Michael L: Favorites

Apr 2017 Michael L

Alex's Pipe Dreams

prince of the forest
growing inside of me
antlers feel like gold
to my searching fingertips

stag caught in headlights
warning signs on hazel eyes
yours were even bluer
than the bluest skies

hunters with silver knives
chasing our bumpy trail
but your hooves fast as light
they chased to no avail

young deer kissed the fox
yapping at its feet
predator and prey
in peace can finally meet

#love #poem #metaphor #life #passion #lovers #prey #predator #starcrossed

Apr 2017 Michael L

Do It Up Right

Apr 2017 Michael L

Gidgette

Do It Up Right

It doesn't matter
What they say or think
Whether they like you
Hate you
It's a show
One long *** dance
and I didn't forget my tutu
or toe shoes
Its a fight,
every breath,
every night
Smile Amanda,

Do it up right

Lye as still as the earth
in winter
Let him be the snow
Give a red lipped half grin
turn your face
say GO

Do it up right

Pretend
Be all you should
never could
Dance For him,

Do it up right

Spread your legs
with grace and style
Point your toes
red lipped smile

Do it up right

Arch your back
moan just right
whisper of things
They all wanna hear
Set a silk trap, spider

Do it up right

And when they ask
how your bills are paid
Comment, on how your legs are splayed
Tell them,

"I do it up right"

I realise how I used "lye". We do what we have to. Right?

Apr 2017 Michael L

Angel In Disguise

Apr 2017 Michael L

Lachrymose and Lies

Angel In Disguise

It was always the lies
He told them to me with a rose and stabbed me with the thorns from behind
I was his possession
Not a thought of running away could save me from his side
I was always alone
Without a song in my heart in a false mess I could deny
I was broken
I was weak
Then this person was sent to me somehow somewhere like an angel from the sky
He changed me
For good
I learnt I was worth more than what lay naked before his eyes
I got out
I got free
It hurt me
But I won't cry
Because the love I feel for myself now was worth living through those lies

#love #lies #happiness #change #you #npmchange

Apr 2017 Michael L

Vessel

Apr 2017 Michael L

Nora

Vessel

Stomach plummets --
Cold blooded fear
Expressionless eyes
Open wide, mechanical
Blinking -- quit thinking
Go about your business
Don’t even nod
One foot and the other
In a perfunctory march
A slip and it’s over
They’ll turn and then stare
Raise up a finger,
Eyes bugging, mouth hanging
Expectantly before it comes:
Loud distorted ringing
The sound of your demise

Inspired by Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

#poetry #of #the #body #horror #freeverse #cinema #aliens #invasion #snatchers

Apr 2017 Michael L

The real beauty

Apr 2017 Michael L

Swasti Jain

The real beauty

There was a flower, blossoming on the shoreline. Beholding the serenity of the seas and criticising the rise and fall of the indomitable tides.

It swayed in the balmy air and loathed the dusty storms.

It adored the sun's radiance and mourned the moon's norms.

It extolled the aesthetics and execrated the wrongs.

It denied the nectar but appreciated the honeycomb.

There was a peyote, living in the dreary sands. Mesmerized by the great dunes, standing like a tomb.

Relishing the scanty rains with much aplomb.

It grows its roots in the search of water, many call it a coxcomb.

Such is the folk, unaware of the real beauty for so long!

- Swasti Jain

#appearance #discover #deception #appreciate #dontcomplain #poetryworld #realbeauty #adorethesoul

Apr 2017 Michael L

Going Green once a Year (Limerick)

Apr 2017 Michael L

Cné

Going Green once a Year (Limerick)

Normally I don't celebrate a one day holiday
But it's a drinking holiday, so celebrate away
Drinking green beer
Spreading good cheer
To the Irish and non, Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I don't really drink beer. I usually just stick to the hard stuff.

But waiting to get off work, going bonkers and berserk.
Hehehe

#humor #drinking #limerick #irish #holiday #stpatricksday

Apr 2017 Michael L

inviting the monster in -

Apr 2017 Michael L

Julia Mae

inviting the monster in -

my skin is paper thin*

he smiled and said,
"well i would love to set it alight, watch you burn, watch you fight"

#fire #pain #hurt #burn #skin #burning #dialogue #hurting

Apr 2017 Michael L

rock bottom.

Apr 2017 Michael L

Julia Mae

rock bottom.

when you finally
hit rock bottom
you won't see me
when you look up
one more chance
one more hope
another play as your savior

you won't see me
because i was the only one
who tried to prevent
your fall

#addiction #alone #hope #you #done #chance #defeat #giveup #alcoholic