steel clouds once more freeze
bare trees comfort each other
ripped trunk holds it together
the sun shields its eyes
its flames dying in Winter
the core feels the biting chill
it is in my bones
deep set; can’t shake off the wolf
its gray-fur-stare is howling
my hands crisp and crack
tips and knuckles peel like bark
soulless rain drips down the oaks
my knees turn from lies
thinking themselves well in Spring
they limp like twigs before snap
cerise cheeks remind
the otherwise bleak weather
that seasons will change in time
sun will siphon miasma
Categories:
shake off, weather,
Form: Choka
I'm a soldier that fought in a mindless war
A love and hate battle at Mount Gilgamor
We lost sight of the love and friendship once shared
A wasteland of wreckage now beyond our repair
It's hard to pull myself out from the under the ash
But life must be lived after love's burning crash
The sun will rise on the morrow's line
But today I must grow from this difficult time
Get up! Get up! Shake off the dust!
Onward dear soldier
Go forward and trust
Though Im tempted to stay and lick my own wounds
I will do what is right and give him his room
I wipe carbon stained tears and rise in acceptance
Determined to win and let go of resentment
If this new chapter is to start off right
I must choose my battles carefully before entering the fight
I polish my armor and head for the gate
The war in this life is to choose love and not hate.
Categories:
shake off, goodbye, journey, moving on,
Form: Rhyme
Shake off stupor of lower mind
This earth life but a test
Let not dream forms contract and bind
Pause a moment to rest
Nothing to fear but fear
God’s here within, so near
Let thoughts of love endear
In joy caper
Shake off stupor
16-January-2022
Quietus
Categories:
shake off, fear, joy,
Form: Rhyme
The deer shake off the headlights
We sat in the car outside the
liquor store peering like deer, our eyes
following Pinky as she went in to
the store for a twelve pack of beer.
Our breathing stops. She's carded. Shucks.
Fake card works. Yes! Pinky time. She
sashays back, with beer and condoms, smiling.
connie pachecho
4/12/17
Note-Kwansaba 7 sentences/lines containing 7 words in each?
Categories:
shake off, adventure, growing up, youth,
Form: Kwansaba