In pursuit of promise, he journeyed far,
A dual path of toil and academic star.
Leaving loved ones, a distant shore,
He braved new faces, some warm, others a bore.
Hostility's sting, he wouldn't endure,
Focus on friendly souls, his heart's allure.
Through want and need, he pressed on ahead,
Enticing pleasure, a siren he'd rather be dead.
Night's silence, his studies' sacred space,
Research and lessons, his waking pace.
"A purpose unknown, makes sleep a delight,"
He'd tell himself, through the dark of night.
His children's voices, a heartfelt refrain,
"Daddy, when?" "Soon," he'd say, in love's sweet strain.
Though absence pained, he'd endure the test,
For future's promise, his family's crest.
Categories:
unfolded, allegory, appreciation, care, desire,
Form: Rhyme
Love Unfolded Like a Flower
by Michael R. Burch
Love unfolded
like a flower;
Pale petals pinked and blushed to see the sky.
I came to know you
and to trust you
in moments lost to springtime slipping by.
Then love burst outward,
leaping skyward,
and untamed blossoms danced against the wind.
All I wanted
was to hold you;
though passion tempted once, we never sinned.
Now love's gay petals
fade and wither,
and winter beckons, whispering a lie.
We were friends,
but friendships end . . .
yes, friendships end and even roses die.
Keywords/Tags: Love, rose, roses, flower, petals, unfolding, blossoms, spring, passion, desire, lust, sin, winter, fade, wither, wind, gay, color, pink, pinked, blushed, friendships, die, death
Categories:
unfolded, color, desire, flower, love,
Form: Verse
Hearts Unfolded
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How can we let our hearts unfold? From what's been told, from hours so cold. A batting eye, an awful lie, our lives can die. Who are we to see? But you and me, or is it you and I? Why dare to try, high... Up where eagles fly. Beauty is but a glance, wether it be the chance, that some will know, and most won't go, so far below the love we know...
Categories:
unfolded, anxiety, beauty, creation, fate,
Form: Rhyme
She looked through the window
and saw an outer light
guiding to somewhere, she did not realize...
But it reflected joy on the inside
bringing back memories
in a flash of an eye...
And by then she wondered...
“Have you ever lived a life,
and thought that you are alive,
and no matter what, you will survive
and then you opened your eyes
and read all the lies
that were hidden in between the lines
of each passing day of your life...”
She looked around where the answers are found
but she could not read
what it folds indeed...
She is lost in a world, saying no word
just getting old,
having some memories to be told...
Yet sometimes standing alone,
in a life that was once thought
to be lived and it is turning to be
full of ambiguity...
Categories:
unfolded, life,
Form: Rhyme
Claw into me, then claw a little deeper,
Have you found it yet, My grinning Grim Reaper?
Whispering your apologies and then walking away,
As if rash actions followed by soft spoken words could sway,
A gentler side of me, my inside’s inside,
That not even I could ever hide,
Thus you exit my stage, mid sentence,
Your unfinished business leaving a silent resonance,
Upon blinded eyes I am beheld,
Misery and Mystery now magnificently meld,
Forming the thorns wrapped in my chest,
In my own theatre I am made: A Guest,
Sitting and pondering as Time saunters by,
Breathing in a darken truth, Exhaling a lie,
Too bond to live, too stubborn to expire,
Ashes to embers, Embers to Fire,
As the Phoenix rises and burns through the air,
Upon this ominous cloud, I sit and glare,
Gazing into the wilderness from whence I came,
Considering the path behind & before me, will I be tame?
Animals were not meant for cages and neither am I,
I am the Phoenix, born to burn boundlessly and freely fly.
Categories:
unfolded, creation, death,
Form: Couplet
rotten:
when you think you
live in a palace but
actually you live in a
gutter.
Categories:
unfolded, funny, imagination, introspection, sad,
Form: Cinquain