Five Words Thread

[amycando]

Here is the last one I did right apparently before they were deleted:

jolly, helpless, midnight, sunshine, rain


In the day, I love sunshine,
at midnight rain
tapping a random rhythm on my roof
While I lie helplessly in your arms
my heart so jolly it feels like it may defect from me
and float away on a dreamy remembrance of loving you.

door, shut, hover, contact, pace

[Sam]

door, shut, hover, contact, pace

If you want to make contact,
don't hover around the door,
come on in and shut it behind you.
At the pace we were moving
we would still be looking at each other
this time next year.
The mistletoe is just inside.

Sam

happy, loving, children, smiling, joy

[amycando]

happy, loving, children, smiling, joy


Happy children,
smiling with glee
full of joy
this is the sight I'll be loving
at the Christmas Pagent tomorrow night.


purple, lipstick, garden, sneak, creak

[soulfir3]

purple, lipstick, garden, sneak, creak


Should I sneak,
into your garden of green
and hear the soft creak of
the gate,
counting under my breath
to the number ten,
until I was assured,
I was alone once again
with lipstick in hand
I would outline those
horrid statues you claim
too adore,
in this most hidious shade of purple

~

revenge, cold, sweet, defiant, child

[amycando]

revenge, cold, sweet, defiant, child

Revenge is cold and never sweet,
those who engage in it are defiant to life
like a child, but not in an endearing way.


vibrant, sunshine, gloves, piano, soak

[soulfir3]

vibrant, sunshine, gloves, piano, soak


Too lay back and soak
in the vibrant rays of sunshine
ebbed only by the ever
persistant,
but weary clouds of nochalant whites
and tinged greys
swirling with unpromised tears
for the earth,
so thirsty below
with glove cloaked hands,
fingers shall stroke the ivory
bound keys of the grand old piano
thrumming with it's harmonic charm
calling the rain to fall
in it's own hypnotic rhythm

~

honey, apples, tea, fingers, flowers

[amycando]

honey, apples, tea, fingers, flowers


As I leaned in to pour her tea
the aroma of apples wafted up from her hair
She giggled as she made a mess
dispensing the honey that had her fingers quite stuck together
whenever she is around my mind is transported to sunshine and spring flowers.
A delightful presence can be such an oasis
in this churning world.

bend, night, timbre, nutshell, green

[anirbas]

in a nutshell
i bend my ear
to the timbre of the evening...
straining to hear it...
listening for the sound of growing...

did you know green things
and flowers grow,
not by the harsh
light of day,
but at night?
In the glimmer
of moonbeams
and starlight?

~*~

rigid*day*dissonance*auditorium*red

[amycando]

rigid*day*dissonance*auditorium*red

I said to her,"is it my dissonance or your own that has you so troubled"
she ducked into the auditorium door
and out of the blustery day
with a rigid and dramatic stomp
and a face red hot with anger,
and I felt sorry
that her regard for humble honesty,
if it existed at all,
was so blotted out by her embrace
of, and belief in the lie so many believe,
that we need to be defensive with each other
to protect ourselves.


cast, haze, lose, precept, mocking

[soulfir3]

cast, haze, lose, precept, mocking

looking past the mocking gaze,
you have cast my way
with those shallow and blind words
you seem to think,
shall appease my anger
and lay a new path
which you may stray onto
haze of loving embraces
are nothing of which to be proud -
even a whore can find
a loving moment
from a stranger within the crowds
your precept, for which
there is always an excuse
seems to allow your sense
of guilt and retribution -
to lose.

~

redundant, broke, winter, moonlight, pond

[anirbas]

in the winter moonlight
i sink into thinking...
how redundant
i am always
broke...

LOL


abundant*rich*summer*sunlight*ocean

[amycando]

abundant*rich*summer*sunlight*ocean

I long for the days of feeling the warm ocean
washing the sand from my feet as I walk along the shore.
Oh summer how I miss you
days abundant with sunlight
a rich tan on my skin.
Ah, summer is my time of year,
born in the spring,
in love with the summer.

pulse, pain, auburn, conflict, posing

[anirbas]

my pain is posing as a poem...
my pulse is posing as a sign of life...
my auburn hair grows a silver crown...
and the conflict never stops and just lays down...

~*~

comatose*euphoria*black*happiness*real

[dawness]

such euphoria of a dance trance can leave one
comatose,
brain dead
when the reverie glows in a dark, drunken spell,
everyone unsure if happiness is real.


dragged--- fountain--- mosque--- offguard--- seashell

[amycando]

dragged--- fountain--- mosque--- off-guard--- seashell

I'm tired of seeing God get dragged into humanities squabbles.
I wish I had some truly clever words
that would catch everyone off-guard
and make them realize
that maybe God is in the Church, the synagogue, in the mosque
because we call him there
but maybe he's more apt to be found in the seashell
or a water fountain or a waterfall
or hear him singing bright and gay in the tune of a songbird
if we took the beauty of nature to be his expression to us ,
instead of trying to assert his alliance with us in our childish human feuds.

infrequent, upsurge, mirth, bristling, almost

[anirbas]

infrequent, upsurge, mirth, bristling, almost


The infrequent upsurge of mirth
in people whom are almost always bristling,
does not bode well; it is simply the rare calm
before another spell of rage explodes like a bomb.

~*~

reliable*downdraft*anger*hairless*always

[soulfir3]

reliable*downdraft*anger*hairless*always


reliable as the downdraft,
caused by summery mountain breezes
I watch the birds
dive and spiral in the sky
wings outstretched
chirping, beautifully echoing
their mates lullabies
anger shrieks as the raven
swoops within
this sacred circle of family
others group in protective stance
with their unison of voices
and hairless dance
wings outstretched
as they intimidate
always a group of one
made from a group of many
never dancing alone,
until it's time to retreat home
in the shades of night time
where even then,
their voices are plenty

~

manifested, gossip, coffee, cake, kisses

[amycando]

manifested, gossip, coffee, cake, kisses


Some women are into coffee cake and gossip,
they are alien creatures to me,
I didn't even do tea parties as a child
you could find me down by the creek
swinging across on a rope
like any good little tomboy.
Shopping?
Not my thing either.
Decorating?
forget about it!
I doubt I have ever manifested a girly bone in this body
except that one brief period I did it just so no-one could ever say I hadn't tried to explore my feminine side.
Some women are for friendship,
and some are for kisses.

thorns, reality, undiluted, offer, scent

[anirbas]

thorns, reality, undiluted, offer, scent

The thorns of undiluted reality
offer up not the scent of precious blooms;
but of entrapment, necrosis and stagnation.

~*~

roses, illusion, distilled, rescind, neutralizer

[amycando]

roses, illusion, distilled, rescind, neutralizer


When I think of you
I do wish I could make illusion real,
because then a dozen roses would win me your heart
but reality is a great neutralizer
of any boldness that would have me
doing the foolish things my heart longs for
instead I send you camouflaged I love yous
distilled into something smaller and sweeter
but not overwhelming
something that seems to rescind
anything beyond the most innocent
something that can be marked
within the boundaries of acceptable or appropriate
something that does not mark me as guilty of loving you.

sultry, mixed, hues, perception, vapor

[anirbas]

sultry, mixed, hues, perception, vapor


The sultry mixed hues of perception
rise as vapor rises from the surface of a pond;
wispy, tendriled clouds of desires, needs and wants...
Rising into the vast nothingness of the atmosphere...

~*~

undesirable*singular*monochromatic*thoughtless*solid

[amycando]

undesirable*singular*monochromatic*thoughtless*solid


I would find fame most undesirable
I think I should rather live a life that is singular and monochromatic than be so routinely barraged with the attention of my fellow humans as would lend it self so severely toward becoming addicted to the attention and ultimately the approval.
I don't mean to say that it is wrong to receive the attention and approval or even to enjoy it. . .
but I think the line can quickly thoughtlessly blur into an addiction of sorts.
The approval of the people is volatile, fragile, fickle, not solid and reliable.
the approval of God, most accessible to our understanding in the person of Jesus, is dependable and of course our own approval, which will never lead us away from our integrity, these will never cause one to be untrue to self and they will never leave us.

scent, secret, wood, illusions, shadow

_{No offense to anyone who has another understanding of God, other that Christian, intended and otherwise Note that I point to Jesus as portrayed in the gospels not what some factions of christianity have used religion for.}

[dawness]

scent, secret, wood, illusions, shadow


i have no illusion about the scent
of your secret paradise
where linen leaves fly like wooden kites,
the shadows
mirroring the fragrance of your lamps.

DESIRE/ LANTERNS/ SERENADE/ ICINGS/ MOURNFULLY

[Sam]

DESIRE/ LANTERNS/ SERENADE/ ICINGS/ MOURNFULLY

I mournfully watch you
in peaceful sleep.
My desire for you
running high.
I wish I had the courage
to just reach over and wake you,
suggest we light the lanterns
and build up the fires....
I would serenade you
every night,
and lavish your body
with heavenly icings,
taking my slow sweet time ....
to awaken you,
arouse you,
infuse you....
over and over again,
taking you with me
to the special place
we once loved to go,
but now for some reason,
only seem to talk about,
if we ever talk at all...

The moment is passing now
and I turn my back to you,
pulling the covers tight around me.
I lay in the cold darkness
wondering what happened
to the fires....

Sam

transform, ignite, flowers, echoes, laughter

[soulfir3]

transform, ignite, flowers, echoes, laughter

transform these dewy flowers
into echoes of laughter
and glittering memories framed
by good fortune
ignite the desire, flaming
under the thin layering of soul
where sun shines
rising hopes and dreams,
of those who stare
from distant horizons
reaching for what
they can not see,
yet do not fear


happiness, chocolate, movies, rain, thunder

[Sam]

happiness, chocolate, movies, rain, thunder

Movies in the rain
thunder storms
and chocolate thoughts
fill my mind
with happiness today
as I look back
on days gone by,
I think of you and smile!

Sam

envelopes, treasure, visions, playtime, nostalgia

[amycando]

envelopes, treasure, visions, playtime, nostalgia

Nostalgia is not a hobby of mine
maybe an occasional visitor
I don't think of my past as the good old days.
I do however worry when I look ahead and see
the time I have left that I still have a chance
to make these the good days is slipping away.
In the past my playtime was wasted time,
not treasures.
my visions of the near future are of
goals that envelope my life
so that even my playtime could be put to good use.

tenuous, good, skin. melody, silent

[dawness]

tenuous, good, skin. melody, silent

for such a tenuous tiff,
let us just kiss in the melody
of rain
rushing on our
skin.
so soft, so silent, so sillky all over the body

GLOSSY/ ALTAR/CHAMOMILE/ SHORE/ GLITTER

[anirbas]

GLOSSY/ ALTAR/CHAMOMILE/ SHORE/ GLITTER


On my knees before a glossy altar of onyx;
it's surface, glitter kissed with the dripped jewels
of my heart's blessedly bitter blood...

My eyes view the sacrifice...
The still twitching organ once housed
behind the fretwork of my ribcage...
My eyes view the sacrifice...

But see nothing beyond the mystery
of a tomorrow on another shore,
in the near distant future...
Today, is what I fear...
Not what is yet to be...

My thoughts lulled, placated as jangled,
jittery nerves served up a cup
of honey laced chamomile tea,
wandering through the striations
of my mental meditations...

I scoop my heart up from it's altared nest...
Shove it apathetically back into my chest...
A treasure I shall carry to bequeathe
to he whom has waited so long for it...



~*~







espresso*espression*epaulette*elephant*effervescent

[Sam]

HUH?