and snow dream)tears!Shout i'm an over/undone heart
sweet muffin bird-like feathers tickle me
the streaked glass-water:
flowers between summer hearts struck my eyes,
lips so tenderly crushing stones(h-u-r-t) dreams
oooh, sir! the proper name you sang
when speaking to me!
so -- Victorian girl
)oh god -- keeping me
sheeps like lamps covering dark nights
a water colored canvas m e a n i n g
love is what we denied twice.
i broke my soul in a shout
forgetting un. der (lies)
i'm a self-crumbling
cookie unbaked
will you eat me?
no. i crumble
:: 03-12-2015 ::
and snow dream)tears!Shout
i'm an over/undone heart
sweet muffin bird-like
feathers tickle me
the streaked glass-water:
flowers between summer
hearts struck my eyes,
lips so tenderly crushing
stones(h-u-r-t) dreams
oooh, sir!
the proper name you sang
when speaking to me!
so -- Victorian girl
)oh god -- keeping me
sheeps like lamps
covering dark nights
a water colored canvas
m e a n i n g
love is what we
denied twice.
i broke my soul
in a shout
forgetting
un. der (lies)
i'm a self-crumbling
cookie unbaked
will you eat me?
no. i crumble
:: 03-12-2015 ::
if there was no poetry
then what would become
of my fledgling thoughts
unbaked as they are
raw
this mish-mash of words
words
words
words I’ve barely stirred
i have made them presentable
readied them to be penned
they all wait proudly
showing their finest
how versatile they can be
wanting to be chosen
metaphors so clever
phrases perfectly turned
runes waiting for attribution
clichés anticipating new life
would my gift for schtick
never get the chance to evoke
the laughs I so crave
oh! what a terrible curse
to have my pen stilled
where would I put the
clatter in my head
if not into poetry
each precious word a chick nudged
from its nest
all my babies: some fly, some fall flat
splat!
i am mother to these fledglings
watchful, hopeful, shaping them
helping them fulfill their potential
and when they take flight
avoiding the fate of Icarus
they save me
for a moment
they save me
from the madness
of
the world
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