The Poetry Marathon

Pride to some
Beloved she was to the others
So they kept her close to them,
Like she was a gem…
They cared for her in all the ways,
Over protection she got from everyone in the way
So she made her place in the treasure,
She was adored beyond measure
Locked inside forever; where nobody could scratch her even in disguise
But she knew the use of keys
And slowly made her way to the people’s eyes
She shone like a diamond
Like God Himself had made her with leisure

A Dream to some
Precious she was to the others
Untouched she felt by them,
They pushed her away
Like she did not belong to them
Unable they were to handle her purity
Undeserving they thought of themselves for her
For their love for her was eternity
They gave her wings to fly…To fly Far away!
But she came back to them
Where she had her freedom
Freedom to infinity
After all,
She was a bird,
A bird full of love and loyalty!

Armageddon

ARMAGEDDON

The gates of Hell are rising
To engulf the diseased Earth.
Moms and Dads are crying,
Babies dead right after birth.
Demons are attacking,
Taking everything they see.
The world around us blacking
As we plunge into the sea.

The life we know is ending
As it suddenly is clear
That evil is impending,
The Devil’s thousand years.
Dirt and stench surround us
As we see what might have been.
Satan, now has found us
The king of wicked men.

Our paths are laid before us,
To the sinners’ realm we go;
To the torture that is for us,
Reserved for human souls.
Eternity, defined here
Is where we’ll spend our days.
The lives we left behind us
Have gone their separate ways.

The fires are getting close now.
I can feel them burn my soul.
For my soul was black with evil,
My sins as black as coal.
The foolish do not heed me
Or mend their wicked ways.
The lambs of God march forward on
Into the fiery blaze.

Sundoggy (Hour Four)

Sundoggy

 

Fuzzy blue arms

fling past my face

whipping wildly in the wind.

 

With tail wagging,

she drops her blue baby in my lap

as if presenting me with the Hope Diamond,

and stares eagerly into my eyes,

seeking their approval.

 

I laugh and rub her head,

careful not to neglect the sweet spot behind her right ear.

She kisses my cheek then licks my lips,

savoring the sweetness strawberry soda left behind.

 

With two fingers, I twice tap my chest, and

she rests her furry red head against me,

so she can feel the pulsing vibrations of

my every heartbeat.

 

I lean down and bury my nose in her fur,

inhaling that overwhelming aroma that warms me from the inside out,

much the same way as a glass of good wine.

 

Sundoggy, I call it.

 

She’ll lay on the back porch for hours, even in the Texas summer heat,

soaking up the sun, forming the fragrance that melts my heart.

She’ll prance through the doggy door, bound into my lap, lower her head,

and let me snort her, just because she knows it makes me smile.

I wish I could bottle that scent and carry it with me

all the places that she can’t go,

so I’d never be without her again.

 

She listens to my secrets but never dares to share them.

She lays with me at night and calms my fears.

She plays with me and makes me laugh.

She loves me more than I love myself.

 

Truly, she is my best friend.

Fish Fright/Prompt 6 Hour 5

From a sewer they came
multicolored and large
fins flapping, bodies waving
sharp teeth bared
Chewing air, they fly
to me, I’m afraid
Big googly eyes stare, unwavering
bodies undulating
I turn, I am running
pursuit begins
Fins flapping
teeth gnashing
Me, running
more coming
HELP!!!

Infinite Sky

You and me
adrift at sea
afloat on an ocean
of hopes and dreams.


Above us hangs
a blanket of stars.
An infinite sky
for a love like ours.

Aria Aria Butterfly

After our first was born we have been dreaming
Of little baby girl so dainty yet beaming
We often look above and wish upon the stars
May God grant us all the desire of our hearts

Then finally our dream of baby girl came true
Been craving and sleeping and my tummy “uh-oh”
Then her name was prepared We will name her Victoria
And we can’t wait to hold our pretty pretty Aria

A month more to go before we see our little girl
She came without heartbeat everything’s in a blur
We were all devastated we were all left in tears
‘Cause we wont get to hug our dainty pretty Miss

Since then every time we remember our girl
A dainty butterfly all at once will appear
Its a way that we know she drops by to visit
Her mom and dad and brother who are sad every minute

Aria Aria dear Aria Aria butterfly
Pay us a visit every once in a while
Please know that you’re loved and dearly you are missed
You did not leave us all You will stay in our midst

Hour 5, Prompt 6: My Unknown Groom

A vision in white
Friends and family near
A wedding some time in the distance, perhaps
The details exact, all the way to the cake flavor
Sunshine, roses, fragrance abound
With one element missing
A face
That face
That special face
The groom
To look into my eyes
And promise forever
Not once is the face visible
No looks
No idea about his family
No details at all about character
Excitement so vivid and yet so obscure
When?
Where?
And better yet, who?
Will I ever know?
Will it ever become clear, years later?
The ultimate dream come true
A face coming into view
Even unseen, I know I’ll always love you
My person
My face in the shadow
My Unknown Groom

Hour 5: Untitled

I lay on the couch

Frozen I place, watching

It inches closer, growing

Ot starts the size of a penny

But soon a plate

A dog

I want to move

Run on six fewer legs

But I can’t

It reaches to touch my face

And I’m awake

 

this one was fun to write. I had a dream staying at my aunts of a giant spider crawling down to my face. So very scary dream

prompt #6, dream of flight

Icarus ~

they were always at my heels
which dangled just above their heads
only sometimes out of reach

some nights they were faces I knew
some nights they were ominous anonymous
some nights I escaped them

the nights they clawed me back to earth
I struggled, overcome by hands like talons
my wings flailing, thrashing against gravity

and whatever earthbound means ~ its own
gravity of inner landscape, the ways ordinary
struggles to clip the primaries of flight ~

their clutching hands wore those meanings
like golden manacles      wore them proudly
secure in their rejection of the sky above them

always they reached from the earth below
minor demons in some avian morality play
while I fought my solitary darkling battle

this, I told myself, is what pride does
what it means to work to learn thermals
& the language of the wind

to tumble every night like Icarus lost
a covert of feathers caught in a wayward breeze
remiges and rectrices in the hands of strangers.

Pilgrim’s dream

Pilgrim’s dream

Sleep, you are unvanquishable,
The eternal shadow of a jaded sun;
How long a voyager can you be?
The free fledgling will return to its abode
To refill with hope the unwanted vacation:
You are the Morpheus
The single actor on the stage
The nemesis of youth.
Sleep, you are the undying spirit
The renegade new sun;
How long’ll you restore broken lives?
Your leonid legions unmatched
In this moribund world
For I am the next pilgrim
My disguise unparalleled as you
The timeless traveler of the next world

 

Hour 5

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