Friday, July 17, 2015

Painting Sadness

I remember sunflowers, speeding into consciousness, a
touch of wonder, where a daffodil sprung a smile. But
I sit, presently in flux, mixing a box of pressures.
Emotions play a harp, a tour of snares, where silence
builds in waves. Such sightless music, ever vivid,
thrumming both heart and soul. Feel such wings, classical
duets, even a strong quartet. Open a locket, read into a
smile, ever to catch self. It’s dearly an opus, a set of ghosts,
august within a psyche. So many keys—to unlock a soul,
where one tests structure. Its color and sound, plus,
opaque rules, resistant to structure. Such provokes mesto,
a private affair, to tickle a lute. But I remember sunflowers,
seeping into consciousness, a touch of thunder. What has
come this soul? a somber glance, a pensive brow, plus, a
wistful kiss. Thus, more for angst, and bottled tensions,
pining for yesterday; and more for pain, sitting silent,
unseen by confusion.      

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