Death of a poem

Blood-spill on paper
droplets of words
seeping out emotions
flooding to an outburst

Hard, honest, heart wrenching
holding nothing back
brutal, cruel and hurting
cutting none a slack

The helplessness and hopelessness
the senselessness the tragedy
the wicked twisting dance of fate
set to a painful melody

The aria the crescendo
in a mismatched tempo
of uncompleted verses
hanging out in limbo

Of demons and dragons
and unsung heroes
of victims and villains
and a sum of zeroes

Of hearts on sleeves
and egg on face
of ideals crashing
and losing the race

Of glorifying loss
and alters of shame
of unconditional love
and its claim to fame

Of catharsis
of rejuvenation
of finding hope and roads to salvation

Of walking the path even
or just getting there
but never a line about
a ‘life without care’

Never of smugness
or of debauchery
for once you’re happy
happiness kills poetry:)

Clearing cobwebs

Clarity comes, creeping up
on a lame afternoon
in an unexpected place,
clearing a cluttered space
printed in an old cartoon strip

It’s not what ‘I must do’, but what do ‘I need’
a question that is often ignored
The moment the question is pondered upon…
clarity hits for the road

To be or no to be

Hope peeks from under the stone
where it was buried deep
Covered by moss and creeping weeds
now all set to leap

But a moment of truth now it should face
Step out at risk or stay in safe ?

Hope

Jump, wheeeee,…dash,...ouch
Jump, wheeeee,…dash,...ouch
Jump, wheeeee,…dash,...ouch
Jump, wheeeee,…dash,...ouch
Jump, wheeeee,…dash,..ouch
Hmmm, jump, weeeee,…dash,..ouch
???, hmmm, Jump, weeeee,…dash,..ouch
Smirk,???, hmmm, jump, weeeee,…dash,..ouch
Frown, smirk, think, ???, hmmm, jump, weeeee,…dash,..ouch
Hah, frown, smirk, think, ???, hmmm, jump, weeeee,…dash,..ouch
Nah, hah, frown, smirk, think, ???, hmmm, jump, weeeee,…dash,..ouch
Noooooooooo, hah, frown, smirk, think, ???, hmmm, jump, weeeee,…dash,..ouch
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Jump............................................................................................Wow!

It’s all but a dream
A joining of dots and make believe
A willing of ways without a footprint even
The illusion between here and forever

What’s to be built on a look, a sigh or a feeling?
other than wispy dreams sure to be dashed to the ceiling

What’s to be made of hesitant lovers?
who yearn, long, and die, all under cover

Not even an echo through the wells of time
unheard, unseen, forever ignored...

The heart reconciles
Willingly the last sigh dies
Unexplained, unexpressed
Hidden behind masks
Without reaching eyes
And passed as a smile

Stars were dust too...

Little bits of Sparkles, that sparkle now and then
Bright enough for you to sense them, but not enough to confirm

Little bits of sparkles that so need a hand
To polish and clean and hone them
till each side looks all grand

But, in the land of the fireworks, sparkles go unseen
for until ur big and mighty
It’s all a waste you see

So brave little Sparkles, fights till it can
And lives on with the pain
of being called a flash in the pan…