Terrible in beauty, age, and power -- June's Poetry Thread

2 posts
User avatar
Gender Female
Points 15394
Reviews 1464
I'm making a mess for the month of April, and here I shall place the bravest remains.
"I'd steal somebody's purse if I could google it and then download it." -- Firestarter




User avatar
Gender Female
Points 15394
Reviews 1464
[April 1st - Butterfly Legs]


I've walked this far and back on legs borrowed from a fragile wing
who stepped our remorse down to twice the span and spent the time
settling with loss followed by one, two, and three with flames for eyes
and chains to each glare, strapped hearts so burdened and heads hung low
enough to catch a blaze on dying embers in September breaths
(with a hint of summer for the past and whisper of winter for the future)
lonesome in the absences of every thing totaled.

Count the drifts of the pendulum and the wayward cries of a seabound wreck
that even the wings too delicate to lend themselves here would sacrifice
the whole nine yards to light upon. And, breathe the stolid remains that
these winds have duned and shared your eyes into dust that even the bravest
haven't eyes to see.
"I'd steal somebody's purse if I could google it and then download it." -- Firestarter



The very worst use of time is to do very well what need not be done at all.
— Benjamin Tregoe