Best Poems Written by Grace Baxter

Qamar

at times the moon shines so brightly I can barely stand to look at it
surreptitiously glaring down at me with those eyes
those eyes that leave me abstractedly ruminating over whether 
or not
or whatever the case may be 
my countenance betrays all hope of a feigned 
temperance
can I have that quality?
Incandescent is the light that unshadows my smile so sardonically curving 
through my swirls of smoky musings
thinking im so poetic, so artistic in the night 
garish process of dark conceited nonverbalizations
while that auroral light 
inadvertently uncovers the illicit ruction within my soul
tenaciously I fight 
covering my weakened eyes 
but the light, oh, resplendent light this
inevitable montage of enigmatic radiance you penetrate 
murky and fathomless depths of inconsequential entrancement that
for all they seem are the pitch of all blackness riding my soul 
somewhere 
or nowhere
You, ever waxing more brilliant,
captivate my very essence with luminous splendor you scandalize me with
the stunning provocation of your unreasonable caress.

Copyright © Grace Baxter | Year Posted 2010