Very Short Stories
~~~ I almost Gave up, Gave in, Silence Then an inner comfort Consoled stripped fibers Of my being. Pages Rewritten Sprung from my lips. Dead dreams Now Phoenix wings Flash purpose Again I stand up From leaning, Bare body reclothed Ready to fight, Willing to keep on giving. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ My tongue Set to mute Hears a loud Crack As snowflakes Hit pavement, Scratch As feathers Float to the ground, & Crackle As soft blanket Covers rough skin. Whispers scream Aloud The presence Of the silent, The pounding Of muzzled peace Within. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Beneath the ancient tree, On needle grass, I watch time pass, Strapped to an earth, Ground bound as the hourglass. ​ The leaves are the seconds, Crisped bark my guard. Hope reaches for flailing fingertips, And I hear the wind's susurration say, "Get up!" ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ The Antagonistic Nature Wakens gnashing teeth, Clenches fists, & minimizes the mind, But In the release of jaw, Hand, & cruel thoughts, One can find open palms, Profound understanding, & a friend. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Statues sank Beneath the water, & lay to rest In the aphotic zone. Bioluminescence Lit the eyes, But there was no one Home. ​ Limbs lay Scattered in the darkness, Where hidden monsters Feed. Survivors Called the place Atlantis, Kingdom to the breathless Who somehow breed. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ The expression Of humanity In art Reveals essence As a melody Played from a brush, A stroke Of madness For what sanity colors outside The lines? Some tiptoe While others lather Canvases With expression. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Drift on waves To castles crippled By bones In search of more ​ Beyond The quest ​ Sail to shores On distant planets, Map the stars & drink in A spiraling galaxy smoothie. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Tendril bones & an aria Instead of skin. Here lies a moster Who feeds off your air, But without which You cannot breathe. ​ The ground sucks you under, Through a coronary cusp. To some creatures We are no more than dust Whose time is up. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ The bond of the braid, Rickrack waves, Tornado of heartbeats, Woven into skin & fabric. ​ Soutache your name, Symbol of strength, Crisscross our paths, May they ever intersect. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ To cloak a love with life, A breath, The taste of kisses, Sharp as cider, On the tongue, Releases to a melted longing, For a rapture ruptures From vessels Intertwined. The sweetest though, A nose-to-nose, Unspoken words, They speak the most. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ The cadence of pain Is a thrum hum of Sobs & sighs. Zipper; Shoelace heartstrings, Unbutton & Velcro shut With each ba-dum. Rain chips At a giving ground, The flood of it nourishes Dead soil, & the count of wet kisses On my forehead Beneath the clouds ...I've lost sum. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ We Carve Segments Out of wholes, Survive, If for no other reason Than to keep safe Precious child, Their engraved smile. Our redemption For the loss of us, Tearstained traumas Healed by Innocent laughter, Cracked segments Restore. hear the future's pulse Once more. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ A clear blue sky Comes in colors Twinkling from a pallet That for ease of speech We do not list The many shades From light to dark However, It's understood When clouds are white & the sun A blazing yellow Each color in itself Holds a rainbow. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ There is an old myth In a village that does not Exist, That when the clock Strikes The heart skips a tick, & over the years The missing beats' gears Grind to a halt & will not restart Until the music box plays A song The ticker remembers Form yester-days. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ It's no coincidence To stumble on a writer, Their words, When you nee them Most & even Least. For the messages, Signs, We seek, We find, Out digital Papyrus Able to build Or burn Skyscrapers. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ A sprinkle of stars, & a pinch of dark matter, Two tots worth of Steamed galaxies, Frothed to perfection. A glitter of planets, In a polychromatic syrup, Poured out into a universe Cup, Holding one cosmic Eruption. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Silhouettes Waltz In Lantern lit Forgotten rooms With Cobweb audiences, Chandelier chimes, & Crestfallen rhymes, The backdrop For A Single Tune, An anti-lullaby, From A Piano Singing out Regrets. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ They Defy The labels Placed upon them, They Defy The laws of physics For gravity cannot Hold them, They Defy The seasons They Defy The reasons They Are more, For they are the future And they will not be Held back By Yesterday's generations Anymore. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ I will remember the fallen, Friend and foe alike, It seems the pen I've chosen, Requires me to write, Edit, & write. Though I can be demure On social media, In my work I speak My heart & mind. Young, I was silent. Now my voice has found... It is time. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Once in awhile I go fishing & sit on the dock Where the shock Of thunder Can't reach me cuz I'm used to the weather Inside, & I reel in a fish Full of ideas, & let it free To tell its friends That I'm here, Thinking of a time When the rain only poured Outside My mind. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ We pound the draft, It's our craft, To pluck you Out your seat. Drift awhile, Lover of smiles, & tea for two, Our treat. Come to my head, We'll play & then, You'll surrender cuz, I've got you by the hook. It's a jive to be alive, Sit & read a book. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ A dynamite picture Explodes Into thousands of words Escaping the tongue, Eluding the mind, Setting off A chain reaction Erupting Across the timeline. Decades traveled, Captured In a single smile. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ The dichotomy of the eclipse though In the eyes Of space Luna & Sol Are always whole; As with people. We see but parts, The veil, Glow hidden by a past, But all have Shine & shadow. To know the secrets Of the eclipse One must embrace Not the slices, but the entire area. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Galaxies embrace; Dark matter arms, Light-years long. Red star hearts, The warmth of the pulse, Barren the planets, But one. Life seeks life, For a twin, In a universe womb. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Wind whipped trees Empower Sinew sown into soil, Into roots Seeking refuge in water Flowing Towards town, Towards the seeds Of the buried For here Chipped bones Chime & Willows Banshee scream. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Sweet equanimity, Caught in a frame, Balanced & carefree, Ballerina arms embrace. Swirl atop cloud nine, Flit & dive, Give chase. Passionate fever envelops, Should secure, Mangosteen in mulberry On silk lips Drip with grace. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Escape into my fairytale; Archer hunting trail. Kudu, Horns of spiraled glass, Prisms reflect Off the river's pass. Arrow from quiver Ignites the air, Sonic boom shatters Deer's defensive sphere. Bowstring's play The beast's demise, Transformation Into neon butterflies. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Euphoric amber In a somersault Of carnivorous yellow, Infatuated By the lingering flavor Of a citrus-tangelo. Cavernous cells Pulsating With a liquid tart, Marrow in bones That devour To the beat Of a hungry heart. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Love is not the eventide Or focus of one individual Soul. Love it multiplies & shares, Growing in strength As it goes. Love can't be measured For it crosses dimensions. Love survives, Love thrives, Love holds the broken; Love, Infinite & unconditional, Makes us whole. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Expedite My hand in yours, Dear letter Scribble my exhale, Tattoo my ink On parked paper, Let it drink. I, An empty bottle, In an ocean of glass, Pushed to replace My body With waterproof paint, Remain the same & write the colors To share with you On a distant planet. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Facepalm, Palms of faces. Screams of bark and trees With braces. Wooden horror, Forest shivered, Snow-squalls sweeps The surfaces. Ear to ground, Branch length noses. Eye to sky and Cheeky bushes. The other dark, Faceless paintings, Portraits in Gardened pages. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Farewell Broken heart, Your purpose served To rid me Of the unnecessary Fractures Breaking me. Your plaster, Your attack On my attention That I might not Stumble With eyes stapled, But allow Reality to bloom Until the blossoms Envelop and I Become. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Somewhere, A million light-years, Forever awaits. The blanket of time, over a pillow of space. I tuck into dimensions, Many a keepsake. Tokens of tomorrows, For others to chase. Someone A million light-years, Perchance awaits. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Education costs a fortune; We cut trees to barter, Oxygen for food. There's freedom In the death of ignorance, But reformation Is in demand. No child can survive on status, Or the segregation it often Brings. We need to redefine How we value People vs. things. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ The Gloom Surrounds him, But he doesn't fear The shadows. "What is dark but night?" "What is light but bright?" He steps with ease Across the threshold Between life & death & drinks his fill Of the gap Where others Fall, But he doesn't fear The Raven's caw. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Ruby alien horse With saffron glow, A mane of ombré sunset, Curled locks flow. Eyes are tiger brown, Not seen before. Hooves of glass Trot on emerald sand For show. The beast's tail fans, Peacock on fire, White flame feathers, Body of crow. Be this death, Friend, Or foe? ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Strands wound Through braid & bun Ignite The indomitable spirit Of the wild, Runner, Through forest & glades With spear tipped toes & an archer's bow Aimed high At the soaring eye, Griffin, With talons Tearing clouds, But aimed at towers Bit by ice & snow. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ You can't kill the dead... We remain, Our inelegant walk Frightens the living, Our way of thinking Asks questions & Puts on the plate A sample of difference, Which people cry out for Until faced with the reality, Their disturbing screams Worse than Our leaking smiles. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ The iron seat Of resistance, & the turn toward Justified persistence. A net of swords, Quick to dangle, Above the heads, Of the disentangled. For in the transition, A metamorphic fission, Whoever is chosen, Goads The next rebellion's vision. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Pigeon-impersonating, Sea-squawking, Cloud-pirate of the blue Sky. Feather-winged seagull Up so high, I don't grant you The liberty To aim for my eye. I'll say it once & once again, "I'm not a statue!" Keep your flybys From my terrain, My head Isn't your domain. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Listen to the fairies song, Beneath The Amanita mushrooms Where the wind howls Strong. Hear chorus of wings Flap in the breeze, Little feet dancing Pirouettes with ease. A sparkle of dust, & a punch of magic, A world far removed, Shrunk to the imaginary. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Words that mock Break & Batter At the shell Built to lock out The hate. Shadows Creep in, Doubt fills, & the inner candle flickers, But then burns & blazes Until only light shines For the core Made of Love Weathers Any storm. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Wisdoms passed on, The lore of our afore, Often leaves out the gore For what tongue Would wish to speak Such horrors, The bleak, But without the mention Of floods When describing rainbows The picture Remains incomplete. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Uprooted by smoke & floodwaters, We are not. More is required to sever The connection of human & home. Lunar stones, The magnetism within, Tied to our bones, Red waves & sinew foam. Matter, On a stick of nerves, Expressions of stars In particle form. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ There is a maelstrom, Picking up speed. Some are watching, While others bleed. It's been this way In history, ​And has reared its head Again. Have we learnt Our lesson? Disagreements Needn't result in Violent ends. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ "Mend me from a past Unforgotten, A present of survival, & a future of global Uncertainty," Said the Warrior, "But, In the meantime, I will seek to build, To uplift, To love For you Who needs to see The broken can live on Until the healing Is done." ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ My mood; Hard day done, I lie back, Consumed, Enveloped in a dark. Remnants Of those thoughts Have their fun. Soon I'll chase them away, It's how I know I'm in control. It's their beliefs, Not mine anymore. My days are spent living, In the light, Under the sun. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ We are infinite beings, But not of our making; Love, Our origin, Compels us. You can't be surprised, When you leave for work, My tears drop On the sleeves Of your shirt. I yearn for your return, Even when I know The hour. For your caress is my Meteor shower. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ A feast of music On a tired soul, Wakens the child within, Where embers dissolve. The perfume scent, Forgotten Wisps of chocolate, Freckled sprinkles On lovers lips, The carousel's spin ignites A collapsed resolve. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ A letter Unraveled Reveals a symbol. Words formed, An alphabet Rearranged, Creates an image. Together, Sentences In a note Hold a picture, Using an ink medium, & convey Truths & lies For us to check Against prior words, & so we build Or sink castles. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Nourish me In a rose water Fountain, Honeysuckle lips Pecked by hummingbirds, As I drift among the lilacs, Wet periwinkle, Satin dress Clings, & blue velvet string Loose Wrapped Around Fingers Toying with the stems Of pearl marble Sculpted Flowers. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Orient yourselves, Lend an ear; I have a secret, You'll want to hear. High in the sky, Dragonflies, The size of starships, With amber eyes. Quick to the dive, Swift to the chase, Breath of a sun, Wings ablaze. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ The paradigm Of the universe & its secrets, Search & search, But the world keeps it. Hidden in a where, Squared away, Triangle of answers, But the questions Don't change. Underneath a heart, Inside a soul, Locket to the key, It hides in us all. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ The young man, Light-years away, Thinks of his parents. He signed up to fight, In their stead For the adventures He'd find. Now stuck on a planet, Where names don't exist, It's adapt or die. The only connection With home, ​His heart's pulse, Reminder that he's alive. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Why does it Petrify You, The different, Change, The lane the forks & turns? Why wish to know The road, What point then If the story is known? Embrace the bends, For the heart can fend For itself, It was built For battle, It doesn't know fear, It beats For life & love. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Waves shook, Freckles of blue Liquid drops, Not water, Painted constellations On his face, Matching those Of his grandfather's Pocket watch, That without time, Calculates the entirety Of space & The true edge of Our worlds. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ She bathes In a lagoon pool; Dipping tiny toes in, The racing ripples Distort her reflection & trees low branches. Her body is A kaleidoscope Of colors, Finger-painted tattoos Melt Rainbows in the water. She blows bubbles At rays Dancing on waves Then dives underwater. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ A.I. were built to protect Us. To shield Us From bloodshed. Steel graves became The new boneyard & top layer Of Earth's crust. We didn't need to Fear asteroids, Space trash rained Metal droplets. We wanted Protection, But we constructed An aluminum cage. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ War within My psyche rages, Quiet are the tears To pages. I've split apart, Seams to stitches, I've cradled hearts, Brittle to blood. One thought blooms From its bud, & awakened, Flows riches. I'm a concert Of musical notes, I'm a crescendo Of realized wishes. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ What would it be To meet he Who first Thought To protect Woman & child, Not his own, Regardless Of the dangers To himself? He who did not Reave As the rest, But stood Silently Apart, Passing on Such honorable Traits That People of all ages Still benefit from today. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Riddle me What makes a regime, With laws to govern A society? Who leads the masses, Or do the masses lead? Violin fiddlesticks & tumbling Jenna bricks, A background symphony Plays. For the ruler & the ruled Cannot seem to agree On the game. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Revive me ​From Chasms of chaos Weighing on Slumped shoulders & sleepless nights, You, With your Core close caresses, Can wither the thorns In the cloud blankets Of your arms & stronghold Of your gentle Gaze When you melt The world With your whispers. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Slit my scars & search my marrow To find the alien Slithering in my veins. All you'll find Is time immortal if you count the days Beyond when dust decals. I'm no stranger to stardust For specks of universe Exist in us all, I'm human, Like you, I'm Namuh, & I have a name. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Silver locket, In a steampunk's pocket; Gears grinding, Time unwinding, Sprocket powered socket, Thunder binding. Catch a neutron star, Fill the core with lightning, Smoke the celestial cigar, & exhale ecstasy in A candy jar, Saved for when clouds Creak ajar. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ The story of the sock Is an old golden Where many a washer Tumble Is needed before Pairs are reunited But the origin of the twins Begins before, With Grandmother Knitting Her love Into keeping Cold feet Warm. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ What if the universe Swims in the belly Of a cosmos whale, Munching on neutron Starry krill & spouting out Black and White Holes In Space? What if the universe IS the spaceship ​& our planet is a pod, Or a barnacle Clinging on, Or a pearl In a clam galaxy? What if all the stars Are the dreams We all have, Come true? ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Some sparkle When you meet them, Strangers, Inner lanterns, Walking through Fresh fields, Lavender on the wind, Roses by the fence, & Dandelion wishes Blown across time, A kiss on the foreheads of future generations. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ I spoke of things I didn't know, & wrote of things I couldn't see. I lit fire beneath The rebellion. But if I could take it back, What would I be taking? I march against a troll; In the open I've the battle, But the battle threatens To keep repeating. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Stories clawed & climbed Out of dreams, Falling onto pages, Bringing to life A Pandora's box Of truths, Clutching at the seams Of realities Already spoken for To build The next generation Of words. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Store me in a castle, On the shore, Settle my heart So I won't settle The score. Outside the door I'm a Phoenix rising up Out of the ashes Of the hurt, On the wings Of enough self-love To soar Where tears dry up Before they're born. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ I can't help befriend The stranger, The alien From a similar galaxy Acts more familiar, Though danger Lurks In the pauses, Fear festers Regardless, So I grip Ahold Of hope, & befriend Our differences. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Wisps of ribbon Stutter & untwist, Scaling rooftops Above chaos' abyss. Shatter & shudder Rip through the town As whispers of chains Float above Grave dug ground. Horror hibernates, But now runs free, Rotten creatures wild To go on a Smile choking spree. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ I Sunder In Your Palms, Clasped Around waist, Waltz of Atoms, Spinning To collide In the sweltering Heat, Melting Into One Beating Heart. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Feathers dipped in syrup, Sap of maple, & the cling of a long Forgotten fable. Amethyst iceberg, Frozen eyes, Skin with elvish Immortal ties. Muslin cloth, Gypsy hair, Tribal face paint, Arrows, & Spear. Mythical, Mystical, Magical winged; Avariel, Creatures of the wind. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ I'm holding on like London bridge My Thames to cross It's this; To drive forward, To the unknown, Though oft I do so alone. I've been rebuilt A thousand times, To adapt, It isn't a crime, & I'm holding out For something more, For a chance to be What I haven't been Before. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Minds healing minds A race in time To ride the mines Ticking... The unthinkable When a broken healer Attempts to heal A broken mind... What happens when Therapy causes traumas? If only we were better At reading Auras ...If people cracked like vases Would we care more? ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ They spoke the words, Time eternal, An unbroken progression Of existence, But hours can be broken When grief rips apart What once was built. An ocean of hope Born out of tears Refuses to cease, The fall is not for all, Come what may Some rise a piece by Peace. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Unfurl wilted petals Pollinating ideas Of lake swimming, Where I drown In whirlpools Of lost waterfalls. Taciturn cornucopia irises Unable to surge beyond The brim, Float on the horizon where The Earth curves past its Cliffhanger ending. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ We unraveled Ribbons on a gift box Pouring paper airplanes, Soaring with each Expression The serenading of Interlocked fingers Nestled in a fountain of Youth Banishing disturbances, Covering shy cheeks We dismantled. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ I'm no longer vacant, I've been filled with Love & peace. Tears, My soft skin, With blunt knives No longer pierce. Alive, I fought to fight, Each breath a blessing Not a slight. I'm no longer trapped, By the sin of sin, I've revolted death's Assiduous scythe. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ A vase shatters, Slow-motion, Pieces scatter. Shards hover, Screaming faces captured In glass reflections. The shaken earth ceases, Cracked, Splintered bits drop. Broken material corpse, It can be fixed, But the human fragments Cannot. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ I hear them Sing it loud, "And I tell myself You're a wild, Brave, Creative child, Contemporaneous With a star Born proud On a venture To ignite Nebula clouds, & happy dreaming At the speed of sound, Well traveled feet Firm on the ground." ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ The verdict was cold, But true. Not as guilty As the stones people Threw. Innocence weeps the Wrongdoing. The liable justified The body Not moving. Anger & revenge masked Behind justice & avenge. What do prisons & dungeons do? We judge until judged, Our vision is skew. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Forgiveness, Powerful tool, For a victim hurt & abused. It moves one forward, Flips off the past. Says I'm stronger, No longer trapped. Punishes the perpetrator, Denies their existence. it's the weapon Of resistance. Perfidy has no hold, If I trust & trust, & transform. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ To write a villain, Understand first the hero, Then imagine a person So wrapped in Self-opinion, There's only ego. An extreme thought, Pushed too far, No safety net, No holds barred. Fatally flawed But also someone Worse, Who believes a lie so far The truth seems adverse. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ His voice, Sultry & smooth, Charms a crowd & can silence a room. He's gifted, A talent, People cry & faun. He smiles & lights up, But no one knows Hoe he is at home. Shy & reserved, he can lead others But not himself. Inside he's quiet, Tense, A lonesome Bookshelf. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Machines now vomit code As if they wrote it, Androids copy humans, But they lack wit. We fear an uprising, Because revolution is in Our evolution. Did we pass on the virus? Can they become us? Perhaps, If we harness the power, Unlimited battery Without an off switch. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ They knew not War Though they knew no Peace. Caught in trenches With only the fear Of mortars Raining Upon their Sheltered heads. They carried the past Into the future, Anxiety bricks in empty backpacks, & canisters Leaking fresh water. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ A sliver of woods, Once summer, Dandelion seeds Stagger forward As the shadow Of a winter's wind Follows the flight path Of a blackbird Into autumn, Endangering spring. ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Yesterday; I emptied the contents Of my heart, Out into the pocket Of my sleeve. The hem of my wrist, Soaked crimson Into my fist. There it beat in silence, As I recalled a bough. For the branch breaks not, When the base does not, Bleed out. ~ By Davene LG, 2019.
~~~ Crepuscular split skies Of one same planet With metallic rain & glass snow, Copper wire trees, Roots they aim up Not below, Where seas erupt With heat, While the lava flows Cold Around upside down Floating boats The locals call home. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ I read the obituary & the poem beneath, With swollen eyes Again... "The remnants of me Aren't yours to pine Or pity, Let me rest In quiet Cemetery, Bed for the weary, Until we're joined again Not in blood & bone, But light & spirit, The forever of us For us In felicity." ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Fireflies Adorn the crown Of the fairy Queen As she sails across The river green, Away to the woods Where pixies play, Where tiny footprints Lead the way. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Daily we Flee Ourselves To become Ourselves, Free, We dream Impossibilities To life. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ A Treacherous Hurt, Not born of Insecurities, Worse, These thorns Are grown Inside marrow, An unspoken betrayal, Determined to punish & sever When a broken silence Was enough, But as the lingering Seeps out, A healing hand Creates clouds of Sharp edges, & forgiveness Enters. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ We drove to the Innocence Café Where laptops unite To write about The history We'll play. Tea leaves & coffee beans Spill over cups, Flower pressed Onto plaques, To signify How we Gave our best On the night Our quill-feathered feet Wrote the truth In the mud. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ I shift My gravity , Moonwalk on Saturn, Pluto plays cards On my mantle, Earth sets sail For Mars, Mercury drinks chai lattes, Venus sips her tea, Neptune stands out back With Uranus, Jupiter jumps In my pocket Like a sunshine lollipop, & together we drive Through a vacuum sea. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ Drop me in a Vacation Pause life For a second Let me dip My head In the ocean Float massage Drinking piña coladas Under a cocktail sunset Rescue me from the madness Give me five more minutes Sleep under Saffron stars. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
~~~ How Crude To starve a constellation, To dip in a steep galaxy The warfare of our wants While withholding The circumference Of our hearts When overflowing With the compassion, Which pours from A saccharine fountain, The solar system Of our imaginative Youth. ​ ~ By Davene LG, 2021.
#Renewal
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The renewal of an organism microscopic to the universe.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Watermelon
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Watermelon fields; the murmuration of blackbirds under a blushing sun.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Rain
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The rain carves outlines of our forms in dry patches on the ground, capturing our emotions without sound.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Breathe
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We breathe what we put into our planets, but only when...if they exhale in favor of us.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Infinity
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Infinity in a chain, pulled by a pulse.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Leap
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It is in the leap of faith I find what I have always known...I am not alone.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Duet
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The mountain's music: a crackling duet of sunbaked icicles, and snowfall from evergreen pines.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Beacon
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I have a beacon in my pocket, I carry everywhere, whenever I am lost, your light shines there.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Tranquil
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From tranquil ripples to an eerie stillness.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Daisy
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Daisy pure and dandelion free on the winds of serenity.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Mountain
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A drink from a waterfall weeping on a sleeping mountain side, the taste of sorrow in a spring, a release of all that is held within.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Hills
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Here in space the bitter sweetness stings when a thousand hills of home call to me and the ocean waters lap at my memory.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Amorous
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Home of the muse: when the amorous dawn pecks the evening sky.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Liar
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A liar corrupts reality by distorting the fabric of a dimension through words, but just one voice of truth can heal the cracks and return love to the universe.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Fall
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The fall out of oneself into a sky of transformation bursts open bubbles of change.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Cherry
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A cherry kiss of vanilla wrapped in a melted chocolate, crystallized in caramel, and frozen in an iced Atlantis above water.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Starlight
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Hold me in starlight under a moon glow where the breeze dances through rows of olive groves.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Bare
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Bare petals surround jungle vines, stirring lakes of tea leaves where lavender rain, stones of baklava, and the pitter-patter of centaurs' hooves inch ever closer to honeyed streams.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Revel
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Revel in garden flowers, cascading on floating bridge towers, and softening the day in clouds of blissful sleep.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Bottom
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Doubts swim on the surface, a pebble above the bottom of a nightmare, haunting the cracks of a burst wine barrel as the splinters grow limbs to regroup and shake off the fears.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Weary
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Weary they walk a road ripped and wrestled with prickly pears, planting seeds and digging wells to aid the next wave of travelers.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Strip
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Strip fragments of futures, knitted in wooden hourglasses, sifting crystals from dust as the hour hand rusts.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Pang
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A knife slide pang in the organ of beats when the steps of life sidestep the treats.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
#Paddle
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We paddle across cyclones and into hurricanes, but a gentle hand on the shoulder of a mind that quakes might erupt a sky full of seeds and petals instead of embers.
~ By Davene LG, 2022.
The ubiquitous bees
An almost neon yellow of the Begonias
Teem across fields
A salve
Surviving
Uprising
A save
Tasty honey yields
More than reflection in the eyes
The almost aqua blue of Morpho butterflies.
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~ By Davene LG, 2023.
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Inspired by Threads
kiki_poetry
Neon green
Ice scales
Soaked
In lava lakes
Dipped in
Neon blue
Camouflage
Water whirls
Sodalite talks
Over time
Mermaid tails
Rise trident high
Condensing inside
Bubbles flying
Neon white
Gas clouds
Raining silhouettes
Catching glimpses
Shadows on
Low-tide rocks
Stalagmite statues
Silenced siren songs
Studied sea-shanties
How seaweed raised
Fish to mermen
Flooding fountains.
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~ By Davene LG, 2023.
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Inspired by Threads
notasquirrel
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(Prompt: Write about growth, something changing states, and include a bright color.)
Couch creaks a trumpet screech
As paw pads pound
Imprints in proud cushions.
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~ By Davene LG, 2023.
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diversespoetry
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(Prompt: Give something in your house a sound & an emotion. Haiku: 6, 4, & 6 syllables.)
One, two
Right hook
Shield
One, two
Left hook
Turn
One, two
Misstep
Kneel
Two, one
Knocked out
Breathe
In, out
Out, in
Five, six
Crawl
Seven
Step up
Eight, nine
Heat hot
Go again
Wobble weak
One, two
Spin kick
Fist up
For the win!
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~ By Davene LG, 2023.
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Inspired by Threads
notasquirrel
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(Prompt: Write about rising, and describe a spreading warmth or comfort.)
'Fragile'
Not a name
A flutter in twisted neural networks,
'Delicate'
Not a curse
A decision to be comical,
'Soft'
Not a sin
A stupid fault in genetic sinews,
My gentleness
In harmony
My kindness
A pharmacy
My tenderness
In hospitality,
I'm a breathless
Breathing instrument
When I cradle the infancy of love
In a still beating
Broken
Industrialized
Skeleton's rib cage.
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~ By Davene LG, 2023.
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Inspired by Threads
freelyeady
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(Prompt: Write a poem including the words,
'harmony', 'flutter', and 'fragile'.)
Pencil stalked papers, pacing mental beats, couch creases cry creaks
Lead dripping, shaved ideas, smearing leather in coal stripes
Etch sketching portraits of non-existent creatures long deceased
Crumpled leaf mountains moat the trash can
Blanket hugged images sprout new lines
Drooping eyelids yawn in flickers
Thought fought found slips
The whiskey tips
Clock ticks
Twilight
.
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~ By Davene LG, 2023.
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Inspired by Threads
caititalks
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(Prompt: Write about a sleepless night, describe something disappearing, use 10 lines.)
You bare bones
Dough
Of its toppings
Gorging on flavors
Throwing
The cheese-less crust
In the process
You taste elite-ness
Gulp guilt
Choke on burnt edges
Cough excuses
How else
Does a cook
Turn disasters
Into edible excellence?
You weave ingredients
Relentless
Your choices arcane
To the untrained
You deconstruct
To reconstruct
Magnificence.
Your stomach bloats
Boasting a mutz of stars
On an apron sauced
In a similar marinara to Mars
Only to order deliveries
For the sake of ease
To eat
Without thinking
As muscle memories
In your taste buds
Grab at the salt
The pepper
The missing factor.
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~ By Davene LG, 2023.
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Inspired by Threads
caititalks
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(Prompt: Write about a journey, use 2nd POV(you/your.)
