Tuesday, August 26, 2014

unremitting


a poetic gargoyle
   carefully chiseled
     with a mournful mallet  
situated menacingly atop
    the edifice
       your principle…
warding off weighty desire

an idiom scarecrow
   demoralizingly draped
      in frayed finery
positioned manifestly upholding
    the stance
        your ethic…
frightening off impetuous fervor

an odic chant
    submissively set
       in dorian mode 
crooned continually aloud
     the libretto
        your proscription…
soothing and calming passions

and me
unremitting


~csr

a better friend


flatter her?
  she’ll flatten you
sink her teeth
   right into you


prod and poke
   scratch and stab
in verbal joust
   you will be had


she’ll wear a mask
   to ward away
then bust your balls
  cos' you won’t stay


look straight through
   your crooked smile
and call you out
   like your on trial


don’t pin her down
   she can’t be still
she’ll slither
   out from under you


her shrewd advice
    she gives for free
will lead you
   clear calamity



for all her wisdom
   on her shelf
her only blind spot
   is herself


though some may warn
   “she’ll be your end”
you’d be pressed to find

   a better friend

~csr

by rationale


a beautiful twilight
 between consciousness
and the dreaminess
of pure sentiment
almost a lucid dream
only to be pulled away
by rationale
 
~csr

save us


with the conversation
  spanning transient moments
  to mysterious waterbeds
and
friendly old men
  reaching out
  from unraveled worlds

 i’m  t h i n k i n g ~ …
i want to be in ‘the now’
   though distracted by
      thoughts like
~` i am running low on cigarettes `~

 i’m always over-stimulated
   by everything around
   taking note of it all

but

your eyes request
   all of my deliberation
   as your voice sings a song
     and
    as quietness wraps around
     i let go of the tavern
       one clang at a time
       until all else is mislaid

save us

~csr

in someone’s arms


the sentiment
feels unhindered
   and restricted
 simultaneously…
the way
you can feel trapped
in a vast dessert…

yet feel
 completely free
tightly held
in someone’s arms

~csr

what comes next


the difference
     a voice can bring

the divergence
   sunlight makes

the certainty
   only eyes can share

and

the peace
  of knowing
   what comes next

 
~csr

spinning in my arms


silence…
  no more than
     breathing space
   amid resonance

though this dawdling waltz
a mere measure or two in length
moves steadily towards a bow…

forever will i cherish
the steps we took together…
you spinning in my arms


~csr

seasons revise




let shadows tell
through bracing winds
of winter’s dearth 
whence sleep begins
whilst leaves descent
bedspread the ground
each bit once life
compose no sound
with loss of glow
daylight’s diminish
seasons revise
once they are finished


~csr
 

overly poetic


it is early morning
i have drank ample scotch
     to keep an elephant down
yet
i rise
     awoken by the dream
 
i sit at a table
you stare at me
     from across the room
i am sentient of you
    before i turn
 
our eyes lock focus
       and we reel fleetingly
          in our communal restlessness
            both of us own that t-shirt
 
my heart it slumps
    rather hastily
        into my stomach
on the way to you
     i beam
our eyes engaged
       still
commitment
      in our gaze
 
golden-haired radiance
   environs you
       and no-one else
as i close
    you whisper
     “i love you”
      from behind
          a composed smile

i reply
    “i know”
      the marked nervous giggle ensues
 
this is you in my dream
         though it may be overly poetic


~csr

accurate predictions


it helps
   to recurrently
      remind ourselves
in the event
     of a future
           how will i feel
         about
      what I am doing
             now

the aim here
  is
to progressively
        get better
   at making
       accurate predictions

 ~csr

sealed in this kiss


incandescent passion
    radiant thoughts of you
lapping sweet reverie
    sugared and gleaming
oceanic panorama
    roofed in tremulous clouds
vivacious commotion
    my heart brings to being
enthralled by your exquisiteness
    your influence calms my core
years spent in silence
    unveiled and released
only with what body
     am i to hold you?
until time unfolds mysteries
     i will carry on this fire
surrendering resistance
    drunk with your touch
taste of your lips
    honey and nectar
i swear time stood motionless
    and all else vanished
longing no longer hidden
    our eyes tell the tale
love of untold years
    sealed in this kiss

~csr

all the way though


i read
silently...
and yet

there was an even quiet-er voice
     underneath
    that whispered
     "yes... yes"
all the way though

 ~csr

polyphony


life
 
starting a solitary note
has turned out to be
quite multi-timbral
 
 
i always seemed
to possess potential
for polyphony

 nevertheless
 
exceeding the limit
will cut off notes
in order to produce
new ones

some thing
always
has to give

~csr

whispers subsistence


glistening above
a canopy of starlight
whispers subsistence

~csr

this is me


at first
   i felt anger...
i wanted
   to hurt
     this person...

unfortunately...
    when i feel anger...
       it always winds back
     around to myself...

and so

   my next emotion
     was fear...

fear somehow
   this is me...

~csr

what’s missing


a joy in a tear
gloom in a smile
calmness in fear
an inch seems a mile

 aloofness so near
in hush i am calling
the fact is so false
i ascend as i'm falling

a lumber so light
concealing the show
it's vivid at night
desiccated flow

eyes never seeing
ears with no hearing
words never written
found is what’s missing
~csr