Plunge! Shivering but undeterredby the uncharacteristic artic weatherI plungedinto the chilly watersI lungedOnly to realizeit's never been doneOr rather I've never been thisundone By the slapThe stingThe punchThe plungeInto icy depths I thought I knew well. I was wrong. Chest tightensanxiety heightensIn the space of one lapI was sure I'llmeet my watery casket "What to … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #125
Anxiety attacks An anxiety attack comes like a... ...stab in the solar plexus...punch to the palette...tightening of the torso...a feeling of fear An anxiety attack leaves me... ...desperate for deliverance...eager to escape...hoping for heaven...numb to what's "now" An anxiety attack disappears when... ...its source surrenders...I surrender...time progresses...a heart collapses An anxiety attack can return if … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #124
The Dolphin Song When I first heard his callIt came from a secluded bayEchoed off the cliffs like a whisperWhile stars twinkled off each sea spray Grandpa didn't hear itNeither did my momMaybe I dreamt it upYet each dawn I hear his song Every day a little closerTelling me about the oceanSometimes uplifting WholesomeSometimes sorrowfulDespondent … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #122
Life is not just a promise Life is not just a promise, It is what each day we seek. Our footsteps, not merely a stumble But how we progress or retreat. The lies we often say, In opposition to truths we think. Our legacies, all but stolen Never floating, only sink. But I want to … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #121
A Muted Sun He hangs over usThis muted SunBlurry uncertainLooking down at everyone(And also no one). I've often wondered whyHe vacillates between brightand hologram-likeShouldn't his radiance stayIridescent not slight? But it's true he's unsureat times of who he isOne moment the very essence of lightThe next, a fading Abyss. No, this sunCan't be the oneThat … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #119
Free from our past Can we ever be free from our past?The mistakes. The wrongdoings. The scars.What if we were Fuhrer Hitler orMussolini reborn?Would we immediately be taken to task? Will the past forever control us? Tarnish our means to live a normal lifeIn the here and nowAnd ever after? I've wondered about this for … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #118
What does a life of happiness look like? What does a life of happiness look like? Puppies frolicking in a fireplace's glowStardusts a-falling like flakes of snowBlanketing the land in pure silver and gold What does a life of happiness look like? Blue unicorns prancing in rainbow fieldsWind whistling through my window sillsNewborn whippoorwills calling … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #117
Words Words on a lineOn a pageOn a napkin Words thumbed downOn the go On my iPhone (how weary!) Words suddenly floodOnto my brainOnto my conscience Seize the daySeize them wordsFor like breath they quickly become air For words they fleetLike bees from stem to stigmaGone in the blink of an eye Never to return … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #116
Sonnet: One step at a time Every mountain is climbedOne step at a timeEvery ladder rung mountedOne foot over the other That's what I was toldA thousand years agoYet this new year I'm stillAt the bottom of the hill So what's a man to doAt the bottom of a hillBut pick himself upDust himself off … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #114
Not again!! Not again!!2022 to 3 to 4 to...How do they do it?One passing the torchTo the next in a splitRunners in a four by one hundredBlazing past meWithout warningWithout pausingOnly moving ever forwardIn ever-expanding concentric circlesAnd dragging meRight alongKickin'Screamin'"LET GO OF ME! LET!" I wanna stay behindThere are things in the old year still … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #113
