below the
city’s cobblestones
it shifted,
restless and
hungry for rays of sunlight
garden, now a street
In response to First Line Friday – July 21st 2017
The flight
the plane climbs
four engines roaring
vague sadness
engulfs him
needs a strong nepenthe to
overcome the pangs
boardroom scenes
reappear ‘fore him
in offhand
way he’s told
“abdicate or perish”, did
he make the right choice
In response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #164
Unmasked…
the mask drops
on her face I see
scorn; hits me
brutally
she felt the need to humor
when she wants to flee
saved by skin
of teeth, the storm had
been brewing
her digs were
getting frequent – cream I used
the poet I was
In response to The Sunday Whirl’s Wordle 308
Your ambitions, my dreams
you do not
have to alter your
ambitions
in the least
I will tailor my dreams to
our reality
Daily Prompt – Tailor
New age love
a stolen
glance in the subway,
letter on
a perfumed
paper, call from public phone
all gone with the wind
SoCS Prompt – Book Title
Loser magnet
how could she
not anticipate
could not see
it coming
how could she forget she was
a loser magnet
Daily Prompt – Magnet
Painful
not a more
painful plight is there
than see her
cringe away
from you, she who had promised
everlasting love
Daily Prompt – Cringe
When it rains
when it rains
it is difficult
to rein in
emotions
it is time memories reign
supreme over me
SoCS Prompt – rain/rein/reign
How things change
they were my
most valuable
possessions
those letters
are now not worth the paper
they’re written on
Daily Prompt – Paper
