All mourning blindly, For that which cannot be born, Escape the damp pain.
Category: Marathon Poem
Prompt 2 – In 10 Years
Prompt 2 – In 10 Years In 10 years I’m 30, in ten years’ time I’ll be 40 I wonder what it’s like to be 40? 40 is the new 30 or so they say, 10 years is a long time, a decade…
Hour 4 – My Home
Is where it doesn’t Feel meddlesome Day or night Somebody cherished will come along To bolt the entryways And near the light That basic giggle From out the patio will set me down To tune in right And on entry you will…
Severance in Cinquain – Hour 4
Hunger… Nourishment found, Her life’s sanguine essence, Accepted offer, tithe gifted, Teeth fed.
Hour Four: Handfasting/Hand Tying (Khis Tes)
Why do they scoff at Hmong Khis Tes: Hand Tying with white strings at weddings and other celebrations to hold a person’s soul together to shield them from evil spirits Do they scoff because Wiccans or Pagans did it Millennials ago: Tying hands together…
Hour 4–Raven Whispers
I come to tell you not to worry Pink clouds carry on as they should Winds carry seeds Ice melts Fire burns The Earth cares for herself Human, you are no less mysterious than the salmon You both work so hard only to reach death…
Marriage Wishes – Hour 4
Anger. Rage. All around people training to fight or defend. Awkward martial arts. Beautiful faces, roiling with ego and fear. Beautiful bodies with angular limbs, exposing uncertainty in proportion to the size of their weapons. Brandishing arms of war with snarls of terror to frighten…
Stirring up the soul (Hour 4)
Just like a soup, we keep stirring a loop, our lives also follow, the same patterns. Hearts ache for an escape, and we find ourselves late, in the hands of our fate, we keep passing the dates. One fine day, when all our chores are…
Unity
Unity of two people lovers. Likes and hobbies intertwine. A newness is born each day. Emotional connections grow stronger as time passes. A togetherness is created in the unity of two people.