Noodle School Memories William Maxwell once saidTo writeAll I need is to remember the slamOf my childhood home's screen door I had no such doors but I do haveThe smell of a bowl of Yellow noodlesTo transport me backTo a time in my whites and blues From 7 to 12 years old in a dingy … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #285
The One I Was Meant To Read A gazillion of themAll over the worldA gazillion nanosecondsThen my life disappears in a whirl What makes me thinkI can read them all?Every page every prefaceEvery line however small Just because I love booksI don't need to read everyoneJust because I love booksI don't need to read a … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #284
Anger Anger That's what moves meChampioningThe stuff that never failsTo sway me Anger It's what fuelsMy creativityCaptures me Brings out the beast within me Anger When the stakes feel highMy rage rockets to the skyCreativity to flyMake a difference passionately ChampioningWhat I believe inWhat moves me emotionallyDaily That's what keepsThe juices a-flowingThe inspiration millChurning Anger … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #283
My Aurora Astronaut He stands astride All decked in space milky whiteAnd shoots out beamsTo my pristine ceiling And lo and beholdMy Northern Light showComes alive and flowBringing me endless delight untold Though seeing the Aurora Is on many a bucket listI'm not really sureIf it'll ever happen for me It seems so far to … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #282
On The Brink Ever felt on the brinkOf something massive?Well I haveEvery other dayBut then the lethargy descendsLike ether from the airAnd I'm narcotisised Ever felt on the brinkOf something monumental?Well I haveEvery other weekBut then reality bitesLike a snake in the nightAnd I'm anaesthesized Ever felt on the brinkOf something murderous?Well I haveEvery other … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #280
Ghosting Me? Or...? Still just one tickAfter more than one textOn WhatsAppDid my messages not get through? What happened pal?Are you ok?I even calledBut you didn't pick up at all! Are you ghosting me?Or...?I'm afraid to thinkWhat could have been?If only I knewVisited you In your home in the WestThough I'm East, I can travelBy … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #279
Golden Skin It glows it glowsMy reptilean handA shimmering orangeThanks to the stain glass filtered lightPiercing into the chapel Such a golden gleanWith blotches of white skinSprinkled lightly on my reverse palmWho knew aging would diversifyMy skin. My look. Beguiling. Golden skin. Be it this chapel or anywhereGolden is heavenYet I can't help but feelLike … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #278
My Beautiful Beautiful Disaster My beautiful beautiful disaster My beautiful beautiful disasterMy one and onlyDrowning me constantly Rescuing me daily My beautiful beautiful disasterLights up my lifeAdds to my strifeMakes me feel alive My beautiful beautiful disasterAsks affectionate questionsWhat You Doing? You like it? With Who?Just to get my attention My beautiful beautiful disasterTurning dull … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #276
Tree You stand tallImperviousUnswaying Stoic How do you do it?Me I'm in aweMe who's always vacillatingUnable to stand tall Like you! Teach me O Mighty Tree How to stay rod still No matter the storm beImmoveable Strong You stand calmResplendent in the sunUnmoved by the buzzIn this city island chaos I'm frazzledUnsettledFrenticBedazzled Unlike you! Think … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #275
Rain like bullets White pellets longSlicing sideways Billions of light sticksPlummeting from the sky Cymbals and drumsPommeling above the cloudsThunderous. Relentless.So help us God! You promised no more floodsYet this seems unstoppableRain like bulletsWorse than hail Keeps my son and me inHe's cowering in fear (as am I!)Who will end this torrent?Of sky that's fallin' … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #274
