I read overread, skim-read, d a n c e & r a e d . and, while r e a d i n g b e t w e e n t h e l i n e s I keep losing my t r a i n o f t o g t h u h . . I don’t wanna read overread— or misread ! d r i n k & r a e d . . . S o , I w r i t e *********** It’s been a while since my last post (Or my last writing activity, for that matter) Now, slooowly, getting back to writing mood Please bear with me - While I invoke my Free verse muse Happy to be back, beautiful, naughty, dark & clever WordPress souls !
Tag: reading
failed reader
I wish I’d never let you read any of the stories in my draft book Since I always knew you’d just skim through those pages ( Lousy reader that you were— now, your time, pronto! to get back to school ) This is a book that will never get published Too bad you trashed the draft upon first reading Too good you’ll never ever get to read the end, One so tenderly written in my doctor’s handwriting - undecipherable, for my Failed R e a d er E x t r a o r d i n a i r e
new seas she sails
New seas she sails with wet, wet eyes cold, purple lips a wild, wild heart A fighting mind one fateful tune one fresh start a blinding light New poems read with tired eyes a stunning feat those rhyming lines Warm, purple ink a healing heart she will, one day, recover might A writing sword on stormy fields she will in dreams all battles fight And conquer will those seas she sails those dry, dry lines a fighting mind She starts to sail she longs to write - new poems, wild, they will take flight New seas she sails a bright new night with drier eyes h e r s o l o w r i t e s
silky promises
you told me you’d be there for me that you’d read my words late at n i g h t those silky promises yet you only skimmed through those lines flapping your dark godly wings flying out to more luscious v e r s e s those silky promises so exquisitely thin one can still inhale the aroma of cheap cigar dressed up in cuban a t t i r e those silky promises the words are still there for your one and only reading pleasure naked flowery dark and mourning just for your eyes only, those very silky promises, u n d e r t h e p a l e m o o n l i g h t