Hour 12-Nonet

I glide  in mercilessly unknown Caught in a scream of circumstance Obliterating starlight Beguiling my torment Stealing from myself Glad to be free Lifeless, cold Dying Eye

Playground

I’m performing poetry at the Playground. They say anything goes. I wonder if they know… Special K is here to dominate this thing!

Family (prompt 12, 8 pm)

Two cats, one dog, and me, family united in our shared space as one. Love, laughter, quiet times shared too. Better together for the good and bad days, they love me always. Family, glad.

to my love

you made me a flower press last month and you took me to the mountains summer sun warmed our faces fingers interlocking our love is in bloom petal-soft kiss our season always us

Nonet

I am truly exhausted this year. I want to quit; not one more poem. Emotions are depleted. Words are without meaning. Still I write one last, nonet entry. Willpower propels me.

©️ Final (Half) Hour: 2021/12 – Image Prompt

  Blue flowers are fraught with the memories and grievings of nought A bittersweet cacophony of endings and beginnings, Simultaneously. In Friendships, Funerals and Weddings, you’ll see me. Forever crying; but never sure if from Regret or from Glee!

Abundance

Your cells  Are an unfathomable abundance A legacy of lives  On branches so far reaching Their names are lost in history’s haze Yet, the map has not vanished It spans the centuries  On the spun silver helix  Twinning and twining  A ladder  The generations have…

the Breath within my breath

holding a breath after the exhale is to pause, and hold emptiness possibility and hope creating space for new no need to panic breathe in God’s love two now one inhale yes

I Cannot Believe

I can not believe I made it to the end. It was an interesting journey that took much prayer and meditation. The words may flow and the ideas may gather in one place. Even so, it’s a miracle I made it to the finish line…

Transparent

Petals lovely in a delicate blue Fragile and few Leaning in, See the lines And the damage The imperfections unique Held too tightly She collapses Extinguished by force Her fragility Was transparent