one moment in time
to seize the impossible
and breathe in the now
Thanks to Dverse Poets! and their Leap day poetics challenge.
learning to leap
if I could be me
If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?
if I could be me
but wiser, softer, kinder
quiescent no more
the arrogance of youth shed
my chrysalis cracked open
This was inspired by Jetpack’s question of the day and by Susi’s post from today entitled Insulating. Thanks Susi!
static possibility
muttering murmurs
the doors open on the right
light and sound distort
in the moment time stands still
static possibility
I ride the train a lot, so my mind went in many directions but the empty seats strongly evoked the ideas of loss and hope–that liminal moment of unknown. Thanks for the inspiration to Reena’s Xploration Challenge
Every day I pass this place …
Every day I pass this place and wonder.
Are you watching over me?
Did your passing change your face?
Does your smile ever reach your eyes?
Did your shattered fragments become whole?
Or are you still laughing as I stumble?
Not sure exactly what this is–poetry or flash or a weird combo, but thanks for the inspiration to girlie on the edge’s Six Sentence Story Challenge and Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
intolerable
the curtain rises
born with intuitive grace
we bask in the show
then tears build a wall
and days unfurl into years
the party grows old
till a new moon shines
nothing left (or right) to chance
toss the dice once more
in the hush we feign
betting on the hand of fate
to change destiny
but stripped to the bone
the curtain of darkness falls
a shroud for the shame
still the day begins
a trick of light and shadow
burning umber sky
an unwary smile
a mask we still wear each day
hiding our true face
intolerable
Thanks to Carrot Ranch 99 Word Story Challenge for the inspiration to try something a bit different for me- a narrative poem of sorts.
Tina Stewart Brakebill 