Cinquain Train

[moblues]

searching
what will you find?
is it God that you seek?
all you have to do is look deep
inside



Happy Holidays




Mike

[4rum]

inside
inside of hope
clinging, gasping, longing
I'd settle for but one wee smile
cast out

[kborsden]

cast out
beyond return
always, ever exiled
spanning the expanse's bleakness
discharged

[moblues]

discharged
now forgiven
I had once lost all hope
it's still such a slippery slope
to you

[Jayne]

to you
I give echoes.
half-asleep as you are,
a more forceful song would only
wake you

[moblues]

to you
I sacrifice
all that was meant for me
what my father had wished for me
for you


*edit*

I'm sorry, Jayne. I have no idea how I missed your post. Happy New Year.

[P.H.Delarran]

wake; you
glide unoticed
under cover of grey
clouds of sorrow. no joy remains
for you

[Godfather]

for you
my joy, money
my house, car, clothes given
in a smile, but you'll never get
my pride




(hmmm.... should it be 'my pride' or 'my words'?)
i prefer it as words.

[moblues]

(hmmm.... should it be 'my pride' or 'my words'?)

'my words' would be beautiful with its double meaning. It could mean you don't get what I'm saying, or you'll never silence me. Great idea, but as you know, I'm biased. Great stuff, GF.

my pride
bruised, and battered
face down upon the mat
I’ve lost everything that matters
but you



With 'my words':

my words
I share with you
I freely give this gift
rip it from deep within the rift
for love

[dancingandflying]

I am too tired to do two, so I'll choose the line of "but you". Happy new year, everyone!

But you
You make me smile
When no one else can.
It was your hug that made
me cry.

Alice.

[moblues]

me cry?
ain’t happenin’
my old man would sock me
all of the guys would laugh at me
I can’t

[Jayne]

I can't
remain gazing
at your marshmallow clouds!
Silly sky, clear up or let fall
the rain.

no worries, moblues. Happy New Year Everyone!

[P.H.Delarran]

the rain
teases dry earth
hiding coyly behind
dark clouds before releasing a
downpour

[Beyondian]

Downpour.
Kissing Raindrops.
Falling water rhythm.
Leaving the sanctity of air
To Fall

[dancingandflying]

To Fall,
Snowflakes cause death
to the red hot leaves
on the gray barked oak trees.
And sigh.

Alice.

[Ganesha]

And sigh
with great sad heaves
too much sickness, too much
gray skies and ponderous dark clouds
quick silver- go!
I am

did I mess up?

[kborsden]

I am
a golden child
flung and thrown into life
regreting, forgeting all pride
I had

[Jayne]

I had
illusive grace.
Filled my head like fire,
a desperate, flaming heat smothered.
Nothing.

[kborsden]

nothing
does disipate
as dust does fall to grounds
in weary yet leery consort
I know

[moblues]

I know
what the crows know
they peck at my window
only I can understand them
my friends

[limitedtimeauthor]

My friends -
Another poem
That involves counting
On my fingers like a kid
in Math.

[wyzguy]

In math
my world makes sense.
One plus one equals two.
But you changed you and me into
just us.

[limitedtimeauthor]

Just us
alone at last
no kids, no dog, no
clue what we should talk about.
Hi, you.

[P.H.Delarran]

Hi, you.
simple greeting
accepted and returned
heavy with anticipation,
longing

[Godfather]

longing
for the good times
and bang bang here they are.
there they go. in a flash. gone now,
too short.

[Beyondian]

Too short
Toes in agony
Teetering on the brink
Of falling as I reach for things
Up high

[kborsden]

up high
or down below
some things just pass me by
where the hell should I be looking
right now?

[Godfather]

right now?
edge of a storm
sitting, waiting, smiling
fingers flickering, eyes flicking
and bang

[ddgryphon]

And bang
all that you've known
falls shattered at your feet
slowly settling into silent
stillness

[moblues]

stillness
can you hear it?
nothing within nothing
perfection is your protection
pure heart

[moblues]

pure heart
where do I start?
the business is failing
wire money through Western Union
stay home

[Jabs]

Stay home?
Of course darling
What do you have in mind?
She wants us to be one, naked
Sexy!

[kborsden]

sexy
unstrained woman
with harsh and steely tongue
speaks words in silver emotion
engaged

[Ganesha]

engaged
my limbs tangled
red lips, fast hips, tongue licks
my up is your down, all around
we sing

[kborsden]

we sing;
songs of the dead,
songs of unsung heroes,
songs of immortal ties that bind,
our songs

[Ganesha]

our songs
you whistle me
pursed lips form perfectly
around-my tuneless exhale, still
waiting

[kborsden]

waiting
for your return,
for the re-embracing
of our unmerited love, lust,
passion

[Ganesha]

passion
slow boil or
red hot and ripening
I simmer on the back burner
pungent

[kborsden]

pungent
living odour
of bygone tears and faith
to fill my nostrils with contempt
for us

[Ganesha]

for us
hold the vessel
a living covenant
of our legacy-the future
beholds

[kborsden]

beholds,
my watching eye
a reflected beauty,
ghost-like image on my glasses,
just her

[Ganesha]

just her
image shimmers
across my retinas-hunger
peaks in my soul, I need you back
I rest

[kborsden]

I rest
my solemn case
of losing you always
the dearest treasured possesion
of mine

[Ganesha]

of mine
how hast life taught
me- to open my hands;
set free, that which belongs to me
lovely

[kborsden]

lovely
and predacious
shall never miss a beat
until the final bell does toll
for me

[Ganesha]

for me
sea embraced you
siren's call- high pitched song
I waded the water, searching
risked all

[kborsden]

risked all
just to see you
in windowed vision's true,
real and only veracity
of love

[moblues]

of love
little is left
bloody feet to lead me
a broken heart to lead me to
my home

[Ganesha]

my home
haunted perfume
your lingering traces
spaces full on absence of you
my love

[moblues]

my love
yes, you my love
you told me that the rain
comes when I need to remember
your pain

[Ganesha]

your pain
dominates me
can we clean the pain slate
or slain the pate scene clean, I mean
let's dance

[moblues]

let's dance
kick off our shoes
kiss just like we used to
let me remember our love once
again

[emeraldcite]

again,
we burn the words
at night to keep us warm.
The blackened paper curls, turns gray,
and falls.

[Ganesha]

and falls
from curling lips
between sips of champaign
glass's shards- after eager toasts
rouged mouths

[moblues]

rouged mouths
faces painted
a wig to hide a lie
the law will not protect me now
I die

[Ganesha]

I die
hanging on truth
I lie, in state of rest
at best, my restless heart does beat
with love

[moblues]

with love
I say goodbye
your alabaster skin
is a vision I will take with
me love

[Ganesha]

me love
hangs about you
I paint, inspired by
your kind support, I miss you so-
life ends

[moblues]

life ends
for a moment
our souls seek each other
embrace like they couldn't before
we burn

[kborsden]

we burn
in infernos
and wash away the sins
of many a forgotten life
lived pain

[Ganesha]

lived pain
only to rise up
ask for another dish
making angst my birthday present
newborn

[kborsden]

newborn
grows family
enters a sacred child
named and ushered with only love
my child

[Ganesha]

my child
embraced a saint
protective Archangel
walk a long lonely road away
release

[moblues]

release
my soul, dear God
my body is battered
I ache to find my way to you
it's time

[emeraldcite]

it's time
again for the
train to leave the station
although I have a ticket to
nowhere

[Beyondian]

nowhere
I am alone
Sleeping in cobwebs, night,
the long-dead bosom of darkness
and death

[kborsden]

and death
reaps souls once more
he enters silently
swiftly, stealthly without words
and steals

[Ganesha]

and steals
our forever
more he struts among us
I break my stride-run to outwit
he waits

[kborsden]

he waits
in looming dark
uncovered by silence
throughout the still and quiet room
inside

[Ganesha]

inside
her fear pulsed
he was across the room
children were huddled behind him
save them

[kborsden]

save them,
amphetamin
it rots and sours their teeth,
their ambition and self-image,
poison

[Ganesha]

poison
glass swirled crimson
"look at me," she queried
his hazel eyes glazed, she'd lost him
small death

[kborsden]

small death
larger story
smitten by starry eyes
aluring sexuality
succumbs

[ddgryphon]

succumbs
quickening breaths
thoughts jumble tumble 'round
hearts melt, recast again
joining

[kborsden]

joining
and rejoicing
in festivity's love
the night is short but not over
at all

[Ganesha]

at all
bath water waits
flower petals yellow
release calendula fragrance
ease down

[kborsden]

ease down
just ease on down
that soulful road ahead
your luggage and worries behind
ease up

[Godfather]

ease up
your soul, your smile
sit with me, i got words
12 canavases stretched - i'm ready,
are you?

[kborsden]

are you
the one I need?
the one I have longed for?
or are you just playing with me?
tell me

[Ganesha]

tell me
all the things you
do, plumb me- to the depths
my sweet mary jane's are shinny
wear me

[kborsden]

wear me
like a prada
bag or shoe, whatever
just put me on and hold me tight
always

[Beyondian]

Always
The ultimate
Forever. Without end.
Eternity in a promise
A word

[kborsden]

a word
in the silence
breaks the unuttered mood
flushing forth and a window's glass
shatters

[Beyondian]

Shatters
In Unkindness
Cruelty spiking like glass
Transparent, sharp, lascerating
my soul

[kborsden]

my soul
empties onto
the cold, hard wooden floor
I have slit my stomach open
for you

[Beyondian]

For you
I race the sun
I catch the sunrise
I create a painting of gold
For you

[kborsden]

for you
my day begins
for you I go to work
but drinking down the pub with mates
for me

[Beyondian]

For me
Stars sing softly
Shadows dance in corners
Trees grow faces peeking through boughs
Chuckling

[janetbellinger]

chuckling
rolling pin of fate
stops not long enough
for me to pop back up again
like the Pillsbury Dough Girl

[kborsden]

chuckling
chubby cherubs
naked in the heavens
playing soft melodious sounds
that soothe

[Beyondian]

that soothe
Strains of piano
keys touched softly in the
basement of a dusty house filled
with thoughts

[kborsden]

with thought
for my brother
locked away like a beast
in a cage for his misdoing
prison

[Beyondian]

Prison
Clanking into
My mind. The bars and chains
of expectations restrain me
captive

[kborsden]

captive
inside the maze
the warren of the soul
betrayed by all I held dearest
captive

[Beyondian]

Captive
to the yearning
of my soul, the darkness
that hides in the very core
of me

[kborsden]

of me
there is no sign
no shining beacon bright
just a distant lurking shadow
of night

[Beyondian]

of night
streetlamps glimmer
shadows skitter, feigning
unrest. People, half themselves walk
alone

[kborsden]

alone
lost without you
finding solace in my
reputation and illgotten
riches

[Beyondian]

Riches
glitter warmly
Around the creases at
the edges of your eyes, made by
laughter

[Ganesha]

laughter
shakes me holy
like a muted swan-down
my feathers ruffled to the max
witless

[kborsden]

witless
and muttering
obscenities, open
sounding to the air around him
loner

[Ganesha]

loner
she couldn't get
a new car this time, so
the rental had to do, we got
to ride

[kborsden]

to ride
the giant wave
that premordial wave
of fortunes rebuked through passion
wipe out!

[Ganesha]

wipe out
my anger please
I'm so vulnerable
brittle emotion to the brink
wiped out

[Beyondian]

Wiped out
so stretched, so
tired, so dulled. I'm tight and
cold inside. Longing for the peace
of rest

[Ganesha]

of rest
I stretch out long
and languid I am a
vodka gimlet after a fight
sip me

[Godfather]

sip me
a gust of wind,
throw me a thrill of life,
sing me a song aimed t'wards heaven
and smile

[Ganesha]

and smile
turning all the
frownies upside, down we
go in and out how about this
still smile

[Godfather]

still smile.
as the photos
make me smile, cry and laugh
the past looks so much better than
it was

[Beyondian]

It was
that last moment
when everything came clear
The eleventh hour struck my heart
My soul

[Ganesha]

My soul
golden quicksand
sink another lifetime,
hand stretched above cold rising tide
I am

[MacAllister]

I am
wintergreen sparks
breath shining foggy cold
air, holding your hand wondering
so warm.






(God these are hard for us non poet types. :) )

[P.H.Delarran]

so warm
like a cat's tongue
run across sunning fur
your compliments stroke my ego,
my heart

[Ganesha]

my heart
warmed in this chill
dog licks hand till skin chaffs
touched, I wash saliva off, cat's
jealous

[Godfather]

jealous
irritable
anything, who is he?
anything can turn me down, blue,
angry

[Ganesha]

angry
his face blood-red
trembling voice shrieks loud
I hold your anger in my mind
regret

[ddgryphon]

Regret
darkened corners
shadows on my face
hiding all my memories
of you

[Ganesha]

of you
I was a part
for you were in my heart
with you life was good, you left me
without

[MacAllister]

Without,
salt rain in dark
pooling, tossing light to
that incandescent limerence
within.

[P.H.Delarran]

within
confined limits
bound by expectations
unspoken and unrealistic
we flail

[Ganesha]

we flail
vigorously
thrashing on road's surface
black ice hidden, tires screeching
we rest

[kborsden]

we rest
our weary heads
with just yet leery friends,
our goals blown away by the wind.
we wake

[P.H.Delarran]

we wake
with vague fancies
enticing us back to
dark slumber, rationality
weakened

[Ganesha]

weakened
our hands shaking
I drop the golden key
heaven fading with each exhale
hades

[kborsden]

hades,
the pit of hell,
a gate open to me,
dare I venture inside to peek
at you

[Ganesha]

at you
lightening has struck
I hold your trembling hand
sulfur stink lingers as I kiss
your cheek

[P.H.Delarran]

your cheek
glows hot with shame
as your actions stifle
good intentions, apology
denied

[kborsden]

denied
entrance to the
hallowed gates of Eden.
thrust out into the cold milieu.
this life

[Ganesha]

this life
Lullaby babe
Into windy trees tops
Fragile soft spot is rocking
Eve night

[kborsden]

Eve night
and morning dew
opening moments, lust
for better days and evenings,
soft sleep

[ddgryphon]

soft sleep
so far away,
yet still so near me lies.
I can not steal it from the night:
arise

[kborsden]

Arise
River flowing
In crystal dew drops of
Silver strands, Aquarian blue,
Elm seeds

[Beyondian]

Elm seeds
A palmful of
growth, possibilities
Spring encased in brown shells, ready
to rise

[ddgryphon]

To rise
into beauty
possessed by raw sunlight
shining forth from eternal sky
above

[kborsden]

above,
circling vultures,
carrion bird vampires,
skeletal remains of myself
below.

[Ganesha]

below
belly button
savage hair clusters, hide
the porthole into this lifetime
rebirth

[kborsden]

rebirth,
evanescent,
succumbs embryonic.
a new wish, wish for a release,
cancelled.

[Ganesha]

cancelled
first light chanting
a rebirth each moment
cancelled with a resounding no
I bow

[kborsden]

I bow
Am submissive
To my great overlord,
He beats me with taught leather whips,
Master

[Beyondian]

Master
Subserviant
Eyes follow in worship
Mute mouths forming soundless chanting
Their Idol

[kborsden]

idol
of clay and stone,
pallid bust by Paris,
he fell in love with you and your
magic

[Beyondian]

Magic
Masterfully
Manipulating the mob
Mixing showmanship with myst'ry
Marvel

[kborsden]

Marvel
This man at math,
Have awe in his grand form,
Great economic formulas,
His mind

[Godfather]

his mind -
shotgun dumpster
muse buried under 12
tonnes of crap. a shame, tragedy
a fool

[kborsden]

a fool,
tragic jester,
grinning skull of folly,
childish, infantile purity
unripe

[P.H.Delarran]

unripe
and green, like morn's
dew swollen grass, you cling
wrapped around my ankles; I can't
shake you

[kborsden]

Shake you,
Vacillating,
Trembling flesh and tissues,
You do not wake from your ceaseless
Slumber.

[Ganesha]

Slumber
sleep of the dead
I, wide eyed lie, waiting
moisture pools in body hollows
Waking

[ddgryphon]

Waking
with you beside
I am complete and whole
grateful for these years we have shared
as one

[Ganesha]

as one
we two, become
twenty years of loving
lust took a back-seat-steamed windows
au vu

[Silkysun]

au vu
a déjà vu
mechanized future sights
and newly born brain cells that die
again

[kborsden]

again
once more, again
damned to repeat mistakes
doomed to never learning to change
a thing

[ddgryphon]

a thing
once thought precious
carelessly tossed aside
left to unkind weather, where rot
consumes

[Godfather]

consumes
girls in costumes
spits out spring poetry
butterfly hats and sing alongs
wry grin

[ddgryphon]

wry grin
into sweet smile
you are slow smokey jazz
cool night of improvisation
sing me

[kborsden]

sing me
hymns of today,
speak prayers of yesterday
and utter psalms of tomorrow
waiting

[Godfather]

waiting
with heavy feet,
singing two line songs
wailin my harmonica. here's
the train

[ddgryphon]

the train
ain't gonna run
no more down this here line
the bo's gotta travel elseways
t'other

[Godfather]

t'other
with my brother
singin', howlin' the blues
we roll on down the line, feel fine,
feel blue

[kborsden]

feel blue,
cold as the sky,
frozen droplets of rain
within my still unbeating heart,
rain pipe

[Godfather]

rain pipe
dripping dreams,
14 forgotten types,
strong, fragile, torn at the seam,
lost dreams.

[Godfather]

lost dreams,
but nothing is
lost. paris, smothered in
worn out descriptions of love, and
comfort.

[Symphony]

Comfort,
choc'late heaven
or a baked potato,
soul food, sold food, priceless as
friendship

[ddgryphon]

friendship
timeless comfort
each knowing shared secrets
knowing they will be together
til death

[Meerkat]

hard won
that ashy ground
unwanted barren rock
contest violent as sulpher
Iwo

[Godfather]

ignore this one, i don't know what Iwo means.

til death,
martyrdom. hands
rooted with strength, dirt, veins,
muscle - fists shaking, clenching. sweat.
she's gone.

[ddgryphon]

she's gone
into darkness
into some forgotten time
unreachable, she has taken
my world

[Godfather]

my world
my words, drawings,
my muscles, coat, my shoes.
i want her to want them, she can
have me.

[Ganesha]

Have me
dressed or naked
rubbed with herbs and lemon
rolled in crumbs and baked all night long
eat me

[Godfather]

eat me
unsalted, drink
the blues dripping from me
in draughts that howl i'm human, drink
my blues

[P.H.Delarran]

my blues
words unwritten
dreamlike melodies float
without harmony across the
dark night

[laurel29]

Dark Night,
moonless indeed.
Bereft of my comfort
I seek solace between his thighs…
not yours.

[Godfather]

not yours
but hers, and hers.
not yours, but that beauty's
and hers and hers, not yours sissy,
but hers

[P.H.Delarran]

but hers
lingers, jagged
claws scratching her shoulders-
gripping her throat; soundless pangs of
sorrow

[CurtisPutnam]

Sorrow
Disgust remains
Maggot socket secret
Blemish fostered in false domain
Life’s shame

[poetinahat]

Life's shame
electric lights
in crystal chandeliers
plastic carpet on marble floors
billboards

[Godfather]

billboards
aesthetic breasts
jeans for sale. dreams for sale
airbrushed woman and airbrushed love
just lust

[Jayne]

just lust
ever flows, a
renewable resource,
more cost-effective than propane
to burn.

[CurtisPutnam]

to burn
with gift of Life
dancing butterflies soar
against clouds near rain, in your heart
soul leaps

[onestepp]

Soul leaps

High notes explode

Waterfalls tumble, turn

Down dark, dank, ancient carved tunnels

Ying-yang

[Theo Landreville]

"Ying-Yang"
What did you say
Was i speaking in tongue
Echoes off the wall cloud your thoughts
Too bad

[Godfather]

too bad,
she's too good. that
girl, which one, beautiful.
i just don't know what to do with
myself.

[ddgryphon]

Myself,
I must wonder;
desperate I must beg
a soft glance, or some muttered words
from you.

[Ganesha]

from you
I hold the seed
within me grows the babe
without us future has no hold
love me

[poetinahat]

love me
tether my eyes
not windows but anchors
in a maelstrom of sinking souls
love you

[Ganesha]

love you
and I have so
my heart swells into you
we are two and then we are one
I you

[ddgryphon]

I you
at such distance
the taste is aftertaste,
lingering far into the night;
we dream.

[onestepp]

We dream
awake at night
remembering life's past
climbing every treacherous vine,
let's dance

[ddgryphon]

Let's dance,
shake and shimmy,
catch that beat booming by;
don't know if we can do it till
we try.

[susanabra]

we try
until trying
becomes monotonous
becomes failure disguised within
begin

[onestepp]

Begin
ideas ignite
wrinkling, crackling,
animating mental powers
afire

[onestepp]

Afire
barrier reef
evergrowing, groaning
cagey colorful cut corals
oceans

[wyzguy]

oceans
deeply surging
over shoals of never was
drowning useless remnants of my
emotions

[onestepp]

Emotions
inner turmoil
turning, churning, yearning
unforgiveable yesterdays
headache

[onestepp]

headache
stabbing, throbbing,
pinpricking razor sharp,
unyielding mystical darkness
heartache.

[onestepp]

heartache
dripping, dribbling
gooey, gummy, mushy
stickey-ickey chocolate goo,
ice-cream

[P.H.Delarran]

ice-cream
just one dribble
onto my waiting tongue
no point resisting, tomorrow
diet

[onestepp]

Diet,
counting, watching
beautifying, spacious,
feet lightly bouncing off the ground,
weightless.

[Writer???]

Weightless
We float aloft
Noting worlds of pleasure
Treasure waiting within a touch
Caress

[CurtisPutnam]

caress
finger linger
drawn out, curved in, stopped dead
apex of disire, near the mount, resists
release

[Writer???]

release
whatever ties
your heart to hatred's hell
resolve to evolve into a
new you

[onestepp]

New you
running, tuning,
speedily juggling
heart, mind, soul, exploding within
birthday

[P.H.Delarran]

birthday
thirteen candles
drama queens and punk smiles
sugar energy three a.m
passage

[Writer???]

Passage
made to places
with faces needing eyes
to see them not as empty stares -
human.

[Albedo of Zero]

Human
or not to be
a fur-wet animal
eating crow for nutritional
values

[Writer???]

Values
Lost or changing
Rearranging faces
Building bust and tucking tummies
Lying lips

[onestepp]

lying lips
run, trip, skip, fly
ruby-red scarlet sped
vermillion catches upon tales
poker

[onestepp]

Poker
grave, staid
colorless, serious
monotonous impersonal
joker

[onestepp]

Joker
jive, jest
light-hearted, foot-stomping
merrymaking comedian
quipster

[ddgryphon]

Quipster.
sharp tongued
flinging barbs at easy
prey; left open for dry,painful
put downs.

[Writer???]

put downs
petty people
pumping puny dura
putting people in their places
pleases

[P.H.Delarran]

pleases
thank yous
pronounced with reluctance
taught by those willing to demand
respect

[Paint]

respect
shown by skint fist
and pointed smoking gun,
unlike sweetest forgiven love...
real time.

[Writer???]

real time
does not exist
someone somewhere some say
stuck a stick in the ground and said
"Tick-tock"

[onestepp]

Tick Tock
dinging, gonging
ear-splitting, thunderous
spectacular special effects
cuckoo

[Godfather]

cuckoo
don't wake me up
wake me up, don't wake me.
i watch the world through .com - please
wake me.

[P.H.Delarran]

wake me
entice me please
drench my weary senses
rescue me from night's redundance
wake me

[oneblindmouse]

wake me
greet me gently
with the smile I miss most
bring me a reason to open
my eyes

[Godfather]

my eyes
are quiet. they
brood. silently strophing.
hands move, deliberately, when
you talk.

[oneblindmouse]

you talk
sculpting the space
between us, works of art
that hover motionless, your words
breathe life

[onestepp]

Breathe life
thump, bump
quietly, speedily
new budding friendships develop
silent spring

[Woof]

silent spring,
metal coiled beneath
my bed lurking,
poised to whine
at an inconvenient time,
my luck.

[onestepp]

My luck
trips, skips,
super, dainty-delights,
everlasting bright pastels
rainbows

[Writer???]

rainbows
follow certain
rules and so does this game
we seem to be getting away
from that. :D

2
4
6
8
2

[Ganesha]

from that.
I have learned this,
that my this is so that
yet why am I so 'this or that'
from this?

[Woof]

from this
a fresh blank slate,
to play some nonsense, or
wrinkle the forehead and write deep
then sleep.

[oneblindmouse]

then sleep
wipes out the pain,
wipes blank the aching slate,
replacing memories with dreams
all new

[Woof]

all new
and improved poem,
guaranteed to inspire
and to please or your money back
call now

[Writer???]

call now
inspiration,
we are waiting for you
where are the lines oh muse, the words?
help me

[Woof]

help me
to hear your voice
while perched on my shoulder
you whisper invisible words
in verse

[oneblindmouse]

in verse
we scribble down
the first words that appear
or sift and sort until we find
the best

[Woof]

the best
writing perhaps
starts as a gift unplanned,
finished as effort overwrought
yet flawed

[onestepp]

Yet flawed
flitted, glistened
enormous energy
unknown blindness touches rough stones
gemstone

[oneblindmouse]

gemstone
I, too, am flawed
cracked and cloudy with age
ruby heart beating in cold rock
your fist

[Woof]

your fist
bangs on table,
out of rage, is it now,
or will your clenched hand open to
beg love?

[oneblindmouse]

beg love
no more, I swore
never again to ask
for what I am entitled to
by right

[onestepp]

by right,
marching, turning,
high-stepping energy,
wonderous whisteria wins
on left

[oneblindmouse]

on left
an easy choice
on right, a narrow path
through twisted growth of jungle dark
with fear

[Kurlumbenus]

With fear
tread tiny feet
right behind your mind's eye
getting ready to swarm over
your tongue.

[onestepp]

your tonque
ruby-red sped
thumpity scarlet bled
fushia, vermillion upended
bad splice

[onestepp]

bad splice
splits, twists, turns, pops
super spiraling kinks
magnifying broken art
pictures

[oneblindmouse]

pictures
fractions of sight
two-dimensioned splinters
one-sided view of what you see
not me

[Woof]

not me
but the shadow
walks without identity,
shape-shifting roles to fit the mood
unseen

[oneblindmouse]

unseen
I ebb and flow
my silent raging tides
ignored like so much flotsam you
discard

[HeronW]

discard
disowned and lost
it shivers in the darkness
waiting for arms to reach out then
drink deep

[oneblindmouse]

drink deep
this hemlock cup
brings welcome peace at last
as you shake off the mortal coil
you hate

[Woof]

you hate
the thing that prods
your heart to bitter passion
for nothing is despised that is
not felt

[onestepp]

not felt
building, budding
enormous energy
potent proud pounded paradox
atoms

[onestepp]

atoms
bouncing, bounding
enormous energy
microscopic forceful ions
charges

[onestepp]

Hard won
fading, bumping
secretly, stately pink
metucously unperfect
friendship