WyldeVerse Prompt: natural experience

in a world of prepackaged
individually wrapped
manufactured mirth
our jumble-sale joy
was a glorious hodgepodge
handmade bargain basement mess
mixed w/ just a soupçon of sadness  
a natural experience
that made it worth more, not less
we were never designer
nor designed to be
for which I liked us all the better
we were simply
you and me

SenseWrds Prompt: cupped, brutal, daybreak

shelter in a crevasse
wide and deep
like hands
enveloping us
hiding from
the winds
of angry night
as we huddle
in the dark
and wait
for dawn

more math for real life

facial hair ≠ personality
be a man with a beard
not a beard with a man

WrittenRiver Prompt: wasn't even there

wrapped in a cloak
made of words
words whispered
words sung
words so warm
words so tangible
words words words
so many words
i granted them
with substance
that wasn't even there
so now i freeze
huddled in rags
of echos ephemeral

WyldeVerse Prompt: jagged breath

heart pounds like cannon fire
muscles scream for release
lungs tear w/ each jagged breath
in the pause between
never            or             forever

MadVerse Prompt: What do you crave, physical or emotional intimacy?

once i could easily separate
find the joy in the disparate
have one for this
and one for that
or bored with both
I'd get a cat

but now I crave
the two combined
both stirring touch
and racing mind
give me both or I'll have none
with compromise, at last, I'm done

instapoem: point of view

In Between Girl

Newest addition to the songwriting collection. Song 6.

In Between Girl.

instapoem: silent watchers

MadVerse prompt: the taste of rain, night falling down, temptation's grace

the taste of rain and tears fills my mouth
temptation's grace has snared me
I stumble tangled in its traces
and collapse with the night falling down

SenseWrds Prompt: radiance, crackling, luscious

on a sandy campfire beach
the flames snap in the briny breeze
i languish in the combination
commingled scent of smoke and sea
and you glowing firelit against starlit sky
who could resist it? not i

WyldeVerse Prompt: into the sunset

synchronized swim with the sinking sun
fall
into the sunset of you
drenched
in achingly beautiful hues
of reds and oranges
purples and blues
dive
deeper into your dusk until I
drown
swallowing your darkness
swallowed by your stars

MadVerse:What frightens you the most? What comforts you?

imagination:   transforms a tiny ache into an interminable throb

apprehension:   stretching loneliness and longing to infinity

conviction:  of the degeneration of my attraction to the point of desolation

diversion:   my salvation

distraction:   fending off false fantasy of feigned fiascos fashioned of fear

recreation:   reminding me of reality where

affection:   by amazing friends and family brings
 
recognition:   generally, I am liked for being me