We are the wraiths
Floating above
Embracing the ghosts
Of our chemical love
Weare the ones
you're not sure you see
Hiding in shadows
Barely perceived
We search out the alleys
The cut throughs, the lanes
Old rusting bridges
That echo our names
Waiting for runners
When did they leave
Bring us the air
That only we breathe
Empty glass vials
And sharp metal pins
Empty and deadly
Yet smiling within
Such obvious secrets
Betrayed in our eyes
Our scars and our tracks
Our mouths full of lies
But we'll smile in your judgment
Because we are the grey
In your black and white world
Of lightness and day
Categories:
wraiths, addiction,
Form: Rhyme
Red tore down footpath
heartbeat pulsed, steady and strong
wisp of radiance
10/10/2017
Poetry Contest: Halloween Senryu
Sponsored by: Laura Loo
How Many Syllables 5 7 5
Categories:
wraiths, fear, halloween, imagery,
Form: Senryu
Like carrion birds awaiting death,
Whether perched or circling above;
Ruby slippers aren't theirs too partake...
Categories:
wraiths, analogy,
Form: Free verse
As a young girl Barbara Ann’s thoughts were given to finding a love so true,
Then one day she thought that she’d met the man to whom she’d say I do.
And so she gave her heart away along with her body and soul,
But when the time came for them to wed her heart had a gapping hole.
For he had abandoned her at the altar for all the world to view,
It was there she uttered a curse that was aimed at you know who.
“If ever he should stay at a place for more than even a single day,
A fire will burn that place to the ground and send him on his way.”
Then she raised a knife to her breast and deprived the world of lasting beauty,
And haunting the man who’d broken her heart became her eternal duty.
Take heed of this tale all you men who play loose with a woman’s heart,
Pledge your love and keep it well when e’er pierced by Cupid’s dart.
Categories:
wraiths, funny, world, heart, heart,
Form: Light Verse