doodle – One Woman's Quest

Mischievous

I like to wear garlic
when creating art –
keeps the demons
from taking part

Days I forget
perspective lost –
whirlwind of ink
quite deceptive

(Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson
Art my own)

To compensate
for the obnoxious
exuberance
of my flame
I attempt
to oversimplify

Oh dear!
Seems I’ve failed
again…

(As a young woman, obnoxious was the word beaus used when breaking up with me. The poem says the rest. Art my own.)

Rain has returned
Winter’s fickle nature
overturning hope

I cower beneath
bedsheets, body
on fire – await

an impulse greater
than this pain –
creativity the antidote.

(Tuesdays I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own.