Beware the jabberwock my son!
with fury like a winter storm,
skin-lashing, hell of lightning formed,
this is no tale of cobwebs spun,
do not mistake me for a fake,
seen I the men who've been undone,
still steaming, aye, their corpses warm,
beware the jabberwock my son.
"What a day, what a day!" the mockingbird cried.
"What a time to be gay and say it with pride!"
When hatred in countries both wealthy and poor
makes loving your partner a crime to endure,
when public acceptance is marred by disgust
and internalized fear spreads through you like rust,
it eats away at the conviction within
and trys to shame you to lower your chin.
And when words aren't enough, they'll brandish their fists
to silence the voices of all who resist.
"What a day, what a day!" the mockingbird cried.
"What a time to be gay and say it with pride!"
When hatred in countries both wealthy and poor
makes loving your partner a crime t
In the night, the fire burned brightly,
enough for those looking to see
a truth which rang clear as a bell.
Since the heart long had gone missing,
the soul was not aching to sing,
its silence was deep as a well.
The viewing concluded, they left,
content to bring an end to the weft:
there were no more stories to tell.
Behind closed doors, she lies in wait.
- Oh what a lucky man am I -
Who ever said a blushing bride
makes for a meek and modest mate?
He clearly lacks the fairer sex.
- Oh, but not I! I am so blessed -
I wear her symbol 'bove my breast,
that all may know when on my treks.
It’s plain to see who holds the reins.
- oh she gets the best of from me –
When I make plans, and she agrees,
we are a team, the brawn and brains.
She is my strength and I her heart
Our bond cannot be torn apart
What is identity?
What form does it take?
Does it grow like a tree?
(So much is at stake...)
What form does it take:
is it shaped by values
or choices I make?
(And what about my shoes?)
Does it grow like a tree,
do I have a voice?
Can I tend it to be
a thing to rejoice?
So much is at stake,
who I am, who they see,
these fears I can't shake,
even as I be...me.
A collection of Tetractys by TheDorsai, literature
Literature
A collection of Tetractys
doors
like walls
block the path
without the key
many choices make light of being free
sex
with you
hot and wet
it's on my mind
oh dare I hope that you reply in kind?
time
to go
quickly now
before she sees
I'm not the man she thought - I hoped - I'd be
breath
snoring
sounds of life
a welcome mat
a dog day's work laid my poor dog out flat
quiet
great trunks
patchwork light
rich scent of earth
a church by any other name in truth
chances
two lives
one moment
ships in the night
lost but for a beacon of light: open
Choices are stories in progress, like tracks in the snow on a trail,
mired in hardships and struggle, clear paths become fogged in a gale,
footing is often uncertain, right or wrong is lost in a veil,
but in the warmth of reflection, it's the storms that color a tale.
My mother raised me to believe. In me
she said she saw some statue tall and proud,
waiting for a sculptor to free it from the stone.
I did not know then what she meant.
She said she saw some statue tall and proud,
full of life and humor and beloved by all-
I did not know then what she meant,
I was just a boy who hid behind his books.
Full of life and humor and beloved by all,
my mother was this graceful creature. Her light
shown on a boy who hid behind his books,
and led him out to face the world.
My mother was this graceful creature, this light.
In her shadow, I learned to shine my own,
to let it out. To face a world
that feels the need
Beware the jabberwock my son!
with fury like a winter storm,
skin-lashing, hell of lightning formed,
this is no tale of cobwebs spun,
do not mistake me for a fake,
seen I the men who've been undone,
still steaming, aye, their corpses warm,
beware the jabberwock my son.
"What a day, what a day!" the mockingbird cried.
"What a time to be gay and say it with pride!"
When hatred in countries both wealthy and poor
makes loving your partner a crime to endure,
when public acceptance is marred by disgust
and internalized fear spreads through you like rust,
it eats away at the conviction within
and trys to shame you to lower your chin.
And when words aren't enough, they'll brandish their fists
to silence the voices of all who resist.
"What a day, what a day!" the mockingbird cried.
"What a time to be gay and say it with pride!"
When hatred in countries both wealthy and poor
makes loving your partner a crime t
Behind closed doors, she lies in wait.
- Oh what a lucky man am I -
Who ever said a blushing bride
makes for a meek and modest mate?
He clearly lacks the fairer sex.
- Oh, but not I! I am so blessed -
I wear her symbol 'bove my breast,
that all may know when on my treks.
It’s plain to see who holds the reins.
- oh she gets the best of from me –
When I make plans, and she agrees,
we are a team, the brawn and brains.
She is my strength and I her heart
Our bond cannot be torn apart
Choices are stories in progress, like tracks in the snow on a trail,
mired in hardships and struggle, clear paths become fogged in a gale,
footing is often uncertain, right or wrong is lost in a veil,
but in the warmth of reflection, it's the storms that color a tale.
My mother raised me to believe. In me
she said she saw some statue tall and proud,
waiting for a sculptor to free it from the stone.
I did not know then what she meant.
She said she saw some statue tall and proud,
full of life and humor and beloved by all-
I did not know then what she meant,
I was just a boy who hid behind his books.
Full of life and humor and beloved by all,
my mother was this graceful creature. Her light
shown on a boy who hid behind his books,
and led him out to face the world.
My mother was this graceful creature, this light.
In her shadow, I learned to shine my own,
to let it out. To face a world
that feels the need
Blue is the color of sunsets,
bleeding through from the black,
blue is the comfort of gas jets,
that throw light on my back,
in the twilight midway between,
with heart bared, I dance with my dreams.
In the twilight
In the twilight
we make peace with who we have been.
Blue is the color of sunrise,
dawn brought in on the tide,
blue are the small flecks in your eyes,
stars picked out of the sky.
The decisions we make define
who we are and how we align,
the decisions
the decisions
lord I'm weak, please show me a sign.
Blue is the color of promise,
like fire within the ice,
blue is the heart being honest,
no matter what the price,
when I grow ol
You pick the peck, you do the time by TheDorsai, literature
Literature
You pick the peck, you do the time
Peter piper filched some fruit
to gift a girl named seashell sally,
he hoped to heat her heart...
but a blue had caught his crime,
and a judge said jail.
So, lo, lover boy was bound
for a cellmate called Prince Pound.
Ode to a future that never was by TheDorsai, literature
Literature
Ode to a future that never was
From my mouth spills a wretched silence
while my heart seeks the words to gather
behind my eyes, the snow is falling
for before them, I've lost my anchor
now the darkness, I hear it calling
and of the light, it will not answer
no limbo this! I feel us aging
yet time stands still before this altar
I pray for wind to uplift your wings
I curse the earth in which you'll slumber.
As I curse the earth, I am accursed
for behind my eyes, the snow is falling
and before my eyes, a season falls.
"Roses are red," said the poet,
"violets are blue, don't you know it,
but of rhymes so contrite,
and deserving of spite,
it's booze that helps me get through it!"
Silence fell like the end of a sentence,
like a pause between breaths, like a presence
pooled in the hollows of unspoken things;
it waited the next act with great patience.
The actors, unaware of the acting,
were night-blind to the drama unfolding,
their eyes, turned inward, were lost to the stage,
their hearts, twin flames, grown hot with the tending.
Each sought for a sword-sharp phrase to engage,
full of blue-white words to color their rage,
the curtains had drawn, the scene was in place,
four eyes met, crackling, and held for an age.
Silence shattered like a porcelain vase,
shards of emotions exposed in its space,
it broke like a dam o
You will have been dead fifteen years tomorrow,
and yet not once have I visited your grave.
I was always busy; there was always time
to see you, to make amends. And yet, I feel
it's all a sham. I could make time, but I fear
the truth. It's easier to believe my lies.
If I went, I'd see your plot, see how you lie
untroubled, beneath the soil. Your tomorrows
ended many yesterdays ago. No fears
to face, no debts to pay. No decisions grave
to weigh your brow. Not like your son. How I feel
the heaviness of this life. There's too much time
and not enough. Lives end every day. It's time
to stop hiding from the pain. My future lies
As all around you, thunder crashes,
and jagged flashes expose the rain,
the walls begin to shake and moan and
the dream comes again to haunt your brain.
All alone in bed, your restless head,
tossing like a ship on violent seas,
sprays salty teardrops across the sheets,
the growing stains naught but wordless pleas.
Terror rises from night-blackened depths,
by nature's fury, drawn forth to feed,
come to wrap you in its spectral limbs,
so from sanity you can be freed.
Now forlorn within your troubled mind,
and marooned upon a mountain high,
you are confronted by a nightmare.
God it looms in size! Such depthless eyes!
Yo
One late, fall night, as winter neared,
on my way home, a wind appeared,
its touch was like the grave, and bold,
so in all haste, I homeward veered.
My steps were dogged with leaves of gold,
as naked trees proclaimed the cold
with banshee wails of great despair,
until I cringed within my hold.
Their cries were more than I could bear,
and so I hid beneath my stairs,
among the cobwebs and the dust.
I prayed that they'd not find me there.
But I could hear my fate discussed:
they sought my soul to sate their lust.
And so, in fear, I fled the halls,
in hopes to lose them 'neath the crust.
But in the dark I took a fall,
and thumped aga
Hey, I used your poem "One late fall night" as an example of form for a Project Educate article I wrote here on DA which will be, Lord willing, posted later this week. Is that cool? I can link to the article later if you want. Cheers!