Before dawn breaks in Singapore, The hunched, wizened figure, Worn singlet already drenched in sweat, Prepares his aromatic infusion. A heady scent permeates the entire kitchen. The brew of freshly grinded robusta, Roasted with generous dollops of butter or margarine, Drenched in hot water…
Category: Marathon Poem
The Raging and Consuming War of The Poetics
Part XX Double X, less obscene than triple – or maybe less octane; Question… how many parts of a play can a person adequately portray? Answer… as many as it takes to make it to see another day… so I’m told… – Michellia D. Wilson…
4am
Thankful if this were any ordinary day, I would have fed the negative vibes by now more times than the patient on the couch, only I haven’t been caught yet, lucky me, or maybe lucky you, one of us must have spoken more than the…
brain traffic
exit signs and satellites i don’t know where we’re going or who’s watching or why i’m even inclined to know when some days all i want to do is place bets on something i don’t understand and wait to see what happens but the satellites…
Solitude Poem 18
Solitude We have walked together More than I can say My withered heart preferring aloneness Years of my own voice Raging in my head a cacophony of silence Aloneness Almost afraid to push the boundaries Afraid of thick walls coming down Afraid to be vulnerable…
The light has come..
Its on the way To take it away The dark will loose Light will stay While I embrace all the ends All my pains remain at bay Night will say a last bye Sun rays enter through the sky Bad will go Good will come…
The Foggy Road (Almost a Sonnet, but Not Really)
The road ahead of me is so foggy I can’t see the center line I’m aching and I’m groggy From squinting at each little sign I don’t know where I’m going I barely remember where I’ve been I understand I must be growing As I…
Fading 3AM
Ten minutes to write something where did the time go? Don’t stop or slow down! I’m looking forward to going to bed in another six hours My creative juices are fading fast but this has been a blast.
Sodalitas
A child’s body bows beneath chainmail links, cut from convention. By some innate doctrine her battle is decreed! She clutches a brittle blade that, when drawn, hums a hollow tone… For the blacksmith’s ore he neglected, that would have served her. She espies another youth…
On love and Marriage
All my life I seemed to be falling towards you, Helpless, as in a dream I become whole; I knew we always were destined to be two Joined, mind and heart, and soul. When we reached the place we should become entwined, They took…