Descension Into Ascension

step right up, he said,

then threw her down

and watched her

twirl deep

into a

hole

so he

could pick

her up and lead her

step by step, the healing

path of twelve she'd only

recognize from where she's been

 

*

Poetic Inspiration~
Poetry Jam: Steps 

In a Matter of Seconds

photo by Steven Kelly
courtesy of The Mag 183

A curvy road

too dangerous

to pass.

Your

bold promise

a fishtail swerve.

The other side

ethereal.

**

Let's Talk About It

Silence like a cancer grows*
a weed within the mind's confines
that weaves obsession in the throes
of overtaking thoughts benign.

Too distraught to regulate
or yank habitual response,
this cancer of a sealing fate
soon consumes the s(u)n's blossoms.


*Simon & Garfunkel

**

Edited to elevate for Verse First:

watching weeds
thread through your mind
you find cancer

**

Poetic Inspiration~
Poetry Jam: The Sound of Silence
PU VerseFirst: Edit to Elevate- See Below
3WW: distraught, habitual, regulate

I Hope Not

When the lights go out, I hope

you're not drunk. I hope

it's not night and you're not

living in a new apartment

in a new area that's not

safe because you ran

away from an ex, yet

wanted him to worry

about you. I hope

 

you don't go berserk

and call a coworker,

quibble back and forth

about why it's dark

in your apartment

and no one else's

because you're drunk.

 

I hope she doesn't

have to duplicate

her words ten times,

get frustrated and put 

her friend-of-your-ex's

husband on the phone

to calm you down. 

 

**

 

Prompt inspiration~

Poetry Jam: When the Lights Go Out

PU Verse First: Difficulty

3WW: quibble, duplicate, berserk

It's All In Perspective

Drawing Hands, 1948 by M. C. Escher
Picture prompt courtesy of The Mag 180

If you draw my hands,

erase protruding veins.

Smooth over sun spots

with fingertip smudges.

 

If you draw my palms,

accentuate the major lines

of heart, head, life, fate;

read me as who I am.