Audition He drowns in his dreamAn exquisite extremeI'm singing in the rainAnd happy again Those are feelings I desire to invokeAs I take part once moreIn an audition Once every decadeThat's my recordWondering if againI'll be so fortunate this decade To get up on a stageAnd release my inner thespianIn an all-male musical audition callThat … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #288
The Voice Inside Says STOP Rhyming! I know I knowYou who have stayed with me this longCan see all my rhymes in all my songsOops I mean poems(Or are they? Maybe not!) Despite what many may deem as whimsyRhyming in poetry means everything to me (see?)I know I know it's more than sounding similarPoetry's more … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #287
He Stands Alone...Because He stands aloneWaiting by the doorOf his favourite busBecause He stands aloneBeside the driverHoping he opensBecause My son's too scaredTo press the buzzerThat signals alightingBecause My son fears the soundThe shrill of the buzzerThat signals exitingBecause He hears it like thunderRoaring VibratingTerrifyingBecause That's what it's likeWhen you're a kidWith a super powerLike … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #286
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
Wind In My Heart They tore the palm trees downMy melodic maidens all goneNo warning except for the buzzNot even a TIM-BER to end their song Each time the wind blew throughThose leaves would sway and singIt was like a chorus from heavenSoftly caressing my dream But now they're downChopped off before their primeWhy end … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #281
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
