Month: May 2023

Dew-laced

Night’s dream dew-laced in dawn’s light
In the luminescence of a tear’s essence 
Stars’ crystal lustre pales afore sun’s might 
I surrender to the tenderness of their iridescence 
To decode interlude of perceptions to make sense 
I lay my soul bare in the palette of dyes 
As starlight fades in the anthem of birds 
I quiet the tears that rise in my eyes
To paint pages with words that can be heard
Lines rise in rhythm, waiting to be savoured. 




# Choka

Softly, They Shine

Starry night brings delight 
How I love the stars’ light 
Shimmering, glittering, bright
Twinkling like sapphires
Scintillating and shining
Like lanterns glowing 
Through the darkness igniting 
Dreams that keep showing.


# Trochee

Aglow

Irises gleam 
A moonbeam falls
Jasmines sashay 

Scenting the air
Lush blooms bare pale
And flare in gloam 

Crepuscule fire
Burns sapphire bright
Desire ignite.


# Than-Bauk

Pit Stop

I refuel my limbs 
in the emptiness of 
an existential cul-de-sac 
like written lyrics 
of a platinum record 
that need a voice to sing 
to cry 
taking that ride 
the highway is my guide 
windswept jackrabbit 
on time borrowed time 
I foot the pedal 
stay in my lane
wait for a pit stop 
to come my way again .

Meditating A Verse

Out of my mind 
that seeks 
vowels and consonants 
metaphors, similes 
in my fingers knowing 
when the nib moves to write 
my hands a beryl hue
dipped in the inkwell of my soul 
in all forms the shades of blue
clematis and Tanzanite within my breath 
the shape of thoughts…fluid 
I’ll drink to ‘what mood to write’ 
To my pen dreaming a new verse into a waiting page. .