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
Cycling Our Whole Life Through Each time we cycleI discoverWonders and sightsUnusual to behold People in yellow (above)Seated on green lawnsThe peace that radiatesFrom them apparent A different yellow (below)Not too far awayCelebrating marital unionIn a breezy special way Source: Poet's Album (22 Feb 2026) I love these unexpected sightsThank you son for bringing themBecause … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #273
This Week An Island This week an islandI will buildI'll surround it with acid waterLet no one swim intoMy private isle of rest and peaceThis week an island I will build This week a moatI will buildAround my dwellingLet no one else inMy castle sanctuaryThis week a moatI will build This week a heavenI will … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #272
When The Sun Hits The Hills When the sun hits the hills Someone once saidWhen the sun hits the hillsA ringing goes outAll over God's Green Earth When the sun hits the hillsSong birds launch into a choirOf arias and hallelujahsLeaves waving unfurled When the sun hits the hills The land's covered in a soft … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #271
Window Metal birds high upDescendingAscending Feathered birds outside my windowChirpingFlapping Mornings are a-callingEvery day in this sacred spaceLifting the veil of nightCurtains up revealing delight Soaring DippingPivoting RivetingI love the theatrical panoramaThat plays outside my window Affords me time to museTo dream and wonderTo pen down ditties or random haikusDoodle and ruminate Just inside of … Continue reading My Metrical Musings #270
