Nightmare

Lost in an eerie nightmare, frightened, cold and alone. I fight to escape the darkness, but my will is not my own. The monsters all surround me, forcing me into their snare. I search to find a way out, but there are traps everywhere. I…

Inside Out

Inside my world is topsy turvy I don’t know where to go A cacophony of sounds So much is going on. The dog it barks, the cats meow The music plays so loud I cover my ears for silence Put a blanket over my head…

7 WHY?

Why? Before, You didn’t know he existed. He is a stranger, he’s foreign He’s not on the earth you walked in Not in the circle you swirled about You have a life then, living it, enjoying it, Why? Why would it be very hard now,…

inside out

the labyrinth had been painted on the concrete in the park, wide enough for a wheelchair a crack emerged in the concrete in the very center of the labyrinth and a dandelion emerged in the crack whispering life and yellow belong here the boy child…

Elusive Dreams No More

My dreams long ago are hopeless to achieve For these dreams are so high though my time I will give But right now I am here writing poems I can write With each prompt every hour writing verse all my might My dreams long ago…

Backyard swing

High above the six feet of chain link fences that separate our 13by16 square footage of various weeds we called grass Almost as tall as the branches of the old sap tree we loved to dangle from Only then. with the air propelling my imagination…

Inside Out (7)

You unzipped my spine and crawled inside before it closed, trapping you inside.   You fondled your way through, your muted screams without echo off my ribs as I consumed you bit by bit.   You used my spine as a ladder to escape, the…

Prompt 7

When you can’t silence your mind its hard to be at peace you can have peaceful moments but never silent   In Life there is no hiding place which is probably why I live majority of mine indoors When I’m by myself I tend to…

7.

WHAT IF OUR WORDS ARE ONLY           Images               &         Emotions mELtiNG tHe iNSiDeS of our hearts, until we are empty like the body of a guitar that only SINGSSHOUTSSHREDSSLIDESSPEAKS when…

Big Brown Eyes

Do you see that girl with the big brown eyes, The one with the radiant smile? Do you notice her walk Or would you rather hear her talk? What is it about her that makes you stare? What is it about her that makes you…