Dead Are Unimpressed

October 11, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A cruel masterthe ticking clockSo much potentialGet it done! I rush past shadowscrumple the pagesfailed attemptsmounting What of dreams?Of life’s destiny?How I worshipat the altar of should Even with positivityfantastical notions fall shortI argue against uncertaintymeet only disapproval There is no magicno pre-destined famejust dust gatheringthe dead are unimpressed. (Linking up with Reena’s Exploration challenge: […]

Secret Keepers

October 4, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

(Disclaimer: I am submitting this poem for Reena’s Exploration challenge: horror. The poem arose from a nightmare, and my be triggering for some readers.) They always take the back roads,virginal snow-covered laneslined with trees: pastoral views Unmarked routes, out of sight,use the innocence of landscapeto blot out their dark intentions Pristine picture perfect sceneslull the […]

Remain Steadfast

September 27, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Illusory this ideation of separationintricate the webs that bind us Politicians focus on the holespander to the vacuous – Seekers resonate with connectionconsciousness raising awareness Remain steadfast protestorsyour vibrations wide-reaching. (submitted for Reena’s Exploration challenge: prompt the featured image.)

Crazy-Making

September 6, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Happiness, he says,is your responsibilityand then… If you love me enough…If you showed more appreciation…If you lost a little weight… and… Clearly, not my problem. Really? Is it always just me? (For Reena’s Exploration challenge #151: Is it always me? Image mine)

Dear Seagull

August 30, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This woman you think you seeface hidden behind lensshe is but an illusion Flesh camouflaging spirit –her soul, wingedsoars beside you. (For Reena’s Exploration challenge: illusion; and Bird Weekly challenge: seagulls.)

Is Optimism Enough?

August 23, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Are you happy? The question hits my gut, slingshots down the hall deadends at optimism Of course, I respond. What else can I say… Sure life needs tweaking… I am learning to be better… I can make this work… Why? What do see? Thoughts unspoken but the bell has been rung… (For Reena’s Exploration challenge: […]

Parental Passages

August 16, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Carefully we construct security for offspring – add luxuries to entertain accommodate growth play host to revolving- door friends and dates. And yet, we are graded on performance – met or unmet expectations – held up against a stack of other super parents, silhouettes of perfection. Still, we celebrate goals, sprouting family, ignore the slanders, […]

Colourless Expressions

August 9, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Consciousness commands a shift of focus tired of the clash of colours stimulation overload my muse is leaning towards the nuance of black and white A study of shadows and shading and how light arouses the soul Speak to me in subtleties she whispers in tones suggestive of hidden depths I am listening And so […]

Scrambled Reality

August 2, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Of cubism, I am ignorant yet, I relate To express depths of perception concurrent aspects Of a multi – imagined universe Or even to embrace the possibility of oneness in fractured slices… I pull apart the pieces re-create the image still cannot find the whole. (Reena’s Exploration challenge this week is cubism, a subject I […]

Disconnect

July 26, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hold my words up to your lens – exchange snippets distracted lives hold no audience I seek a way home. (Reena’s Exploration challenge invites us to write a cryptic poem. Image my own.)