Images stir beneath the surface
butt up against unyielding skin
doubts crust interior motives
I am restless, tormented
pray for an opening
a release…
…that creativity
will prevail, break
through stagnation.
(Tuesdays I borrow from my Twitter account: @Vjknutson. Image my own.)
Dank, this current state,
mildew and rotten fruit,
the stench of redundancy –
crave the petrichor of hope,
the aroma of fresh soil
singing praises of rebirth.
Spontaneity craves opportunity,
ignores setback – will not wait,
prepare – is ready, it sweetness
a charm, luring and strangling.
Just rumours, this rage-tired hurt
calculating appearances, facade
ambition-not-happening deters all
hope of aid; organization could be
an opening – regulate responses,
indicate good things happening
in the wings, projecting warmth –
the fear is discovery, stepping out
from comfort – creativity is willing,
intelligence on board – vulnerability
pervades, adds to the conversation,
lacks wind – manipulation, criticism
all plot to dissuade – what peace is
there in exposing identity? Persona
needs overhaul, sorry energy resists
change, only hope the assurance of
quick-witted bravado – preference is
to let someone else reign, continue
absence – force is needed to propel
this anxiety-heavy body, exuberance
would breathe life, crush self-serving
put downs, fear of disappointment,
and telltale self-image; ignore the
riotous ‘no’ and oust the narcissist.
(Image: mamiverse.com)
Wading knee-deep,
electric yellow waters
of mud laden stream
the coveted prize –
a mutated version –
Christ’s fish hovers
within arm’s reach;
have touched it –
recoiled out of fear.
Status is stagnation –
movement stymied
by lack of current.
Only the constant
thrum of a winged
pest’s belligerence
punctures stillness,
irritates, its hard –
shelled turquoise
body reminiscent
of Halcyon days,
Caribbean sunsets.
What evil virus has
cemented me here
strangled nomadic
dreams, mired me
in polluted waters
imbued with cruel
uncertainty; faith-
less; immobilized
by juxtaposition?
(Photo courtesy: grist.org)
One Woman's Quest 