Reassembled Poems

Not Good Enough

...Abstract ideas flitter about in my brain
like butterflies navigating a stiff August breeze.

I try unifying them into something,
a patchwork quilt of grandiose dreams
showcasing profound thought...

The Acolyte

...The caffeine on my desk
and bags under my eyes
are evidence of my faithfulness—
devotion to a beast
to whom I've pledged eternal fealty.
The ache in my knuckles
and the draining battery on my l...

Tunnels

...Tunneling through nightscapes,
weightless moon doll escapes. 
Collapsing space-time,
the pages and pages,
of fluttering windblown stages
in quantum nonlocality,
a graphic novel engages.
	
Bur...

Everything one has forgotten cries for help in the dream

...Everything one has forgotten cries for help in the dream.
In the depths of the night, where darkness spreads its wings like a velvet mantle,
I float through the restless ocean of my thoughts, where...

Piece Left and Ignored

...Piece Left and Ignored


        A beach ball stuck in rafters of a pool
         resting in same position since last seven years,
            as I visit the pool off and on.
              The ...

White Light

...WHITE LIGHT

daylight
coming in
intrusive
caught sight
of
the
minimal
 after-images
hanging
in the air

time
 become
 often
a
beginning
 unstretched
 uneven
 or
discarded
curls
...

Taming the Trauma

...TAMING THE TRAUMA

a leitmotif
 forever
a delicate moment
 buffeted &vulnerable
 a microcosm
of sentiment
 unsubtle
 reinforced

complications
of the
 romantic relationship
  which
eli...

The Prince

...The older lady dreamt she married a prince! 
Whose face, unfortunately, reassembled a quince.

So much money...why....she had plenty. But love? 
She longed for sultry-eyes, with young knights apl...

Springtime

...The watch repair: nearly all done
All parts reassembled, save one
A spring in the air
Brought groans of despair
When time flies, it's not all that fun!

—————


For the “Spring In Ai...

Backscattering

...She gazed at the looking glass, but the mirror refused to grant her a preview of what might happen, a clear picture of where she had been and if she existed at all, the spectre of the moment seemed t...

Blessings From Demise

...And then the blunders of the past merged into serenity. Tranquility 
ensued where wild storms had been raging.‘Safe travels’, they whispered 
‘now you’re prepared and able to let go.’ The past beca...

The Assembly

...Together we stood inside the outdoor gazebo 
chanting our oms like precious children that we were
Mingling our minds, color smidgens of pure bliss  
with a splash of wind , we lost concrete;   
M...

How Absurd It Seemed

...How Absurd it Seemed


Ah, those memories, so well refined, reworked, revised to meet the failings of memory – or the shame of remembrance.  Tinged now with humor’s hubristic insolence, fleece cov...

Broken Pieces

...Broken pieces
intermingled
scatteredshatters
unsorted
reassembled
a mosaic of madness
blending
scars and flaws
into the beauty
of a shared life.

John G. Lawless
©3/10/2019...

The Troubled Client

...My most troubling client
told me he died last night.

While this did not appear to be his somber case,
nor, sadly,
did my home office silently resound
like this was his actual historical peace,...

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