STARK
You stand stark Tall, unflinching and defiant Against a canvas of menstrual red That heralds the coming of your womanhood That lures the hyenas and human wolves That seeks to turn your beauty into shame You stand stark Tall, unflinching and defiant Against a canvas of vermillon red That swaps maidenhood for matrimonial shackles That […]
Images
You stare back at me, In thousand forms, Smiling, Laughing, Sometimes annoyed, Sometimes exasperated, But to me, Lovable in every way, Like myriad images from a broken mirror, Like a thousand moons reflected through puddles, Like sun rays reflecting from each shining wave , like numerous stars shining in the Milky Way. You shine through […]
Fall
On the brink of autumn, I stand ‘n gaze to golden-amber foliage Once crowned the thickets Now gasping for air adrift, paled . Ephemeral love withers with shifting wind heart barren a bare bough deciduous every fall plunging leaves are tears trees shed an elegy to departing love- . Waning bright days russet shadows swell […]