Category: Poetry Corner

Yesterdays

each day I lose my yesterdays - 
each day I rejoice.
For what are they
but chains that drag?
Backward
going nowhere.
I've seen things - 
harsh things.
Heard venomous silences
beaten by suspicion
castrated by indifference.

Each day I forget my yesterday - 
sweet blessed release;
so,
I can embrace today...

Withdrawl.

Three days...
waiting
a lifetime.
Three days...
Fear laughs
bile rising
a loosening,
everything released
wasted.
No sleeping beauty...
this story,
is ending
on this page
to be forgotten...
Famine faints,
on dry land,
Earthquake trembles
threatening
my frame.
Twisted
voices
rabidly infest
possessing
dispossesing me.
Does Paradise await?
Distantly I gaze -
It waves hello
among turquoise crystal clear,
Heavenly,
beckoning the broken...

Swan Life

Drifting slowly
effortlessly
gliding 
on crystal clear. 
They have all day
not a seeming care
they join once
twice 
a well known dance
of eternity promised.
But,
their elegance belie
their wildness concealed
beneath white apparel.

Now,
Suddenly rising
powerful
imposing 
their will 
wings arched explosively -
you dare not go near.

Then,
gently lowered
again in crystal clear
they wait,
ready,
expectant.