WITHOUT (ELEGY POEM)
gasp for oxygen, walk in harrow, narrow dread st. pats day, gray no shot of gin tears melt, mom screams. cat cries, mourns, dad dies. pictureless walls, dark halls chokes, coughs, unspoken pain mother made challenging calls. daddy’s devastated angel girl faints unbearable news tissues chase sore snotty nose. antiseptic sniff of air river cheekbones, brothers bemuse. priest provides prayer inspiration. body lifeless, white hospital sheets slept soul sails, heavens gates. the m
Sweet September (RHYTHM, LINE STANZA)
sparkles, glitters, beams - sun thumps, throbs hearts of fun sways, swings, rocks roses shivers, quivers, sweet kisses sneak’s peaks in the bridal suite bridesmaid nurses me fruit treats glamorous, desirous rosy cheeks amorously reflects pass weeks strikes poses, pampers needs party positions, silence please beauty blinds, chokes words beats drums, brothers escort monarch butterflies in the sky crimson petals fly side-to-side handsome groom lyrical cries pours libation ancest
