Experiments in Rhyme: Uma

Experiments in Rhyme: Uma: "The time had come I had to leave with a mind devoured by mixed emotions opportunity had for a fleeting moment attracted the company o..."

Uma

The time had come
I had to leave
with a mind devoured
by mixed emotions
opportunity had
for a fleeting moment
attracted the company
of guilt and fear

As I left behind
the functional masonry
the tall trees seemed
to bow in gloom
It had to be done
No search had an ending
I comforted myself
with tales from the past

And then I saw her

For a moment I felt
like a wounded knight
on a borrowed horse
feigning glory
And she, an enchantress
from a Medieval tale
All shrouded in Myth
and Mystery

Frozen in time
I waited
As she grew larger
in stately grace
Sun beams that escaped
the looming prison
caressed her face
and her cloak of black gold

Her eyes seemed to question
my need to explore
while her frail hand offered me
comfort and strength
In a flash it was gone
emotions concealed
We returned
to the cave seclusion.

The Turning Away

I'm standing alone
in the cold grey dawn
of impending loneliness
stripped of all
the protecting warmth
that came with suppressed emotions.
Cowering from
the ceaseless drafts
of bitter biting shame
I realise I had no right
to want or to be wanted.

Why did I have
to speak my mind
why did I have to feel
could something ever
be so right
and yet turn out so wrong.
Wandering through
the roads I've travelled
confirm my darkest fear
It doesn't pay
to truly love
for love is fraught with pain.

And so denying
a natural feeling
I resolve to walk away.
The sands of time
will soon erase
all signs of desperate hope.
The prospect of
becoming a leaf
in a book of fond acquaintances
forces me
to seek comfort
in the darkness of isolation.

Experiments in Rhyme: SHE AND I

Experiments in Rhyme: SHE AND I: "Chasing cats and watching snakes saving pups to watch them die stealing time and sharing ice creams thrown together She and I Riding..."

SHE AND I

Chasing cats
and watching snakes
saving pups to watch them die
stealing time
and sharing ice creams
thrown together
She and I

Riding screaming
ever probing
everything with how and why
never doubting
ever trusting
lost in the moment
She and I

Seeking finding
asking knowing
that we could, but did not try
through dusty roads
and muddy lanes
with happiness rode
She and I

Talking walking
singing laughing
at the world that wriggled by
'cross the hill
and sandy beaches
fused together
She and I

Trying testing
Teaching learning
Together with the wind and sky
Chasing thoughts
and forgotten reasons
all alone just
She and I 

IN SEARCH OF REASON

Dropped without warning
into a sea of emotion
I fumbled through life
with my baggage of truth

I had to survive
though succumbing was easy
I wrestled within
'gainst the easy way out

Hopeless and hindered
I floated along
where the winds of perception
chose to take me

Soon ripples of insecurity
became waves of jealousy
confining me
to the pursuit of peace

Eddies of fear
became vortexes of anger
and swallowed my belief
in faith and understanding

Feeble attempts
to push forward with trust
were thwarted
by gales of presumptions

Forgiveness and love
were just paper boats of hope
that were helpless pawns
in an ocean of ignorance

Once again I denied
the lure of resignation
that beconed beneath
the surface of deceit

In a flash it was over
And I found myself naked
on the shore of un-biased reason

It was lonely and cold.

TOMBSTONES IN THE MOONLIGHT

Tombstones in the moonlight
once caught my roving eye
and held them for a moment
as my body sped on by

Nestled in the darkness
amongst the swaying weeds
they seemed a welcome refuge
from the world's unending needs

Painted in the cold blue light
they stood in silent grace
a doorway to what never was
a better kind of place

Sealing in the hopes and dreams
of faces never known
Faces rich with expression
and feelings never shown

A just reward for a lonely life
in expectation drowned
a life that could have been much more
now still beneath the ground

Is this all we will ever seek
all we will ever find
Or would the answer forever be
with the stones and weeds entwined