Silenced
the things that i would do if i were brave
i’d look you in the eyes and speak my mind
i wouldn’t worry what you’d think or say
the things that i would do if i were brave
but i’m a coward, worried you won’t stay
i die a bit each day to pass the time…
the things that i would do if i were brave
i’d look you in the eyes and speak my mind
~kat – 14 April 2017
(A Triolet – ABaAabAB in Pentameter)
people don’t really want to know
how you’re doing or where you’re from
they don’t care if you’re feeling glum
that’s tmi, just let it go
it’s just polite, it’s not a slight,
a nicety that means “hello”
they’ll ask, just smile, don’t succumb
people don’t really want to know
~kat – 13 April 2017
(NaPoWriMo 2017 #13 – A Single Octain Refrain – A / b-b-a /c/c-a-b / A)
planets
in retrograde
pale full moon lunacy
seaside tides; gray matter swelling
bonkers
~kat – 10 April 2017
(NoPoWriMo #10 – Cinquain – syllable rule: five line poem on any theme with syllables following a 2-4-6-8-2 pattern.)
we are born naked into this life
with fat, warm growling bellies,
throbbing hearts and perfumed breath…
is it any wonder that we bleed
bits of magic out over time, dying,
surrounded by a decaying universe
of steel, dirt, glass, concrete and the
lingering blush of broken dreams
kat -10 April 2017
(Magnetic Poetry – The Poet Kit)
you
left the
door open
the day you left
I can’t bring myself to close it, not yet
hoping that you might decide to come back
but I’m a fool
you’re never
coming
home
-kat – 9 April 2017
(NaPoWriMo 2017 #9 -a Double Tetractys – 1/2/3/4/10/10/4/3/2/1)
like mercury colliding... 