your words to me lack lustre
they sparkle for another now
i see them hanging in the air
like glitter
between the two of you
i am powerless
against the onslaught of
hurt, despair and
most of all
anger
glowing in my chest
like an ember
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Time, clearly, has driven out the demons
you've been exorcised righteously
bathed in the virgin water that sanctified and clarified and, yeah, completely satisfied.
Those baptismal currents flowed deep through my purpose -
I could not move forward until it was upheld
And now your winged bastards are laughing from the sidelines at my idiocy and falsehood.
Was I really that hard to read?
Paper tongue mindlessly spewing
burnt offerings of kind sentiments.
Jovial nostalgia, I couldn't let THAT go.
No, I knew the whole time
the game was mine to play
but you followed too closely
listened too well
and all of a sudden
the dice are missing,
the banker is corrupt and the bank is going bankrupt
and I've lost nearly all the pieces of plastic, houses and cards
and scissors and cardboard can only go so far
and our wooden foundation has rotted through to the core
what for?
... there is no where else to go from here...
darling...cheers.
It must be very easy for you
to always play to the river,
to just brush it all aside,
at the final moment.
Like running a hand through your thick, dark hair
before another chip is thrown.
Do you see me as I see me?
An equal player, deserving of my buy in?
I can match you, I won't fold.
I hardly proceed with trepidation.
So then, how is it so easy?
Is it the game you like to play?
Is it in the cards you draw
from your magicians wrist?
That flick of the wrist
so quick
so slight
and you're gone, poof.
And I'm left applying glue
to your house of cards.
Why does it get prolonged so?
We should have folded
and backed away from the table
but we get so involved, it becomes a disgusting display
and we always play
to the river.
Sing a song of honesty
A pocket full of lies
Listening when you speak to me
The truth in your eyes
Sing a song of time together
Pretending things are fine
Too frightened to change the status quo
Admit the truth’s that mine
Sing a song of here and now
The words you long to say
What we have is not enough
Will wait another day
Sing a song of reality
We’ll drift along a while
Until we see what we already know
Hidden behind the smile
I
Eyes locking across the room
beckoning with one slow smile
bodies joining
heat rising
silk slides off
lace merges with satin
tumbling
falling
breath catching
sighing
limbs interlacing
eyes rolling back
overcoming scent
a burst
sudden silence
lazy laughter
desiring more
never fully sated.
~
II
It's all in the way you move
which fills me up
slows me down
never ending
creating that heat
we're craving
in one second
unifiying.
© Copyright 2007 Kathleen M. Wehrstedt. All rights reserved
I need a muse
(The writer mused)
I've been betrayed
My mind is frayed
I've lost my touch for words.
Goodness only knows
What is a poet
Without his prose?
Upon the early morn,
Heavy lidded
And beard unshorn
I spied an angel
In the mist
The glow of sun
Would gently kiss
A golden curl upon her cheek
Eyes of blue, piercing, deep.
Oh! To call out to her
To run to her and reach
To touch that fairest
Softest of cheeks!
Those golden curls!
Unforgettable such entrapment would deem
My fingers could only dream!
Forage around the betrayal of my mind
I need peace and woe is mine
In the depths of the darkness there is something there
Burning and burning without hesitation or care
I do feel the warmth,
It encircles me
And quill to parchment
Finally beckons me.
I have become one with the words,
The world is on fire
For this fair maiden
Fuels my only desire.
Thank you, dearest one
Your kindness cannot be outdone
Within the scope of my imagination
You will always be immortal,
Not a centerpiece of infatuation.
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