There it is. That moment between the sleepwalking and hazy eyed living With a jolt, I wake And for the briefest moment Half a butterfly flutter I see. Life clicks into place Like a child snapping the last button on a winter coat A puzzle piece connects snugly A tossed ball hovers between inertia and gravityContinue reading “Blink”
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The Extravaganza
She brushes her windswept hairAround her noble shouldersIt billows out in swirling patterns ofGrey and white as she prepares forHer nightly performance She smiles seductivelyEntices her azure lover closerWhispers in their ear until they blushA deep shade of cobalt She gigglesWinks her liquid golden eyeSwipes lipstick and eye shadow across her skinUnsure ifMagentaVioletTangerineOr rubyGoes bestContinue reading “The Extravaganza”
the lone trumpeter
feet firm and apartshoulders backeyes closedlips to metaland then – the note. golden chocolate andweeping swansslide through the bell a second noteglides from the firstfades into the third and a fourtha fiftha sixth they tumble from the wallsjumble in exquisite patternstussle in a game of music they roll down the aislescrawl into the seatsslumber inContinue reading “the lone trumpeter”