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everyday chores

wake
eye-crusted

weep

hoping
to free-falling freedom


maybe

splash

words of encouragement

let them
dry
untowled and untrammeled

upon expressionless lips


routinize

squeeze
out the poem

reforming repeatedly


write

of everyday chores

sleep

go to, to go,
half awarding awaring
that newbie tears new pooling
will by morn
old crusting creating
and

everyday chores

never ending

I am earth
crusted
no matter how deep
daily

dug
the untitled
everyday chores
you wage a war against yourself,
because,
you only see what you want to of yourself.

people notice the change in you,
but,
they trick themselves to believe it's not true.

each day is a battle without gain,
and,
your mind is clouded with constant rain.

your light slowly starts to dim,
and,
you forget how to light it again.

you begin to lose the war,
and see no reason to fight anymore,
but all you need is one win,
to bring all this sadness to an end.

but sadly,
you lose again.

-a.r
 Jan 2015 Iris Rebry
Edward Lear
There was an Old Man of Peru,
Who watched his wife making a stew;
But once by mistake,
In a stove she did bake,
That unfortunate Man of Peru.
Sometimes
I look at couples

with their perfect families

               holding tight to a
kaleidoscope
          of joy

and I wonder
why everything I see

is so black and white

        and I wish
someone could show me
a glimpse
                  of color that doesn't fade
 Jan 2015 Iris Rebry
Chloe
I never wanted a hero.
I'm no damsel in distress.
All I wanted was a place
a safe place without duress.
I want to be a little crazy.
I want to be crazy beautiful.
I want to be beautifully creative.
I want to be creatively inspiring.
I want to inspire those who want to be a little crazy.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
 Jan 2015 Iris Rebry
Erica
i am water
  calm
         and quiet
     like the
                raging ocean
Everyone tells me I'm quiet and shy. But nobody ever says I'm weak.
 Jan 2015 Iris Rebry
Lottie
If the whole worlds a stage, shouldn't you have to pay to watch my show?
As the tempest whirls around us, don't we all wish for a prince to rock up and save us?
Or is Caliban searching and hoping we'll succumb
To the horrors that fall like stars.
In a midsummer nights dream, the boys are all beauties,
All blue eyes and magic and promise.
While he plays an ***, is he mirroring us?
As we double, double, toil and trouble,
The fire burning and bubbling in the inferno we call a heart.
We call out in the dark for our Romeos
Wanting to leave our names behind us
So watch as I unfurl
Like a lily on a pond
Eight petals,
Eight walls,
My globe,
My stage.
For mammy
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