Redux
my feeling is gloom
anxiety tags along
depression innate
doom is imminent today
i can feel it in my bones
Originally posted 4/13/2019 on I Write Her.
Tag: tanka
Stylish Story
Redux
Time for bed, long day over.
her thoughts slow
tired
needs her bed now
slides under clean sheets
sighing now
her nerves easing up
last minute thoughts swirl
one more solution eeked out
returning to calm
tiny drips of rain
nature’s language speaks outside
lulling her to sleep
wind
wafting through
the open window
caresses her blonde hair
sweetly
But this woman named Bocks
mightily tossed and turned her locks.
Diligently tried to get settled,
to feel tucked in and nestled.
Shouldn’t have had whiskey on the rocks.
She
wishes
for a quick
turn into the
void.
It’s
slow to
happen though.
Turning, tossing
She asks “When will this sleep finally come?”
slowly
but surely, dear
your dreams are calling you
today becomes a memory
drifting
Finally, she sleeps!
Eyes fully closed and relaxed.
Slight snores can be heard
escaping from her moist lips.
Little tics move her fingers.
dreaming
floating on air
meeting her younger self
the mini-me says hi to her
hugs, kisses, joy, and fun to be had now
playing high in the clouds with glee
such a good time they had
with each other
dreaming
But
now it’s
time to go
back to the real
world again. So sad.
Wake up, says the alarm!
Time to get up for work now.
A new day to do it over
again, only to head back to this
bed once more to slumber very deeply.
Can you identify all the styles?
Originally published April 1, 2019, on I Write Her.
I See A Future
Redux
The present is bleak.
I spy the cryptic message,
then climb the ladder.
Could it really be for me,
this better future I see?
Originally posted 3/21/2019 on I Write Her.
Solitude
Redux
waking up alone
peace, quiet, serenity
stillness awaits me
one soul, all alone, happy
sleeping by myself again
Originally posted on I Write Her on 3/3/2019.
Caged
Redux
my humanity
wrapped up in skin, no escape
everything stirs me
coping, reacting, that’s life
but this space is confining
Originally posted 1/19/2019 on I Write Her.
Torpid
like a sloth i feel
a human hibernating
the world exhausting
drama here and everywhere
oh calgon take me away
**Only some people will get the last line. I’m dating myself. ;)
Lethal Beauty
Redux
protected by troops
legally a painkiller
black trade heroin
either way, people dying
by the hundreds and thousands
Inspired by Inspired by Hélène Vaillant What do you see? 11/6/18 Image above from the post, but unfortunately, the site no longer exists.
Originally posted 11/10/2018, on I Write Her.
Formidable
Redux
you dared to cross me
watch as i brew your ending
with a single hair
bubble, bubble – your trouble
laughing as your life drains out
Originally published October 24, 2018, on I Write Her.
Protection
steady yourself now
self-respect and compassion
both so important
finding the perfect balance
it is not an easy task
Carolyn Crossley
Spirit
I am the fire spirit risen
from Aries, I have been riven,
on the birthday of Artemis
I was born of a stardust promise.
I am to be sought not bidden.
From in a dark place hidden.
On the cusp of the gloaming,
I may be found the hillsides roaming.
Passion
Summer nights, running through forests of love
Entwined like tree branches intimacy found.
Lips kiss as if greedily taking in water.
Bodies intermingled like vines, sought and received
Wrapped in each other’s arms, passion sated.
First Born
In the November snowfall.
Through the darkness of night. My courage in both hands.
The hours drifted by. The pain was numbed by gas and air. Suddenly, you were there – belovéd firstborn.
Unequal
When one loves
more than the other
no good can
come of it.
The other cheats and tells lies
A divorce follows.
Estrangement
the saddest thing is
to be mourning the living,
our estranged children
Eternity
October sorrows
recalled memories – birth, death,
awaiting rebirth
our promised eternity
free from human pain at last!
~~~
Carolyn Crossley, ©🦊VixenOfVerse, is a poet and writer from the Northwest of England. Previously published in the first The Short Of It book – The Sound of Brilliance, she has also been published in the anthologies, Poetic Vision and Purrfect Poems. Carolyn has a thriving WordPress blog: Backfromdarknesstolight.com containing haiku, senryu, and other poetry forms. Carolyn’s first feature on The Short of It was on November 20, 2020, and featured again this year on 5/27/2022.
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