Hagger Black pear Space Q campus clubs she frequented
Exchanging one dollar loaded Hank for another of her liking
So I was taken aback to a few months down the line to find her
On her knees begging her new hot loaded catch.. 'babe am not like that's
Babe am begging on my knees kindly understand and accept me
See She had found her Mr right but the environment was unchanged
So the ugly past head kept rearing up and disrupting her happily ever after
She had found love but fate and destiny was not yet done with her
Cupid had shot his arrows and softened this heart to a placating soul
We all watched tongue tied not intervening.. babe babe am not like that
She begged in earnest but her partner knew which emotional strings to pull
He used guilt trapping to make her clingy and an emotional mess
A part of me felt sorry for I noted this as emotional abuse
I fell short on naming this relationship toxic lovers web
I reprimanded myself on my psycho analytical approach to relationships
See I have been watching and I believe She is ready to settle down
That is if her prince charming doesn't destroy her emotionally
I pray they mature to a level of friendships and mutual care
Taking gentle care with each other's hearts while recognizing they all have a past
Shouldn't be too hard to forge a strong relationship with mutual love n care
She finally makes him stop his indicting words and offer loving tokens
She has a hand that gently pull his heart string but the emotional luggage
She will have to overcome and allow herself to forgive her own self..
While giving room for another to love her fully and unreservedly
I leave wishing them happiness in their utopian relationship
AWE WITH YOU
I am amazed
Filled with astonishment
Surprised
Filled with amazement
And I'm in awe with you
Of all of the things you do
I am in awe with you, I am in awe with you
I'm astounded startled
Filled with wonder
Lost for words
Discomposed
None of this has to do with luck
Stunned thunderstruck
And I'm in awe with you
Of all of the things you do
I am in awe with you, I am in awe with you
Unable to believe one's eyes and ears
Wonder struck shaken up
Taken aback flabbergasted
Dazed filled with awe
I was bewildered bemused
Flummoxed floored knocked for six
Bowled over Lord God blown away
Mercy me I'm gobsmacked staggered
I'm in awe, in awe, in awe ahhhh...
Lord God, I am in awe with you
And I'm in awe with you
Of all of the things you do
I am in awe with you, I am in awe with you
3/21/18
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018
Such a force is electricity
it's such a dangerous force
it can't be taking for granted
for it's a active living source
It's so much part of modern age
so many appliances we have nowadays
without electric power it be no use
many new inventions leaves one amaze
Remember my first job after school
electrical apprentice was my role
many a story I could tell
drove many up the pole
In these days caused many a shock
even myself was literally taken aback
such currents didn't taste too good
when left on floor on the rack
So the lesson is very clear
be very careful with electric
keep yourself far from it
it's current can make you sick!
(This is wriiten from my experience as Apprentice electrician in my first job where I was found out to be colour blind, this showed me to get a few shocks.)
There’s this terrible strife in my life
That leaves me feeling sore
Good that you took away the knife
So, I can soar some more
I’m awfully sorry, dear, I can’t help myself anymore
You’re the one I truly adore to the deepest core
I need someone beside me right now somehow
I wipe the sweat of sheer shame from my brow
There are these flashbacks in the past
They are so vast and they happen so fast
Cast away my fears and tears – sorrow won’t last
Sorrow won’t last at last and we are happily aghast
There are far too many flashbacks that I can’t take back
I’m mesmerized and hopeless as I put on my backpack
Our love is powerful and passionate cuz we keep track
There are tons of hope and faith I lack – I am taken aback
The future is haunting me and I lament like no tomorrow
The future is also taunting me, telling me there will be sorrow
I blame it on my flashbacks…
I blame it on my flashbacks…
Those, I can’t take back…
I don’t want to keep track
I want to move forward
I don’t want to be awkward
But, I want what’s real…
You think it’s no big deal,
But it is to me…
Can’t you see?
Can’t you see?
Can you demolish the flashbacks I have right now…?
I had so much hope and it’s been taken away from me somehow