Until Now

Until Now

The muse left me.

I felt her go.

I wanted to write, yes and

Suddenly, no.

She was there -

Word fountains flew into the air

Then rained down

Silence.

Until now.

By LJ. Copyright 2016

Seaweed

Seaweed

The current of feeling held me

With mocking, murky hands

I thought the sky was water,

I thought the earth was sand.

I sank with every heartbeat,

Scattered bubbles of despair

That bobbed along my vision

Distorting any glare

Though the sun shone - I couldn't see 

That curled around my heart

Were but weeds of make believe

A water-work of art.

By LJ. Copyright 2016

There's a Tiger on my Bed

There's a Tiger on my Bed

There's a tiger on my bed

A predator, aware

Of feelings -

She kills what's lonely.

There's a tiger on my bed

Danger in her stare -

She hunts 

The ghosts that haunt me.

There's a tiger on my bed -

Even in sleep prepared

To keep 

My human company.

By LJ, Copyright 2016

Adult

Adult

The best thing about

Being an adult

Is chocolate for breakfast

Because you can.

by LJ, Copyright 2016

Waves

Waves

I watched the wind ride through the grass

That turned dark green as air pushed past

In waves

To greet me.

There is no water, is no sea

But on the earth, beneath my feet

The waves

Still reached me.

By LJ, Copyright 2016

Mindfulness

Mindfulness

Close your eyes

Deep breath in

Deep breath out

Shoulders down.

What do you hear?

No

Sound.

Close your eyes

Deep breath in

Deep breath out

Shoulders down.

Can you hear the 

Clock

Sound?

Tick.

Tock.

The sound is there but you

Were

Not.

By LJ, Copyright 2016

Huntress

Huntress

She's hunting for perfection.

Her claws scour the clearing.

She preys on rocks that mock enough,

The layered landscape fearing.

She's poised, and posed, as queen.

Her paws perfectly hiding
The dirt that dared to cross her lair,
To play with in her timing. 

She's alert, always aware,
Her senses ever feeling.
She never sleeps this huntress feeds
On imperfection's being.

By LJ. Copyright 2016

Night lights

Night lights

I sit within a diamond 

Constellation of house stars;

Made of fairy lights and candles

And gold glitter in glass jars -

A man-made galaxy

Uniting night and sky outside

With those who feel the safest

Dreaming their ideas, inside.

By LJ. Copyright 2016