Short Softener Poems

Collect memories 
Threaded with delicacy
Softened with the love
Obtained with true forgiveness
Caressing the soul and mind...

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A short ditty
Or a simple wee verse
Ink barely spent before creases form
And then the darkness comes.

Jeans in the laundry
The scent of powder and softener
Blanching colours
As forgotten words wash away.






Form: Free Verse...

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Busy Geisha, it is about a softener!

   I chased Asma Ul Husna
   I learned Az zahiru
   I learned Al Batinu,

   Then I looked into the clear blue lake
   In the depth of the sky.
   And waited for the entire day!

   As it seemed, the prompt was
   "Busy Geisha, it is about a softener!"...

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Little do I care if bleach is generic
Or if fabric softener or detergent
Some bad personality flaws become chronic
Little do I care, if well you really meant

What brings me care is negative remarks spoken_
Harsh words pour forth like rain released kinetic
Energy, power released never to be unbroken
Words that leave my heart's state of being semantic

Semantic=Affected role...

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Peroxide blonde and covered in petals,
Bleach kills flowers - She’s less softener than metal
A body rooted in pride, trying to run, Jackal and hide. 
There’s some double entendres, catch them if you can,
There’s something about her, try to find it, you’ll both be damned. 
To Cinderella she’s her own step sister,
Crying out for love, afraid of those who’d listen.
Just someone out there longing for a cause in existence,
Just someone out there, longing for a reason to stay persistent...

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