Short Headedness Poems

Emotions up and down,
spinning out of control,
light headedness,
fuzziness,
all of a dither,
my mind can't deliver,
such emotive thoughts.

Try to shut away in a box in my head,
they are not in charge of me,
I am in charge of them,
keeping busy is the answer,
for a mediocre happy ever after,
pretty thoughts of a life after,
but for now, living for the day I can live the life i'm after....

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Gleaming stars in a Chinese percaline teacup
around its rim golden dragons loop the loop.

If the vessel had been larger
a trillion lights could have shone
from that Jasmin infusion.

A young man could get drunk,
a mere youth could lose his mind
looking upon the delicate hand
that offers it to him.

Green orient eyes smile
knowing the spell
will work then and yet later.

A much older man
drinks tea from a mug,
a memory still engendering
a fragrant light-headedness....

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