Kaleidoscopic Whirlpools
phantasmagorical
is love's colorful view
in the kaleidoscope
spun to paint scenes anew
in rose-tinted glasses
with love shining right through
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Categories:
whirlpools, color, love,
Form: Verse
Whirlpools of the Mind
WHIRLPOOLS OF THE MIND
Cycles of life..churn..revolve,dissolve..
resurface..mix in restless sleep.
Deep from the chasms of the
unconscious, the froths of
yesterday's concerns as flotsam
become a jetsam dream..to
scatter up on the beach of
our tomorrow..as hazy recollections.
Forlorn..half-remembered..such
detritus of our persona slowly erodes
shrinking in the light of day.
Put into proportion such giants become
dwarf like..distant litter on our
horizon..to fade away forever
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Categories:
whirlpools, dream, life,
Form: Verse
Whirlpools of Passion
Her fervent eyes,
Irresistible whirlpools of passion,
Invited me dare plunge into their thrilling
Waters of pleasure
Where
My enamored heart, would be enchanted
By
The delightful currents of awaiting love!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
22 August 2015
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Categories:
whirlpools, beauty, love, romance,
Form: Epigram
Whirlpools
Happy times we will always
remember.
But it's the tragedies that really thrive in our heads,
that feed on our pain, our guilt, until we
surrender.
The hurt, the remorse that all of us have felt,
suck us under like the whirlpools that are our
feelings.
That stop us from seeing the light,
that stop us from growing and stop
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Categories:
whirlpools, depression, grief, hope, life,
Form: Free verse
Whirlpools
WHIRLPOOLS
You were born
Into broad daylight
Tears of joy and fragrance,
Of tender love-
Flowing to my veins, your soft skin
Anointing a life time fulfilment.
You swam on all fours
Lisping in my lap.
A bout of fever, you lay still
Shuddered as my hot tears fell on you
I sat by your side, days and nights
Serenades and holy oils and fastings.
In new pinafore
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Categories:
whirlpools, daughter, me, old, me,
Form: Light Verse