One Shot Wednesday

within this moment
there is only
moonlight and us
and you spin, spin, spin me

with woven crowns
of starlit violets
the ballerina and the prince
and you spin, spin, spin me

upon summer's last breath
a whispered plea
one more warm midnight
and you spin, spin, spin me

into the darkness
we dance a path of light
our happy ever after
and you spin, spin, spin me

Artwiculate - Flotsam

piece by piece
he salvaged flotsam
you left to drift-
piece by piece
he rebuilt me

scattered sand
the flotsam of
our shattered hourglass-
how did you and i
run out of time?

Haiku Challenge - Remember

my lungs remember
to sigh for you even on
nights when i forget

Haiku Challenge - Craze

poetry dances
deep within, a word whirlwind-
i feel the craze stir

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

you wrap
your words
about my eyes
and blind me
with your imagery

tired of the wind's
butterfly kisses
i run away to begin
a freckled affair
with the afternoon sun

Haiku Word Game - Brilliance, Night, Fragile

dawn's pale brilliance
stars cling a fragile silver
last moments of night

a fragile crescent
rises upon night's coat tails
moonlit brilliance

Haiku Word Game - Mantra, Red, Appetite

shredding red paper
hearts, a mantra to curb her
appetite for love

Haiku Challenge - Call

dressed in shades of grey
knocking upon her window
the rain came to call

Haiku Throwdown - Rib

robert frost poems
inked upon her rib cage- she
has miles yet to go

One Shot Wednesday

vibrant blues and reds and greens
of once brightly painted dreams
are blurring, smudging at the edges
of tears and faded memories

i keep clinging desperately
this is what you demand of me
but eternal sleep's promised comfort
keeps pick, pick, picking at my seams

a shoebox full of stolen shells
haunts the air with sea spray smells
i drop my tears within their folds
like wishes down the wishing well

snapshots of a life long passed
i bring them out, relive the past
red wine swirled with sorrow's brine
sip it slowly and make it last

i keep clinging desperately
this is what you demand of me
but eternal sleep's promised comfort
keeps pick, pick, picking at my seams

Gogyohka Prompt - Listen

rain's lullaby
we listen
and let
our dreams
pick up the refrain

ear upon
the willow's chest
i listen
to him
breath

in silence
we listen
to time
wheeling constellations
across the darkness

Haiku Word Game - Dance, Beauty, Majestic

dark beauty, night's dance
watch her weave a majestic
tapestry of stars

Haiku Throwdown - Butterfly

caged within my mind's
insomnia, butterfly
winged dreams beat frantic

Haiku Throwdown - Boiling

canvas boiling with
color, butterfly wings catch
day's last breath of light

Artwiculate - Amative

plucking petals
a scatter
of amative wishes-
does he love me
or not?

One Shot Wednesday

i paint your name
upon my heart
and wait for it
to dry
what a way
to say good-bye
good-bye, good-bye, good-bye

i carve your face
into my skin
watch it bleed
then scar
this life has taken
me so far
so very, very far

i sketch your smile
within my mind
and water it
with tears
this ache for you
is always here
here, and there, and here

Haiku Challenge - Tent

tent my secrets in
dark linens, keep them hidden
from their prying eyes

Haiku Challenge - Out

like a rainbow she
is always dancing just one
step out of my grasp

Gogyohka Prompt - Scatter

i scatter seeds
among the foothills
of your sorrow
we will grow a garden
of joy here instead

there is nothing
left for us
but to scatter
ourselves
upon the wind

the leaves
scatter
and my thoughts
have no choice
but to follow

Haiku Word Game - Soar, Willow, Resistant

above willow boughs
my dreams soar resistant to
nightmare's whisperings

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

dancing upon
morning sunlight
my mind
wanders-
wayward butterfly

Artwiculate - Indelicate

indelicate anguish
she made love
to his shadow
upon the grave
of his memory

Artwiculate - Coruscate

captured stars coruscate
within sanguine liquid
i take a sip
from my wine glass
filled with dreams

i will
paint a rainbow
with those tears
and turn
your insanity
into beautiful
poetry

A Side Serving Of Gogyohka

i am just
a willow
weeping into a pool
of my own
reflections

the muse
skips stones
i watch
my thoughts
ripple

bottling your
golden glee
I anchor it
to the rainbows
you pursue

bonfires built
upon the insanity
of your poetic mind-
we set fire
to the darkness

The Prompt - Tantrum

raindrops
dance angry
and i
find solace
in their tantrum

Haiku Throwdown - Promiscuous

promiscuous wind
wraps itself around every
leaf- just passing through

Haiku Challenge - Vow

love's vow drawn upon
sand, her promise sent across
the ocean to him

Haiku Challenge - Beyond

hands entwined they danced
beyond the gates of this life
and into the next