Short Downturned Poems

A Broken Mirror 
A Distorted Face 
A Shattered Heart 
A Clear Distaste 

A Fallen Tear 
A Reddened Eye 
A Downturned Mouth 
A Year Gone By 

A Loaded Gun 
A Finished Fear 
A Bloodied Wall 
A Broken Mirror...

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Black-eyed Susan, a Summer doll.
Bright, yellow, with downturned petals.
My childhood shadow skips along
the trail with honeysuckle scent.

Flow’rs stunning in a garden fete.
Her sunrays smile in a vast field.
Petals dance in a circle ‘round
Susan’s sun-soaked, ebony eye....

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timeout

polished sandstone grains
fine trickle through time's measure
in downturned hourglass


            made out of dust

man grinds man to dust
harsh words make quicksand for him
dust speaks up for dust


           Elah unveiled

in Elah's vale
a stone's throw from enigma
gigantic hate falls...

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I once wore a thick, black mask
That made me seem tough, bad
Covered my eyes, nose, and mouth
So I could not see my foes
Or smell the stench of their insults 
My downturned mouth shut
My silence suggesting I was okay
Unaffected by their attacks
Until one day the mask fell
Revealing my thin, peach-colored skin
And I quashed them with my true self
More powerful than my armor...

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It is as cold as the tomb 
When its thick white blanket 
Shrouds the now dormant earth 
Pristine and pure 
Muffling sound 
Making us the living dead. 

Up above sparkle the icy heavens 
Sending down the deathly 
Pallor of the moon. 
Downturned knives of icicles 
Stand guard over windows 
Frosted with runic designs. 

Resurrection from this suspended 
State of animation 
Recommences with the thaw 
When the icy daggers drip 
Reproclaiming the essence of life....

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