Stuns Poems

Thief of Joy Steals The Day

comparison steals
the laughter from tomorrow -
shadow's reprimand
strangles joy of tender blooms
by coveting other fields

the spark of the self
wanes beside a brighter flame
lit in other hearths
creativity withers,
its bold wings torn by envy

what dawn promised
fades in light of noonday sun
inception undone
let what has started become
before the light of day stuns

self-worth is kindled
when the gaze is faced inwards
not outward in want
yearning for sufficiency
self-sown seeds of contentment

fountains join the streams
winds entwine clouds in the sky
rivers meet the seas
all of nature sings as one
in bright, shiny summer's day

Kaleidoscopic Night

Wild streams of rushing hues
daub black ink smudge skies 
fireballing ambience 
stuns night peepers dazed eyes
blazing forest scorched shades
mute charcoal moon’s deep cries

Be Amazed

Do you have a logical or enquiring mind ?
do you search for  the 'why',  that you want to find ?
do you wonder why,  we're here at all ?
the answers near, across the wall.

First take a look, at plants on earth
it's the biggest 'factory' for living things
and feeds the sea, for you, for me
and for all the creatures, that walk or wings.

It's takes it's energy from the sun
plants system , makes a billion tons
of sugars yearly, its conversion stuns
and one hundred times coal heat, no skeptic won

This is a snippet of what plants can do
if your an enquiring mind , is it by divine , design ?
or is it an accident it came about ?
Look to the earth, the answer....shouts.

Blue

May flora blooms exuding juniper fragrance
‘neath gleaming vernal azure canopies
fluorescence envelopes dewy sweet nothings
efflorescence aesthetic stuns and inspires
a hope once dormant to sparkle anew

Happily discontent, that I am, that I be

Happily discontent, that I am, that I be

now  future
happy   discontent
achievable  out of reach
joie de vivre  bags of regrets
what I am now  what I could be
love the journey  are we there yet?
live in the present  dream of becoming
I'm truly self made  I'm reactionary, dependent
let it be, let it be, now  endless mindful reflection
I’m restless, but at peace  unable to sleep, daydream
I’m thankful for many things  when will this nightmare end?
nothing is perfect, fully satisfies  quest for perfection ruins the journey
life is an ever evolving process  hit or miss, sink or swim, stuns growth
a chest full of good things in life  a pile of things underachieved, undone
thankful for what I’ve got so far  I want more, but I'm burdened by failures
acceptance without complacency  resentful, jealous of what others have
accept that creativity makes mistakes  counting failures, clutters & confounds

Little Girl

i was once a little girl
that girl wouldn't shed a tear
she was strong and brave and madly courageous 
she stuns me, every year 

she was made of steel
a heart of diamond 
loving like many, but it wouldn't be too obvious
she was everything she had to be, and more
she was everything she knew she'd never be once more 

that little girl
stood straight and steady 
even when the storm was too heavy
it was all roses and vines
until she grew up to have a life like mine

Murder On The Orient Expressed

Murder on the Orient Express--just?
Shorter the fuse tighten the screws,
sharper stuns the rushed, drug delays the hushed,
marker trashed refuse, clues confuse.

'Morning after sharpened scours the given,
charming entertains the witty,
earning their forthcoming thwarts admission,
forming and sorting out gritty.

Straightforward clues like manna from Heaven,
page foreword; Farmer's Almanac,
date onward, sow-reap, from whence transgression?
Came forward all, the common task. 

Burdened heavily, labored the righteous,
incessantly drew in favor,
descendancy ends by the impious,
death penalty, all-signed ... waiver.

                      Adieu, Poirot

Nature Surprises

Embrace by leisure
Nature's beauty stuns me
I awe with pleasure.

Fighting Gravity

(Anacreontic Verse)

Edging forward,
I hesitate –
Precipitous
The drop before me.
I take a breath
And steel myself.
A prayer, an oath,
A clench and a leap.
For a moment
I can fly –
Then earth pulls at me
And downward I plunge.
Wind in my hair,
Fear in my heart.
Adrenalin high
Kicks in and I hit.
The impact stuns,
The cool envelops.
Deep I go and
The pressure builds...
The darkness, too.
Lungs bursting,
I climb for light,
For air, for life,
And breaking through,
Again I'm free.

Divorce

           
Death of a relationship may be the result of one's
Indifference to the other's feelings and needs,
Vindictive words and actions, victimizing that stuns,
Or infidelity that devastates~~and a heart bleeds.
Romance may yet win out, dismissing pessimism.
Crying may cease, with time and the fading of past deeds.
Each step on the path leads to optimism.

Truce- Tb

Sun stuns through pines
Spun beams shine ‘round
Rhymes of found peace

The Unsupervised Stop Sign

Blazing sun stuns my eyes, sunglasses offer no respite.
Clammy hands tremble, as the steering wheel begins vibrating.
Arsenic heat suffocates, wrapping its hands around my neck.
Parched lips beg to hydrate, 
but 'Jeptha Creed' increases the intensity.
Thunder rumbles through my body,
as lightning strikes in 'desert storm' flashbacks -
all I see is red flags, red lights and red rage.

Feet seem cemented trying to find the break,
then stumble trying to regain control.
Dazed thoughts slowly crumble, searching for green to go.

Metal medley of machine guns, bloodshot,
go bang, bang, bang, as all around begins to fall down.
Grenades and strident screams reverberate like bombastic echoes,
over and over again, boom, boom, boom,
like a broken record with deep inherited scratches,
resembling resurfacing scars, left behind from mangled wounds.

Head is spinning like a bike wheel, spasms are speeding, unable to halt.

I scream at graphic memories of fallen comrades,
cursing, why I was the last man standing.

At the Intersection of Perfection

Our spines a-tingling
    cerebrums a-ringing
  Sweaty clothes cling and clasp
    our collective breath, erratic gasps 

  High up a panorama like unto none
    a celestial heaven under a golden dome
  Every figure perfect, colors flow and blend
    Folks pray the show never ends

  A murmur ripples through the crowd
    though no one tells what we saw out loud
  Right at the top, at the intersection of perfection
    one mosaic missing ~ O! that it had escaped detection

  Disappointment's discovery stuns young and old
    'one mosaic missing' - folks' spirits, bitter cold

Am I Your Eye

am I not this
being
in your eye
am I

a small fly
stuns my sight
i am a burning horizon of wonder
i perceive the inconceivable

we exist in the same unmoving moment
as if you and i
were coverings for each other
we are embedded

Under closed eyelids
i make the world sightless
the more I look
the world seems but a shadow
that does not even see us

unlatch yourself
in my unknown answer
be my shining question
your body
planted and flowering
in mine

We meet in this place
where you were already
always have been
my i

The Dance

A beautiful face but

Dancing is not good 

and it stuns onlookers

She gains confidence

Arrests the audience

But nothing surprises

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