"gawkiness" poems
Visual interest –
he is twiddling his thumbs,
has marinated his split ends
with a brew of saliva, tears,
and sweat from his temples;
I see, then watch in ****** concern,
I must recognize the person who
could act with such gawkiness,
while appearing so poised:
he is like a performer on stage,
and I am his captivated audience.
Between two index fingers a
mug is situated, vapor fabricating
from its contents – presumably
coffee, with its caffeinated veins
pulsing as a phased mine of energy.
I wish I could be the pin on his vest
or the leather strap bearing his luggage;
his home must be calloused and draped,
its wealth in a single fireplace where
my poetries burn quick, quick, quick.
Aug 23, 2012
Aug 23, 2012 at 7:13 PM UTC
i want to hang
myself with a
live wire-
struggle, strangle, sizzle
my neck as it
catches fire-
life, love, liberty
all cliches that are
no longer dire-
positivity acts
blindly as an
egotistic liar-
gawkiness, ugliness
burns my love on an
antisocial pyre-
that consumes me
as wet sound echoes
a vain lyre
Jan 4, 2018
Jan 4, 2018 at 1:26 AM UTC
small but fierce
comes to mind
three feet and a bit
of restless energy
hair so blonde and fine
it resembles spun cotton
eyes deep blue
and a mouth that moves
non-stop, with questions,
observations and affirmations
the thinness of her is that
that happens with a growth spurt
she walks trippingly, the line
between grace and gawkiness
she brings with her curiousity,
positivity and a huge bouquet
of daisy's
my heart leaps, when she smiles
this little bit of strangeness
so used to the male child
the feminine is unfamilar
the small arms encircle me
and squeeze love into my soul
and the laughter, that tinkles
from her lips lights up the room
she is come, she is come
Oct 25, 2017
Oct 25, 2017 at 12:21 AM UTC
As free as a bird...in a cage
She trapped herself,
Into that flamboyant frame,
Trying to veil
Those dewy eyes.
She trapped herself,
Within that tailored smile
she was accustomed to
Her milieu was accustomed to,
Trying to conceal that usual heartache.
She trapped herself,
Inside that veil of sophistication,
Smothering that naiveness,
That unconsciously shoved her lips to expand into that charming curve,
Even at trivial affairs.
She trapped herself,
Defeated by that burden of expectations,
And unwillingly
Blocked that flame that always ignited her.
She trapped herself,
Deserted her reason for living...
Not just existing,
And existed, lost.
But,
Even that mere existence refused to welcome that defeat.
Her individuality dissuaded her from that suffocation,
And promptly removed that veil.
She was a fighter,
A militia fighting her demons
Gallantly.
Annihilating those fears,
Those self doubts
That hindered her conquests
To establish her purely sovereign empire.
She accepted gracefully
Her naiveness.
She embraced elegantly
Her gawkiness.
The lill flame ignited,
Metamorphosed into inferno.
She wore that invisible Crown,
All by herself.
She vehemently chased those dreams,
Those dreams, which once got her trembling,
Were now waiting,
To be seized by the Queen.
She emancipated that bird, from her lill cage,
And allowed her to measure the sky,
Unleasheing her rage.
Oct 21, 2018
Oct 21, 2018 at 4:54 AM UTC