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The cat crept in dreamsthe moon-flecked ground, spied the fox,
heard the baying hound.
The hound bays all night,its vain song piercing my dream,
in which I hunt sleep.
Twisting and turning,trying to sleep
But a new day now arises
under the doors the lights now seep
I lay wrapt in bedAnd fell fast into a dream
Of heroes in sheets.
In a spinning bedtightly pinned, tired but awake;
three sheets to the wind.
Spinning bed, sheets wet,a rosary entangled grip,
trembling excorsist.
Thin threads fray and breakscattering fragile bobbles
of a plastic faith.
Faith unreal,secrets revealed
Picking up the pieces.
Wow, these are great - really like 8018 -8021, fab!
Nicky wrote: "Wow, these are great - really like 8018 -8021, fab!"Yes. :-)
Nicky wrote: "Wow, these are great - really like 8018 -8021, fab!"Thanks! :)
Lost in a lost faithThe dead secrets we secreted
Into the heart beats
We were not listening to
Until we couldn't hear them.
Silence...nothing could be heard
Our obliviousness and lack of hearing
Erased them from the earth.
her heart beat slows aslimbs metamorphose into
craggy, furrowed bark
A gentle zephyrsets her hair rustling; she sways,
digs her toes in deep.
Like a palm tree,Facing a strong wind,
So am I: turned and bent,
But I stand firm,
Knowing nothing but to live.
----Paucity of self,
Filled with passion and destiny,
Sense of us abound.
----
Leaf flutters,
In the wind, reflecting,
the trembles in my heart.
----
Sorry, I thought of 2 and could not choose one to put up. The next poster can continue with either.
Sitting near the treeLike a dry and lifeless leaf;
I am without wind.
And yet I aspireTo grasp the tree of life, grow tall,
Be wet with new sap.
I wiggle my toes in grass,
Fingers stretch to touch the sky.
Suck sap? Lol! Sorry. Couldn't reaist the opportunity to create a sap sucking pun!
Outstretched towards the sky she stood tallWind caressing her face,sand in her hair
Looking up to the heavens and sadly questioning
"Can't my lover return?"
her lover's hand pressedagainst burnt tree trunk. skyward
gaze, cursing bombers.
Guy wrote: "And yet I aspireTo grasp the tree of life, grow tall,
Be wet with new sap.
I wiggle my toes in grass,
Fingers stretch to touch the sky."
I want to steal this,release it from the constraint of haiku, remove a few words and turn it into the perfect poem about me, as I often express myself as a tree.
Connie wrote: "Guy wrote: "And yet I aspireTo grasp the tree of life, grow tall,
Be wet with new sap.
I wiggle my toes in grass,
Fingers stretch to touch the sky.""
I would be honoured if you would do that, Connie! Please, go for it. And, if it isn't too personal, I (and many here I am sure), would love to read it.
Lee-lette wrote: "Where should I pick up from?"message 8040
'Those blasted bombers tore us apart'Tears slid down here face,
with a push from her thoughts.
It's time for a new beginning.
In dust we collapsed To the very former beginning
Of our existence
Reunited now in the cosmos
The zenith of our true nature: love
Thank you Ryan, and yes, stunning indeed! :-)
Go out with a bang and return the way you came;
house dust is too common.
[This was my response to Jocilene's.]To be united
And yet a syzygy still
Dancing in the dark.
Cherry blossoms fall on us
Bring to our old hearts new spring.
Blossoms springOh,what joyous thing!
Our past is now behind us,
let the new life begin.
At the end my life,When the last out breath is done
There is still sunshine
And the crocuses in bloom
Transform me indifferently.
Guy that's fab - 'indifferently' makes it quite intriguing, in fact the more I read it the more questions I have - love it!
Thank you Nicky. Resting on 'indifferently' as the closing took some time. I will post it in the big poetry competition.
To transform each nightI give yesterday to sleep;
morning is new birth.
No life at dawn. Sun rises and falls, night comes
My rebirth begins.
The worms I am nowKnow nought of me as they glide
From morsel to bone.
When I'm sad life looks,So Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang,
And, Toot, Sweet, Toot, Sweet.
Yusra wrote: "Excellent, Guy! So deep! :)"Thank you. But worms stay close to the surface, not deep at all! LOL! ;-)
There is a gladnessTo be sky high in a car
Singing 'Tout de suite!'
LOL; You guys got from rebirth to chitty chitty bang bang in 3 easy steps!!
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And with her cold nose was led
To a new warm bed.