April Poetry Challenge 1

[Wat_Tyler]

Yesterday, we spoke.
You're not well, I can't do squat.
But your ills aren't mine.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Tried to reel you in.
You said, "timing's everything."
Damn your correctness.


e/t/a: That last line could be "correctness saved you." Because it did, really.

 

[Lyricalli]

Yesterday, we spoke.
You're not well, I can't do squat.
But your ills aren't mine.

I really, really like this. Very poignant for me, and pins several emotions in place so succinctly.

 

[Lyricalli]

Masquerade Charade

The mask you wear works
like a cat behind curtains
its tail in plain sight

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I really, really like this. Very poignant for me, and pins several emotions in place so succinctly.

Thank you. It's based on a real and current thing a friend is dealing with. Of course it's bringing out The Fixer in me, and I'm trying not to, but . . . .

 

[Lyricalli]

Thank you. It's based on a real and current thing a friend is dealing with. Of course it's bringing out The Fixer in me, and I'm trying not to, but . . . .

That's exactly why it resonates so well. It's a place lots of people find themselves in. Good luck to you.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

That's exactly why it resonates so well. It's a place lots of people find themselves in. Good luck to you.

Thank you. Welcome to Powerlessness. Yet, there is Hope, so there's that, too.

 

[Piscator]

sun eclipsed
lost in shadow
darkness reigns

 

[Mrtenant]

Star across a velvet sky
Zephyrs swishing through the grass
Far away, is that music

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Choices everywhere,
things to ponder and decide.
First, I'll take a walk.

 

[AlinaX]

there is a moment
as the sun is swallowed whole
that I think: nasty!

 

[Wat_Tyler]

When I cling to things
and confuse my wants with needs,
it's best to let go . . . .

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Winds howl, clouds thicken,
dark with menace. Storm's comin',
then there's just drizzle.

 

[Wonderer67]

I have killed myself
Many times over the years
Yet, I am still here

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I have killed myself
Many times over the years
Yet, I am still here

I have as well.

 

[AlinaX]

I died on tuesday
death wielding a vibrator
instead of a scythe

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I open my brain
to new possibilities
when I know too much.

 

[AlinaX]

if words were kisses
would such sparsity be wise
or cruel excess?

measured with her lips
with her imperial feet
no inches in sight

the tip of her tongue
is a songwriter, and I...
I dance to her tune

 

[Wordcascade]

burn away what’s worth
nothing to you anymore
sift through the debris

be aware there’s more
to you than you know; however
sometimes you find less

seedlings grow from dung
Phoenix’s rise from ashes
humans grow from pain

 

[Tzara]

Primavera

A nest of tulips
in my Botticelli vase;

how I count to spring.​

 

[Wat_Tyler]

My azaleas,
big, pink blooms. But I'm moving.
I'll take them with me.

 

[Angeline]

Laura

Beautiful songbird
you married doowop to jazz,
stole my heart away.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Inarticulate
desire for something . . . beyond
the veil of bullshit.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Procrastination.
Manifestation of Fear,
and rationalized.

 

[Angeline]

Twilight

Sun drops behind trees
Lights glow on the Delaware
I watch the sky change