I don’t know why
they tell me to aim high
and dream dreams
I am already anxious as it is
scared of heights
trapped in night terrors
Clipped Wings
When I heard you singing to me
I thought I could fly to be with you
I have done it so many times in my youth
I have done so again in all my dreams
Reality came to me when the border closed
and then I became the outcast
I realised I would never be with you
with a pair of clipped wings
Moss on a Garden Wall
Bartholomew created this piece from a photo I took when I visited Mount Wilson in Autumn some years ago. This poem tells a rich hisoty of a simple wall. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Moss on a Garden Wall
Moss drips down
the stone wall
at tree’s pace
in slow steady shade
Storms and floods
pass unnoticed
seasons flow
like days
Life tears down walls
not human lives
whose fragile skulls
are dashed upon the rocks
But simple relentless
life eroding the minerals
so our descendants
might burrow in the rubble
War
Bricks and mortar struck into rubble
We are the doves used for sin offering
Our necks are wrung
Our blood are drained
Our bodies are burnt
If only Cain loved Able
Poisonous Angel
She knows
She is beautiful
She knows
She is destructive
She knows
Her angelic face keeps weak men captive
She knows
They are hers
And they keep feeding to her sins
Worthless
Living Poetry word prompt – Essential, Add, Give
Before my essential needs are met
Even I give you all that I am
My attempts only add to your devastation
An Old Woman’s Portrait
She always wears a milky rose
In her ash hair
A bit out of place
She always swims
In her linen dress
A bit too pale
For her complexion
She always paints her nails
Red
A bit too violent
When she combs her hair
With her ghostly white fingers
The thorns bleeds beauty
Onto her waxy canvas
Leaves a trail of
Dried out tears
#songshare – Peggy Gordon (to Ash)
Peggy Gordon – Sinéad O’Connor
O Peggy Gordon, you are my darling
Come sit you down upon my knee
And tell to me the very reason
Why I am slighted so by thee
I’m so in love that I can’t deny it
My heart lies smothered in my breast
But it’s not for you to let the world know it
A troubled mind can know no rest
I put my head to a glass of brandy
It was my fancy I do declare
For when I’m drinking I’m always thinking
And wishing Peggy Gordon was here, mm
I wished I was in some lonesome valley
Where womankind cannot be found
Where the little birds sang on the branches
And every moment a different sound
O Peggy Gordon, you are my darling
Come sit you down upon my knee
And tell to me the very reason
Why I am slighted so by thee
Come Running Unexpectedly
She told me
She is in a man free zone
And she is happier than ever
I warned her
This happiness won’t last
Because love is racing
Towards her
此刻 (Present)
小蜥蜴
暖阳下
悠闲自在
享受自然
我
缓下来
不忍惊破
它的享乐
小蜥蜴
和我
停驻脚步
珍惜此刻
Litrle lizard
under the warm sun
leisurely
enjoying nature
I
slow down
can not bear to disturb
its pleasure
Litrle lizard
and I
stop our tracks
to cherish the moment
Flicker of Thoughts 