Fractured glass shatters
each beam of light cast
through my windows at night
from the cars driving past
In the brief illumination
my pupils contract
blinded by light
I'm sent spiraling back
to a time when things
were simpler, not sad
when the glass was clean
not fractured and cracked
and a beam of light
that the moon did cast
stretched across the ceiling to
illuminate my eyes
as it did today
but it hurts
Because i'll never see it the same way.

you
are the cause
and the
effect

and letting go of you
would cause me
the greatest
displeasure

yet you would
still be the greatest
effect, I wish to not
remember.

Lost the key

I dance in desperate movements,
stepping on toes as I go
Spinning out of control as faces grimace in my wake,
changing scenery like mirrored ball illusions,
tiny reflective squares blinding as they move
Still you stare, questioning gazes,
not making eye contact
but sensing my heart through the song…
playing in steady repetition

Fingers in your ears for fear
that it might touch you
in rhythmic hypnosis, shining pendulums
swinging in reverse tempo, challenging these feelings
you hold but still can not admit the lyrics
Prideful walls of bricked fortitude
built around your emotions sing of
locked entryways and barred windows
and it seems I have lost the key

Misplaced along out of tune wavelengths
while pitchy corridors of doubt
fill in the shadows of this that I desire
Still I extend a hand, “would you care to dance?”
Dark eyes squint as you focus, looking beyond the bandstand,
finding mistakes of the past playing in three quarter time,
heading towards the stage door exit,
tapping your toe in cadence with the drummer
who now stops…along with the beat of my heart

i wish to unmeet you
         only to meet you again.

A good poem is like a good sandwich

the layers are the lines that if not ordered right
would not rhyme and you wouldn't take a bite

The toppings are the words
alone are insignificant
but together make something magnificent
so rich with hidden messages and meanings
another way to eat your feelings

The sauce is the bit added hesitantly
because you're not sure how it is connected
these flavours you've perfected
and you hope the pieces all add together
to make your piece of art for you to munch
your rhyming lunch

2 HEARTS ENTWINED

With my words I softly speak,
kiss you gently upon your cheek.
I wipe your brow, you hold my hand,
our love was written, in the sand

I whisper sonnets,
declare to leave you never,
now we're in this both together.

Two comrades in a bitter war,
loving you like never before.
So as our fate is now defined,
as two become one,

I'm inclined..

to take you to that place,
soft and sweet,
two hearts entwined,
to make one beat.

(c) mandy rigby 28/02/2014