Us

First published on 11 April 2019, a collaboration with Mike Ennenbach

 

let’s shuffle the playlist
Eat kale chips and eggplant wedge dipped in chilly jam

Let’s waltz away in our fave band T-shirts
misted in aromatic oil

Let’s pillow fight and giggle
till our tummy muscles grow

Chase each other
Until we fall in a pile
Laughing on the floor
Cheeks sore from smiling

The thunder of our hearts
Drowns out the music
Gazing lovingly at each other
Until you tickle me some more

Let’s pull down the blinds
Dim the world outside

Let our love twinkle
Stardust falling on us
Echoing the illumination within us

Let us My Love
Let us create the most glorious night sky
All in this place we call
Home

Let’s close the door
And embrace
My love
Shut the world out
And fall into
Our sanctuary in
Everlasting bliss

Yes
Let’s close the door
And embrace
My darling
Falling into
Our sanctuary in
Love forever more

 

Flyaway love

set me free
let me wander off
wherever I go
I carry your gracious heart

I don’t know
if you will settle for
the next best
while I am away
to cure my heart

we have no way of knowing
except when dreams come
tears thread our hearts
two broken
too far away

Smile

bitter sweet of life
the moment is fleeting
let’s smile

a smile predicts
the next moment
to be honeydew
a smile welcomes
the next chapter
to be hope-filled
a smile lifts
the heavy spirit
to be victorious

sorrow interweaves with joy
it is meaningless
to be sober minded
it is all just vanity
let’s smile

a smile gives us reasons
to live on
a smile humbles us
to know our maker
a smile sates us
with a grateful heart

He rules, for her

His razor sharp mind
misread
misjudged
misunderstood

His diamond eyes
piercing
penetrating
precisioning

Rocks and pebbles
scattering about
piling up shaky foundation
trying to overturn him

False affection and shady lovers
pointing their fingers at him
accusing his integrity
attempting to cast him down

And yet
he rules
the moment he lays eyes on her
his rightful queen
his soul seeks solace
in her tranquility

Rainbow – The Colour Collection

His manic anger
burned her into
fearful blues

The fresh cyan bruises
and old sallow scars
stole her royalty

Her once thriving life
descended with
Autumn leaves

Struggle

It is with great pain
not be able to behold my world
with you

It is with great sadness
not be able to cry my sorrow
onto your shoulder

It is with great destruction
not be able to let out my longing
across the sea

It is with great frustration
not be able to echo I love you
into the space

It is with great numbness
not be able to stay awake
in clarity

A pompous poem

Prompt from The Living Poetry

A Black Cat Darted Expeditiously
Fronted Gates of Hell
Inflicted Jagged Killing

Lonesome Mountains
No One Prepared the Queen to Return
Stuck in This Useless Void
Wicks Xanthic of a Young Zeal

Man’s best friend

Losing a pet is like losing
a solid ground in a shaky war

She was like a home I returned to
when I felt battered
She was like an unwavering supporter
always there when I needed to vent
She was so loyal to a fault
and yet she won my heart like no other

Pets are our best friends
They left holes in our hearts
and gaze points when our eyes wander
in searching for their shadows
around us

Tiggy

Today,

I lost my winter leg warmer.

I lost my bed buddy.

I lost my most loyal audience.

For all 13 years,

I lost you, my Queen.