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Star Struck
I’m strung out on the atmosphere tonight I’m wallowing in the luminescence Twirling through sheer starlight The breeze on the air is humming A tone I knew so long go And I’m dimly aware I’m falling Where the brave dare … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged alchemy, Aspiration, Aurora, moon, moonlight, music, Musings, solar system, space, Spiritual, star struck, starlight
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Summer Fruits
Lazy days Mid afternoon heat Languorous looking For a long-lost treat Summer fruits spilling Like gold at my feet Hot afternoons Spent with friends and wine Convivial, constant Pleasure is a crime Summer fruits glisten Like everything fine Lost evening … Continue reading
Posted in Earth, Poetry
Tagged food, Fruit, heat, Musings, parties, summer, Summer fruit
12 Comments
Procession
The procession of my days gives way to slow encroaching age Each page is written deep in blood and floods my mind with memories that tease The procession of these hours have powers to make the past within akin to … Continue reading
Posted in Earth, Poetry
Tagged acceptance, age, aging, Aspiration, belief, choice, dark, denial, Dreams, Life, memory, Musings, Philosophy, procession, truth
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Precision
I have cut glass with diamonds precise I have drawn secrets out of closed eyes They are made puppets of my device They hope for fire, I give them ice With my precision they hardly bled Of all their history … Continue reading
Pray – for Prompt 45 Festering Jealousy
Your words are taken While mine forsaken Your lilting voice Removes all choice Your gracious heart Tears mine apart Your spirit freed I crack and bleed For you the smile The warmth and style For me but earth A … Continue reading
Waiting – for Prompt 41 Consuming Impatience
My skin cracks and splits Beneath this weight of hours Emotions parched This desert life has gripped me Yet still has ill-equipped me For its slow and steady Portentous demands There was that moment on the stair Your hushed voice … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Water
Tagged acceptance, belief, choice, dark, denial, Dreams, impatience, lost love, Love, memory, Musings, pain, passion, prompt, Relationships, truth, waiting
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Dragon Dream – for Prompt 40 Sheer Wonder
Adrift in city streets at night No cars in sight I’m calling to a distant light These stars indeed might fall for me They might A single child lost in despair With no-one there As susseration splits the air … Continue reading
Mood Indigo
Navy black depression Too many coffees consumed This desperate day Awaking desolate Without rhyme or reason In doubt and dismay Mood indigo Crosses your brittle thoughts Like a lost memory All of these colours Just fading away Just the light … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Water
Tagged blue moon, blues, dark, darkness, depression, Dreams, indigo, memory, mood, Musings, pain, temperament
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Press ‘Start’
I was reluctant to begin To press start entailed Commitment and belief It required An act of faith My doubting heart eschewed It needed Bravery I fear I lacked I was hesitant to call To press the buttons necessary A … Continue reading
Posted in Air, Poetry
Tagged anticipation, Aspiration, beginning, choice, Dreams, fear, hope, longing, Musings, passion, start, truth
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New Year’s Day
As the cacophony of celebration settles Into the grooves of hopefulness and aspiration The world teeters on a precipice Of its own unconscious design May we have quiet This New Year’s Day May we rest As astrologers and prophets pen … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged ambition, Aspiration, belief, choice, Dreams, Holidays, hope, Musings, New Year, New Year's Day, passion
8 Comments