Cocoon

The capacity to dwell
In a darkened cocoon
Blanketed in an unwanted womb
The world laughs excitedly
Outside these walls
Impatient caterpillar
Wills his wings to grow
But nature hums
Be patient my love
He shakes violently
Tears drop like dew
On his outer shell
His joys are few
Blue notes he sings
Till spring breaks the womb

Sky Watch Friday: Hudson Hues

Here are some more photos overlooking the Hudson on my visit last month. The weather tonight is quite gloomy and rainy so I am happy to have the old photo mementos.

Hudson hues

Blanketed blues

Dreamers lose themselves

In the shimmering dew

Dipping in the eve

The waves seduce you

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Rejection

Last week, I received a rejection letter for a poem I submitted for a poetry contest. It was entitled City Life. Rejection is a tough thing to swallow, but I will try to take something positive from this.

Great city rafters
Perpendicular lines as guides
Melodious car horns
Distinguishable then receding
The gaze of cold city folks
Embracing dead winter's embers
The jive of salacious pubs
Drunken humor spinning rivers
Sky scrapers joust like colossal gods
Beneath ink black heavens
Sullen alleys mouth agape
Glittering moon steps float on pavement
Rustic gutters fusing with heat
Sewers belching burlesque prose
Lithe cats scurry like shadows
Yellow eyes suspended in crescent love
Street lamps roam stone pavement
In desolate silence like urchins
Time exhales eternal winds
Resurrecting trash, scrap, and litter
Inconspicuous trench coats assails the night
Trailing gun smoke spits in fright
Listless scarlet sets her sirens
Seductively calling her lover's eyelid
Intimations tremble on subway's lane
Screeching, jolting through the tunnel’s maze

Sky Watch Friday: Apple Picking

These sky watch photos were taken during last week's apple picking trip. I did more picture taking and sky watching than picking apples. Luckily my friends picked up the slack. : )

Ripe and round... Red apples... Dangle deliciously...In blue kissed skies

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O.S.I: Descent

This week's O.S.I's theme is Descent. This word conjured up a daring adventure and inspired me to write this piece.

Long, winding
Adventures
Calls curious hearts
Dashing
Daringly
Down the
Descent
Staircase winding
Shadows gliding
In hats and halos
Hearts writhing
In rib cages
As distant
Dreams
Drift
Downstream
Fearless souls
Brave the descent

Her Smile (Short Story)

Her smile bordered his consciousness like a bridge suspended in thin air. Each step he took, the ground beneath him vanished. The old world hung like an ugly canvas, the paint peeled like dead petals in his fingers.

His eyes lassoed the golden image before him. Her smile was sliced in pieces like the sun and tasted like citrus against his lips. Now his limbs were tangling like roots and gravitating to the earth. The ground beneath him turned to stone, swallowing his toes, and his mind became a prisoner of the stone fortress.

Still, her smiled breathed hope into his soul and quickened every dead thing in its presence. The revelation throttled him with every step. Now his limbs danced joyously, sensing his desires were kissable and touchable. Her lips blossomed like a rose and he dipped into the glory of her love.

Acrostic Only: October

For this month's Acrostic Only challenge I chose the words Baseball, Faith, and Star Gazing.

Big leaguers
Acrobatically
Soaring
Envision
Boisterous cheers
A victorious
Lap surging
Like lightening

Footsteps
Aflight
Immersed in
Tranquil glories on
His heavenly hem

Souls seek
Truths universal
Awaiting
Revelations
Galaxies
Aglow of
Zest
Immaculate
Night angels
Grant blessings