Tag: micropoetry

Revealing the Wall

When you pulled the ground
Out from under me
Why were you surprised
It left a wall you could not climb

Time and love
They’ve etched your lines
Deep into me

I watch the clouds
Dominate the mountains
I see the rain
Cleave the stone

I understand
How the soft
Is stronger
Than the hard

Little dots of existence
Racking up time and substance
From pointillistic nothings

Unfocused
Discord
Unsettled
Balance
Undiminished
Beauty

A chill glare
At a li’l dog
On the first bite
Of her chili dog

Even under the duress
Of smoke suffused atmosphere
An elegant and formidable beauty

Sometimes the light
Makes the eerie
Eerier
Makes the darkness
Darker

I remind myself
It’s better to see
Things as they are
To see the dark
In the darkness

This little bit of rock
Twice a day an Island
Momentary wilderness
Beyond an urban beach

Bruised
     the sky
     the land
     and the sea

Sullen
     in demeanor
     and intent
     are they

Delight
     do I
     in the extremes
     of existence