74…

Cycles of time

weathered days and full moons
commands the craftsman of its homeland

trying to change this landscape
to nourish mankind

he watches over the passing of the days

knowing its worth

fog and mist

dust and earth

this fertile soil
these defiant roots

become brilliant clarity

and in the waking light

blossoming waves wash over emerald beds
mirroring summers last warmth

and under a harvest moon
fields of gold start to slumber

and the soil asks for its rest

the air sighs a cooling breeze

and with its last turns of the weather vane
asks the noble cultivator

to paint the canvas again

73 (my second collab with Subharda @thepoeticcolloqy)

Musk scented memories,
the base notes of your voice
trailing………
the long corridors
checking out.

Were you muttering
something
in low notes?
Indiscernible,
yet,
cutting…

Was it the tune we used to dance to?
You always said that song could say
what you can’t…

Weren’t those white lilies
plumes of white petals
trumpeting their blooms
just a day before…now wilting?

A sobering awakening not requested
cruel and finite

The car in the driveway?

Those memories are like the gravel it traveled on to pull in
but will stay until it speaks no more

I haven’t pulled the drapes back.
Your footprints in the
perfect snowfall… I guess,
are still fresh?
Yet to be covered by more
falling snow…

I step in them to trace your path before you’re gone again
Trying desperately to fill the empty spaces
you left behind

And the car? Well…

The keys will stay in my pocket for now..

72 (a collab with the beautiful Subhadra @thepoeticcollquy)

you’re beautiful and I’m damned
this happens when you fall for the wicked
my heart carved in pain
your knife with a crimson hilt
living with each others guilt
what are we without each others realities
do we own our own truths
can we leave this question untouched
there still is so much debris
i can feel the weight of it
this bleeding grief
I am your consequence

And I, your instigation
an insatiable lust for life
a feather drifting
amidst plumes of crystalline vapour
a quill inking revelations,
the feather of Maat.
What are with but, mirror images
reflecting our inner demons?
Crimson stained glass shards
capturing the glinting broken pieces
of us…
Our souls intermingling,
dancing…
I’m beautiful but you’re, divine

71

cosmic duality
invades this peaceful chaos
my yin and your yang
are endlessly transforming
in this dance of becoming

70

someday or one day

time takes away everything
a concrete angel
waits at the end of the line
in the memory of us