instapoem: both

micropoetry: sunset

sky on fire
in vermilion hue
burns away the day's blue
and silhouetted against is you
beauty's magnifier

instapoem: the willow

better

when i said
it would be better
had we
never met
you replied, no
not ever
not a day
do you regret

i do not think
you understood
it is for me
it would be good

Liar

You pride yourself on honesty 

You swear you never lied

Every kiss you kissed was false

Except that kiss goodbye 

News

I still can't understand 

Can't find the disconnect 

Between us having something wondrous 

To something to be left

I have the early data

You sent me video

To show me that I made your smile 

As big as it could go

Then you became cagey

For your once beloved KG

And now my smile's disappeared 

You took it with you maybe

You want us to be friends 

And tell me that you're sorry

That you never were in love

But that I shouldn't worry 

Because I am so lovely 

You're certain that I'll find 

A newer love without you

And think you're being kind

But I am not so blind

You already have moved on

And left me far behind 

true friend

scrabbling for purchase
screaming through the darkness
velocity gaining
insanity reigning
a voice answers my calls
and cushions my fall
and I land
bruised
but unbroken

instapoem: mad sq

privations

display of affliction
may lose me affection
but neither does deflection
reverse defection
better public introspection
than silent desperation
lacking the elation
of previous devotion 
I settle in determination 
for poetic creation

instapoem: life vest

instapoem: windowbox thoughts

despair and hope

look at the world
try not to despair
in brighter days
we place our hope
we search for love
any which where
in stranger's smiles
try to cope
in our rage and revulsion
at acts of destruction
remember that hate
like weevils breed
and evils bleed
across borders
and colors and faiths
not resigned
but resolved
a better way
than blinded eyes
until no one left
can see
the brighter days
we hope may be

empty nest

i misconstrue
light for warmth
dazzled by the brightness
sometime blinded
by the glare
like a jackdaw
collecting shinies
building a nest
of trash and trinkets

instapoem: angel wings

instapoem: gift for an insomniac

instapoem: adrift

instapoem: the baptism

another fall

leaves crackle underfoot
like pretty lies
dry and brittle
beautiful and broken
but they make a lovely sound
as they are stomped into oblivion

instapoem: the puzzle

instapoem: the path