uneven time

I look at the calendar asking 

where the time has gone 

it seems like yesterday was Spring 

but today it’s Summer and soon 

as tomorrow it will be Autumn 

 

yet every day at the office 

the hands on the wall clock 

move in such slow formation 

my hour of freedom appearing 

so far away

 

 

- Written for Twiglet #285

 

as I turn the pages of my life

I turn the pages of my life 

eyes growing teary thinking 

of ones now gone 

at times my heart quickens

remembering the good times 

my hands tremble in anticipation 

of what is to come

 

 

- Written for Twiglet #284 - turning page

 

 

spells

she would read books 

on how to cast love spells 

to lure her crush in 

but she didn’t have the nerve

to place trinkets at the house 

or had a rose garden

to run through naked 

instead, she wrote love 

poems to the moon

 

 

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #154: Casting a Poetic Spell

 

 

in bleached silence

in bleached silence 

we pick up the pieces 

promising to do better 

only for those pledges 

to fall through the cracks 

to rise once more when 

the bloodshed returns

 

 

- Written for Twiglet#282

from across the room

our eyes connected across the room 

the crowd not even in our view 

my eyes browse your handsome face 

for a moment I felt my heart beat again 

as your feet carried you over the throng 

I sipped wine hoping this isn’t a dream

 

 

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #153:Out of the Meadow's Browse

 

dream bin

she places her dreams

in a bin beside her bed 

so they can be waiting 

for her at bedtime 

chasing away the blues 

and horrors that assault 

her eyes and ears each day

 

 

- Written for Twiglet #280

 

if she could only sleep

she wanted to sleep 

and dream of orange

crush sunsets or 

cerulean blue seas 

 

but only dark shadows 

and ghastly figures

came to mind each time

she closed her eyes

 

insomnia would have 

been a better companion 

than the darkness that 

plagued her nights

 

 

- Written for dVerse Quadrille night! Sleepy times