Edges
Can the ocean feel?
There where the land splits apart,
who heals the edges?
J. Pratt-Walter
6/22/2019
Island Dreams
Dreams of Aloha
lull me to sleep,
Palm fronds sway to the rhythm
Of the Kona wind;
The ephemeral aroma of
Plumeria and tuberose
Float across the shadows
Of the night sky;
Ocean waves whisper
As a canopy of stars
Light my way
Back to the island.
A Letter to My Body
Dear my body,
First of all, thank you for carting my brain around. I do appreciate that.
Secondly, thank you for having strong legs and strong arms for lifting and carrying. Thank you for having a nice strong rib cage to keep my organs safe and pale, but thick, skin to keep the germs out.
Thirdly, thank you for continuing on even after being fed a diet of mostly junk food for so many years.
Finally, thank you for existing. I often feel down about you and how we look, but you are truly the only reason that I am alive.
With all my love,
Your brain.
The World Outside
The world outside awaits your presence
Do not miss out on what awaits
Life would be lesser for it
See what awaits this day
Hear what the wind blows
Smell what is about
Feel the breeze
Don’t blink
Sense
The Journey
It is better to go it alone,
Than to not go at all.
The journey is hard,
And the toil is long…
C. Burgess (c)
Entry 5 Half-Marathon 19.00 EU time — Five Tanka on Death
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1
he is no longer there
but she calls out his name
and then waits
to see if his favourite chair
will move by itself
2
I wish to die
way ahead of you
that way I’ll know
someone will be there
to pay the burial fees
3
even today
I think of my two dead sons
only when my heart
has turned to earth again
will they be buried
4
death poems …
we die a little death
each borrowed day
yet live again because
we have to pay
5
sometimes a death
will have more meaning
after a life well lived
said the cockroach after
getting crushed by a shoe
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DOWN BUT NOT OUT
DOWN BUT NOT OUT (A 24-hour poetry marathon prompt – Haiku)
SHE HAD NOTHING LEFT
HER NEW BEGINNING BECKONS
FEAR REPLACED WITH HOPE
Voices
They followed everywhere
At all times of the day
They kept her awake at night
Forced her to do it
To keep a distance
To lock that door
To keep lights off
To keep staring at the wall
She didn’t want to fail
Si she kept trying
Without telling anyone
She kept struggling
In the end
She was about to climb
Just a step away from freedom
Something untied itself
Someone echoed loudly
He blindfold was put off
Suddenly her soul held her hand
She was awaken
She was fearless
She was now able to fight them
the voices stopped, they were defeated
No she knew what real freedom felt like…