Short Naively Poems

All the world's a Beethoven's note
      sprouting from naively planted seeds
      blooms into branches of efflorescence
      under the half eaten moon of violence...

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All I had was youth.
Beautifully wrapped,
aimed at the past.

No one took it,
no one drained it.
And I naively let it fade.

All I have now is hair.
That's neither too much
nor certain....

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Thinking no further than today
Almost naively believing
Tomorrow may or may not come

Know everything has its price
Especially naiveté



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted in March, 2018...

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What are these
small, toothless skulls?
I asked naively;
What are they? What?
They are the skulls
of babes taken from their cradles
abandoned to die and rot.






"No Teeth" first appeared in Fantasy and Terror 5, 1985....

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Joseph,was father Jacob's favourite son
Naively elite,for one so young
Sharing his dreams,he was made to rue
Even though they were prophectically true-
His older brothers' envy,soon showed through.

More of this story @ Gen Chap 37,& 42 thru 45...

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no longer
sighing
thinking
of the time
squandered
on distorted
illusions
and dreams
of the future
naively
wishing 
his youth
away
through the eyes
of the child
he was                   



AP: 3rd place 2021

Posted on April 21, 2019...

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naively I assumed
everyone is driven
by a craving
for happiness

nothing could
be further
from the truth

were it even
remotely true
and things so simple
we would all know
peace on earth   



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on April 27, 2019...

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I pay the bank for this 
Very bank used for standing
And staring with nothing left
To do but rob Peter, forget Paul
I didn’t like him very much anyway
Dollar dropped is a dollar lost to me
Investing naively in the will of free lies
To prepare for a future without living the life...

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You were naively Half,
oblivious to little quirks.

Thn you met another Half,
a way to feel whole
beyond quirks.

And so you gave
and gave some more,
opening up room for completeness.

Now, they are gone.
The pulsating quirks are alone,
alone like never before they knew you....

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didn't you see it?
my sheer adoration
how happy I was around you
the childlike giddiness
like a 5-year-old who wanted more
demanding more
naively trusting you
the older sibling
or priest-like figure
who indulged me
swept me away
and left me
like a child lost 
at an amusement park
abandoned 
by the person 
she cared about most...

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The dawn's quiet benediction
sanctified the soft drizzle
that dripped through the canopy
of that majestic mahogany,
touching my humbled head,
silently anointing me.


Strange, but through shut eyes
I could more clearly see,
and, ever more firmly,
I believed in forever,
and, somehow, naively,
felt truly saved all over !...

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vulnerable people
easily hurt
quick to show feelings
unfamiliar with wall building
protect self in no way
naively believe everyone
lovingly giving third and thirteen chances
wanting to believe the best always
easily hurt, easily betrayed, easy to fool
idealistic, loyal, true blue 
Vulnerable people
I cannot get enough of you...

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The chiming bell
Is about to tell
Those who tragically fell
And couldn’t their inner riot quell;
Right now withdrawn into their shell,
That all shall with them be well
And their hearts again with pride swell
After power-packed prayers in their home cell
And, thus, none to their soul naively sell,
Too an anxious waiting devil in hell...

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To Find God

“Where can we find God?”
Impetuously, they ask.
—The dead can’t find God.

“How will we find God?”
They persist as if righteous.
—You won’t, God finds you.

“How high shall we climb?”
They at the bottom question.
—'Til you reach heaven.

Naively they rest
Believing God will rescue.
Satan stalks the flock....

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What is in beauty that can make you agony?
What is in love that seems to tear you apart?
Why would supposedly delightful things become painful?

We are born and we grow up selfish, that is why!

We wish naively to own beauty.
We wish arrogantly to control love.
We wish, after all, what is utterly impossible!

And the impossible hurts more than any other thing!...

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I have never held a grudge.
Yet, I have learned many lessons.
No acid, tears, anger, or vengeance.
Solely, absent from further sessions.
Not a head of rock,
nor a heart of poison.
Avoid the outlining chalk,
brought by harmful potion.
Trying always to forgive,
for I am no perfect bet.
But wisdom has taught me this.
It is naively dangerous to forget.

-Angel Fatale-...

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Listen to poem:

Naively we think objectivity is easy
that we are immune to implicit bias,
but our history, background and experiences
are subjective and complicit.
For how would we be different
if we trod another path
donned another's shoes,
re-traced the footprints
that other's left for us to follow.
But such simulation can never subrogate
For we are what we are and that becomes us....

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Lightly stepping on
Fluffy clouds of promises
my eyes wide open
in a sky of certain lies
no fluff left to break my fall 


Restlessly sleeping    
on fluffy pillows of trust
eyes closed naively
in a bed of broken dreams
no fluff left to protect me            



By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, January 31, 2012
For Fluff contest

First Place finish in Carol Brown's Fluff Contest...

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A Misanthrope
The shape I am
Whom you reflect upon me
And where we actually belong

In times of prejudice
In times of conflict
You exacerbate the lives we live
In demolition, you retrograde all
And in conclusion

You eradicate many.
You.
Eradicate.
Many.

Naively
You made me a Misanthrope
And everybody else
Where we hate
And distrust mankind
Of our own humanity

Sad, isn't it?...

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We were an innocent couple,
We were naively sweet
Fluffy and soft
Embarking on a great love
We were an unremarkable couple
Just a couple of lovebirds
Sharing secrets, passing notes
We were an uncomplicated couple
I loved her and she loved me
And we just wanted to hold hands
And always be together
Fluffy and sweet,
Coyly smiling
Making wishes
And stealing kisses
We were an unbreakable couple
When we were seven...

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My Shell cracked open,

Releasing me unto the world,

Completely exposed to life

Fragile and vulnerable as snow,

The Wind scrapes my face,

The humming of birds pierces my ear,

My feet bleed from the remorseless ground,

I make haste to my defense,

Shattered to the ground,

I seize the shells,

Naively I try to repair the damage,

Despair is me for there is no solution,

I am bare and afraid,

And the shell that has cracked cannot be closed...

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Under a red derided sky
do we masquerade as
misshapen mannequins
within a material vortex
of ubiquitous satirical lies,  
as our individuality
is consumed, even crucified
within a mantra of ‘must have’     
in a commercialistic existence 
we naively profess to accept 
and allow to permeate
into our everyday lives,
as ‘they’ bombard our instincts
and distort the innate desires
we so rationally justify
as ‘their’ subliminal messages
enter our sub-conscious minds?...

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You're my miniature Messiah,
You're my temporary saint. 
You naively think you own me
And have a right to voice complaint.
You tell me I'm the sinner,
And chastise the things I do.
But to demonise the blood of Christ
Is surely sinning too.

So I ask you psuedo-saviour,
What on Earth would Jesus do,
If he looked down on your life
And started scrutinising you?
So judge me, scorn me, look down on me,
And I think you will find:
A sober heart is often spoken
Through a drunken mind....

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07.06.2009

Ode to a lover

Watch your Queen die,
Oh lover,
Watch as she flows away,
Watch her wise vision blurring,
Memories fading to gray,
Watch her suffer in silence - 
As blind destiny calls,
Watch death break, mercilessly,
Your un-eternal bond.

Watch as all that you hoped for
Goes forever astray,
As her lips lose their color,
While you naively pray -

For no angel can help you,
Now that her time has come -
Your Forever is over,
Now that hers -
Has begun…...

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