Short Benumb Poems

lightning cracks the sky,

      thunders stun, benumb the brain,

            dance, December rain !...

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Rolling in circles down hill
My life revolving around a pill
Distraught here alone in my bed
Can’t tell my legs from my head
Sounds of cars driving on the road
What upon me has been bestowed
One day from the next has gone missing
The snakes of my life surround me, hissing
Waiting to strike and inject the poisonous venom
Resulting in my movements to cease and benumb...

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lightning cracks the day
                           thunders stun, benumb the brain
             dance, September rain

                                           and at darkest nights
                           when damp, dark-green foliage sleep
             with secrets to keep,

                                           fireflies stay hidden
                            to the stars unbeholden
             as moon melts golden...

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