It started, oddly enough, about 8 miles outside of Bobcaygeon on highway 36 towards Big Island. It was a weird place to start an invasion. Most people think it’s because it’s out of the way and they were looking for a place to happen. I have other thoughts. Though nobody cares what I think, atContinue reading “Tragically Hip Survivor”
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Smiling on the Inside
This feeling of joy trapped inside like a xenolith within my dread. I listen with half an ear to the ramblings of strangers I sometimes call friends. Yet within, this joy, small, near insignificant, grows. Your smile, my joy,Ignites a small flameLove? This is for a dVerse prompt: Write a poem of exactly 44 wordsContinue reading “Smiling on the Inside”
Love In ADHD
Does she love me?Let me count the ways One banana, two bananas, THREE Bananas Hahaha!A Bert and Ernie kinda love, But if they were g a y R a i n d r o p sKeep falling from my headBut that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turning Laaaaady in Red I don’t thinkContinue reading “Love In ADHD”
Writer’s Block Carving
Within this stone lay my imaginationUpon this blank page I will spill my bloodChisel and hammer I holdThe pen no longer my fingers splayedI look within to find the heart; my own and the stone’sThis block of writers’ my hesitationI type in furious frenzyThe first edge goes, the stone takes shapeAha! Aho! Ahee! The wordsContinue reading “Writer’s Block Carving”
And With This Ring
Love on a thin stringEncircles the heart like springFor all four seasons “Do you have a loonie?” “Sure, let me check my purse,” said Thelma. “Here you go. Why do you need a loonie?” “For the gumball machine there. They’ve got little toys inside,” said Scott. Thelma rolled her eyes. “You are such a child.” Continue reading “And With This Ring”
Garden House
The garden houseAt the end of the yardOn the property Owned by the Schiele’sI spent my youth Playing around the gardenHide and seekIn the mansion of our vilaNow I sit Outside the gateUpon the roadWith a bottle of tequilaWatching flowers growBeneath the shade of treesSeeing my memoriesOf my childhood Shangri-la This is for a dVerseContinue reading “Garden House”
Don’t Protest
Don’t protest my loveLet me love you true and realLet not the word no, trip from your lipsTo fall on my pleasRemonstrations against meLike darts thrown against my heartPierce and prick, bleed my feelingsDon’t protest, say yes This is for a dVerse prompt: Write a poem of exactly 44 words including the word protest. HopeContinue reading “Don’t Protest”
Doth Thy Protest Too Much or Too Little
Don’t protest my loveLet me love you true and realLet not the word no, trip from your lipsTo fall on my pleasRemonstrations and arguments against meLike arrows and darts thrown against my heartPierce and prick bleeding out my feelings upon the floorDon’t protest but say yesAnd in my arms you’ll find your desiresYou can’t stayContinue reading “Doth Thy Protest Too Much or Too Little”
In A Blind Alley
Once in a lifetime,Love will find you And grab you by your chestShake you and demand your heartLike a street robber in a dark alley.I was youngSo was sheWe were mugged on the streetWhile sitting in our respective homesMiles awayConnected by telephoneImages shared over the Internet;Love grabbed us by the chest.Once in a lifetimeCan becomeContinue reading “In A Blind Alley”
Once In A Lifetime
Once in a lifetimeBut twice in deathYou’ll come apart like a torn piece of paperPulled from a bound notebookCrumpled and bound to be thrown awayDon’t resistBut fight like hellThis is your renewal, a rebirth,Like Jesus on day threeAfter an all night benderSay it with meThis too shall passPerhaps like a bowling ball through a strawOrContinue reading “Once In A Lifetime”
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