Category Archives: Poetry

Sparkle

One day you smiled at me and I was hooked. My heart was stolen, Lost in your sparkling eyes. My senses were awakened. Happiness filled my soul. Was it just a dream? You walked away Left me reeling Sparkle gone … Continue reading

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The New Me

Laughing at my cursed being Is no one else but me I have found a way To stay away As if I don’t care As if it doesn’t matter to me What happens with me? ‘Who art thou?’- My being … Continue reading

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The Silent Poet

No, lately I have not had much to say. Emotion swoops in, takes the words away. I try to speak, hear only choking tears. Heartsore, the aching place there burns and sears as if a flaming spear pierced with its … Continue reading

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Show and Reality

I show myself strong I show myself sturdy And dealing well With everything bad But I’m weak From within And that makes all the difference…

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(I really can’t think of any suitable title)

Looking in the eyes of the  being who still resides Within a corner of the heart where dwells the old memoirs Something saddening overtakes the normal pace of life Though it won’t last for long, but still it is there- … Continue reading

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My Future, Present and Past

Peeking through the shadows Seeking life Is my future. Rambling at an invisible force Seeking attention Is my present. Lifting me up Seeking revenge Is my past.

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April

A holy man checks his watch and a dogwood opens. Spring pauses at the gate of constancy. Strength and grace alight on wing. Faithfulness a seed, commitment the storms. She gives a soft shoulder, a lush hope.

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Flurry

There are kisses that come in storms or cloudbursts.  Gales of kisses. Squalled kisses. Drizzling kisses. Kisses mist.

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Inevitability

The adamoluna beckons, cajoles her tide closer with a teacup, and a honeybee to sweeten and sunlight in her hair. I will stand upon the wings of cranes, bridge the lakes, earth, and time between us.

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Framing 20 Lines…

20 Lines are good When you can frame them But they seem like a burden When you can’t do anything But be trapped in your thoughts Thinking about making it up Those 20 lines But you were not able to … Continue reading

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My Current Life in 20 Lines

Luring me into the trap Is the voice that once held me But now has become a distant reality I may not be perfect I may not be good But I ain’t bad, I know. No one is there to … Continue reading

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What I’m left with is Me…

It seems someone is angry at me It seems someone has forgotten me Both these feelings are now beyond any repair I am now a part of someone’s hatred But that doesn’t hurt me any more For this is what … Continue reading

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Six

It’s 9:00. I’ve slept six, count them, hours. The sun shines on the springtime trees and flowers, but not on me. A fading of my powers results from nighttime wanderings through towers of mazes. What went wrong? I couldn’t sleep. … Continue reading

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To Write 20 Lines

I come here first each morning well before I go to my two blogs. With twenty lines the goal I know I often don’t write more than twelve, sixteen. I try to find the mines that yield word gold. I … Continue reading

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Look

The red merry flowers Look at me, appraisingly I look at them, brightly With my black eyes’ powers.

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