Chest nuts proud and ripeStanding tall tonightUpon a Christmas eve cold and blusteryWrapped within a dress so tightSugar Plums beneath a package largeHolding a white dream of frosted blissIs this a treat for me tonightUpon a Christmas eveYour chest nuts are hot, Roasting in my minds eyeUncovered to bare their gloryLike a star shining inContinue reading “Chest Nuts & Sugar Plums”
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My Misfit Toy
BangIt goesAgainst the wallShattered piecesBroken Bang Loud crash I couldn’t bear To hear screams Bouncing around EchoesToyWith meMy emotions emptyMy words meaninglessSyllables ofNothing Drum Into my Pounding, pulsing brain Angry cries love Misfit Toy Another dVerse Quadrille prompt, this time you must write a poem of exactly 44 words including the word “bang”. Hope youContinue reading “My Misfit Toy”
Carpet Burn
Red, rubbed rawCarpet burn on both my kneesFrom when I knelt for you.Looking up in complete submissionWaiting for your commandCarpet burn on my knees doesn’t hurtTake it out and fill my mouthDon’t take it out until I swallow it downNo drops on the carpet when I’m on my knees.My man comes homeLooking for carpet burnContinue reading “Carpet Burn”
Not Over Her Cold Metallic Heart
Robot love is coldMetallic touch of the heartLeaves me heart brokenLaugh all you want. I don’t care. She meant more to me than any of you Fleshies ever did! Plastic though she was. I mean I know the heat I felt was generated by electric wires. Her voice came through a speaker, pre recorded soundsContinue reading “Not Over Her Cold Metallic Heart”
Huh?
Whatsoever you do, don’t use the whatsis!Somewhat wise words that came from your lips.Whatever the warning was meant to be,Got lost in the whatnot of the swirling sea Question the use of it if you mustWhatchamacallit just turns to dust A Quadrille prompt from dVerse – Pen us a poem of precisely 44 words (notContinue reading “Huh?”
What If We Come Undone
What if that’s not it? The end is not tomorrow or the day after but it is instead a beginning.Oh they say that every day is a beginning. And that’s true. But what if tomorrow is A beginning. A nexus, an inflection point in history.History is long.History is long. Our lives are short. Our powerContinue reading “What If We Come Undone”
Lift Up / Vengeance Lamentation
Lift up my eyes to heaven Seek his eyes, to catch the ear of the Creator Hear the cry of pain That echoes in my bonesThe tears that water my garden of vengeance Call down holy fire!Burn through the wickedness as seen by my eyesFollow the arrow drawn by my bow oh eternal makerI nameContinue reading “Lift Up / Vengeance Lamentation”
A Spell Cast – Paradelle
Tis a spell I cast on theeTis a spell I cast on theeOn this night for begging sweetsOn this night for begging sweetsThis night tis a spell for sweetsI cast on thee begging onWith sugar and spice, oh so niceWith sugar and spice, oh so niceScreams and wails, and scary talesScreams and wails, and scaryContinue reading “A Spell Cast – Paradelle”
My Love Is Fatal
My love is fatalYou will not be the sameWhen we’re thruWho you thought you knewWon’t be you.You are brand new.My love will killAll the doubts and fears That plague your mindMy eyes are not blindYour faults don’t dim your shineYou still sexy fineMy love will destroyThe walls built up around your heartThat held others outContinue reading “My Love Is Fatal”
Seasons Change
Photos by: me Season’s colour changeBright orange, red, yellow, greenDying or blooming “It’s spring down here,” she informs me, as though I was unaware of the changing of seasons and their differences depending on the hemisphere. “That must be nice,” I said into the phone. Her image smiled at me. The wonders of technology. InContinue reading “Seasons Change”
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