Photo Credit: ienjoysushi – The Pedestrian -Part I- (Ray Bradbury)
Sneak
Hidden – concealed
but definitely known
lingering, laughing
while unseen.
Deceitful – elusive
the reality undeniable
Where are you hiding?
I know you are there.
Come out – be revealed
the mystery is perceived
the reality is known
Release the fear
and soar in the truth.
This is a companion piece, and the final in three poems. The first is Shift and the second, Stink.
lingering
hanging
worrying smell
One is immune
numb – oblivious
The other vulnerable
and bruised
memory
fear
dangerous smell
One has forgotten
and withdrawn
The other relives
vivid memories
sour
nasty
unbearable smell
One’s essence
bleeds reminders
The other retreats
scarred with worry
anger
wounded
disgusting smell
One is blinded
under water
The other veil drawn
sudden epiphany
a backward glance
the ruin exposed
The other decides
and chooses to escape
Shift
You shift
Change shapes
Unexpected is expected
A nip, a sip, a tip
call out the shapeshift
Soft – radiant – tender;
smooth, gentle curves
The only edge to be found
a sharp twinkling eye
Bristled – frigid – harsh;
rough jagged edges
Precipitous. Dangerous.
The twinkle replaced by fuzziness
Gentleness unfound
Avoidance, and detachment
thwart most injury
but a wound remains open
nevertheless
to bleed over the pain
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Linking up with Velvet Verbosity. Word of the week – “Radiant”
This weekend for the Trifextra Challenge at Trifecta, they are asking us to harken back to grade school days and write a haiku.
Today is my son’s birthday. I have done photo tributes for my other three kids and it’s finally his turn.
Happy Birthday Brian!
Trifextra: Week 83
Photo credit: Bérenger ZYLA / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND
Rainbows vanish as showers pass.
On slabs of sun fired heat,
ghosts of seasons dissipate,
vanishing in mist.
Pale fingers reach upward
for breezes to cast them aside
for a blue sky invasion.
Photo credit: Bérenger ZYLA / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND
Trifextra: Week fifty-nine challenge is a photo for inspiration. A little creative writing in 33 words.
Any talk of rainbows requires the most amazing version of Over the Rainbow sung by Eva Cassidy. A singer who passed far too soon. Her contribution to music is truly a gift. If you haven’t listened to her music. You should. Go. Listen. Now.
Photo credit: Bérenger ZYLA / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND
I am alone; yet enveloped, lovingly, by family, friends, neighbors, community. I am isolated; cut off emotionally. I am lost, drifting; no wind to fill my sails.
I’ve forgotten how to simply be with another, chatting head-to-head, heart-to-heart. I tell myself, “You’re petty, whiny, banal. Who wants that?”
So I melt into the background wounded and maudlin. Yet yearning for a smile, a touch, a word that tells me it’s OK to be petty, whiny, banal.
Then my head tells me, “You’re a fool if you think that’s true.”
I guess I’m just busted.
Velvet Verbosity’s 100 Word Challenge this week is: Busted ~ My song choice for this piece is “Hang” by Matchbox 20
Starry, swirling sapphires
Shady Silent sleeping
Starry Starry Nights
paintings conflict loveliness
Honey sunshine poms
Heavy fanning blooms
Vincent’s Simple Sunflowers
lonely displaced shunned
Simple cheerful façade
Favored luminous function
Little Yellow House
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Stepping away from stories and going back to my love, poetry. One of my favorite artist is Vincent Van Gogh. His art is visually poetic and creating a poem about the artist and his art was a challenge. I chose three paintings for the poem; Starry Night, Sunflowers and The Bedroom. The idea was formed from a Trifecta prompt.
Trifecta’s Week Thirty-three Trifextra prompt:
The Rule of Three is a writing principle that asserts that, in writing, groups of three have the most impact. This week’s challenge is to write 33 words using the Rule of Three somewhere among them. It is up to you to interpret the rule, just make sure to use exactly 33 words.
Trifextra: Week Thirty-Three
A peaceful new
slumber found,
The pain endured, ceased
Watching in fear
Waiting with dread
The end, bitter yet sweet
brings comfort for the finish
grief for an irretrievable loss
Slumber disrupted
tears, ache, sorrow
presence missed
Saying farewell brings angst
Unease of tears misunderstood
Comforting kin
Hurting alone
Tis not goodbye
Refuse to release
Memories of laughter
Recollected passion for life,
for both clan and comrades
Vestiges of your shadow
linger in corners, behind doors
Day by day
the ache recedes
memories bring smiles
The pain of your absence never erased
the life you lived
championed,
cherished,
beloved.
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Also linking up with Trifecta where they gave the word “New”, 3rd definition which says
3: having been in a relationship or condition but a short time
Day In and Day Out 