As I sit here in the dark,
the definition of life crosses my mind.
What if it were imaginary?
A memory of someone else's time,
As I contemplate the idea
That there would be no me without you
Sends a void space to the corners of my eyes.
Now the darkness that I didn't see
Becomes a light in my mind.
Speeding to airport on way to meeting
car skidded on highway, somersaulted
landed in ditch, wheels whirling
plopped there, unscathed, stunned, calm, what next ?
Miraculously CAR LIFTED ITSELF
back onto road, continued to airport
arrived safely at meeting, EXALTED
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[Poet’s Note : Moment happened whilst
working for a National Educational NGO,
having to travel regularly to various cities to oversee projects __
A moment in time
A feeling sublime
A person you barely know
Takes on a lovely glow
The two of you embrace
You sense a state of grace
Nothing is withheld
The two of you just meld
Something you’ve never felt
Into each other you melt
Thoughts can not relate
Is this my soulmate
Is this hug too long
Could this be wrong
I have to let go
Will I ever know
Did they feel the same
Should I feel shame
It had to happen sometime
Are we the perfect rhyme
day
begins
with snow fall
and winds blowing
spinning and swirling
I turn on the fireplace
and make a cup of coffee
and settle in with my blanket
as I snuggle in kitty comes too
on a table is my cell and laptop
but first I the watch television news
I sit quietly sipping coffee
now I am informed turn it off
my kitty cat wants some pets
her purrs are so calming
I check my cell phone
check my laptop
my eyes close
need nap
first
When I saw the snowdrops green lips
Breathless kiss nodding on a cool spring breeze
Watching the petals closing slowly
as twilight begins setting scenes
for darkness only captures space
inside a misty mountain's temple
Venus your starlight brightly shines over
crossing silver as you enter the oceans of a soul
Bewitched by a flower dancing lost under a magic spell
As the music played, eyes strayed,
She moved; she grooved...On fire!
Her hands explored, own flesh adored,
She read then fed my desire.
Together we danced, eyes romanced,
Lust slipped its script to her.
My body baked, hunger ached,
Lips brushed, blood rushed, a blur.
We left the hub, the seething club,
Outside my stride was strong.
Her pad was near, intentions clear,
Clothes ripped, she stripped to a thong.
Fingers dived, on fervor arrived,
Keen hands took command of me.
Fell to her knees, desperate to please,
Die cast, hard and fast her plea.
My hands found hair, torrid affair,
My mind was blind from bliss.
She pulled away, a game to play,
She crawled then called for a kiss.
Clothes were gone, two became one,
Inside my pride did swell.
Hard and deep, heat's tempo we'd keep,
We'd fight for the right to excel.
A war was waged, a battle raged,
Our cries the prize we shared.
I felt it build, almost fulfilled,
Not yet, her threat, eyes glared.
I did respond and went beyond,
I tried, we cried and won.
Together we came, eyes aflame,
Enraptured we'd captured the sun.
Don’t you just love it, that moment in time
When you have been lacking a half decent rhyme
When sentences started do not feed the next
When what your next verse is is leaving you vexed
When that first line reads like a Shakespeare or Byron
But every line two, trips a ‘Bad Gramma’ siren
When that one idea that was smart or ironic
Turns out to be, at its best… embryonic
When nothing else gels in that dark empty space
That lingers above and behind a blank face
The grey matter there that is tired and stressed
Has let you down badly… by doing its best
When all of this and much more is the truth
Suddenly you could go dance on the roof
You dare not presume that you’ve pulled back that hood
But penning one poem feels so Goddammed good.
feet displacing sand
water filling up the space
imprint vanishing
Should I search for you through lotuses of gold
or climb pyramids of truth and go beyond the self?
If I were Ghost of Amdapor,
could I possibly un-clock the secret
of a shadow bringer's touch?
If I were perception at its best
would these emerald eyes transmute
into the umbra of your light?
If these wings of mine were Love
stretching further than the ocean blue,
could I cover you ?
If I were mercy's Angel
at deepest hour of need
would you be an echo of my living past
or the song of our tomorrows child
my love?
If I were yours and you were mine
inside this peaceful lake
I call my heart,
Would you be rock salt or would you be,
water.
Dec 9 2023
Every point in life you made a decision
Good or bad you live and you learn
Don't feel regret for the bridges you've burn
Just make do with the few trust you've earned.
Rather be drunk off liquor than be drunk off love
One brings hangover the other turns you into a monster
Even if you look to God for the answer
Dirty deeds can still be spread like cancer
Rather be here than there that's your thought being taken over by fair!
You're older now pity doesn't pave the way
How they felt about it came like a stray
For bullets have no name
And human was meant to be vein.
They all lie don't think for one day they haven't tried
Your girl, your mama, would stand there and deny
We've all tried but efforts and actions aren't aligned.
She hid the pain behind a smile
as she walked slowly down the aisle.
Her doubts she struggled to restrain
behind a smile she hid the pain.
Their chosen song the organ played,
She looked divine in gold brocade
a veil to match trailing along.
The organ played their chosen song.
Of jasmine scent a whiff she caught
to mind a picture swiftly brought
a one-night stand in secret spent.
A whiff she caught of jasmine scent.
She felt impaled by sword of guilt
that entered deep down to the hilt.
No breaths of healing were inhaled.
By sword of guilt she felt impaled.
She needed time to clear her mind
erase the present, press rewind
bring back the lustre, wash the grime
to clear her mind she needed time.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The film’s on ‘pause’. My fingers itch
to watch the rest, flick on the switch…
Will it be tears or loud applause!!
My fingers itch. The film’s on ‘pause’.
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This poem has been published in a PoetrySoup Anthology:
“Reflections on the Important Things” Nov 2023 (print)
Swap Quatrain Contest
Hosted by Emile Pinet
Placed 4th
4th October, 2022
reflecting on my reflection
on where i've been
and where i want to go
AP: Honorable Mention 2022
One moment in time
Carves your destiny
One decision made
Paves the path of possibility
Another choice made
A different road taken
Determines direction
Alternative paths forsaken
Ever wonder if you had made another choice
“Who and where would you be “
Another lifetime
Another destiny
In everyone's life there's one special moment
A moment that will live on forever never to be forgotten
My special moment occurred when I was fifty
This amazing lady came into my life
She will be remembered if I live till the end of time
It was one of those “once in a lifetime” attractions
Never to be experienced again
So many thoughts imagined
Calling from the mountain tops
To the valleys below
Whispering on a gentle breeze
Waiting for that magical moment
That moment when a new day begins
With its promise of peace
Of a world free of conflict
A moment in time
Is it possible?
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