Opaque
Her eyes were opaque, at best, When he first looked into them, and That was what attracted him, who Thought he knew everything about Human nature, because he couldn’t See… Continue Reading
Browsing Tag: #MastoPrompt
Foreign
These are no longer my thoughts, My actions, my words, movements, Feelings. They come from that Foreign force within that hijacks, Has always, my body, my being, When there is… Continue Reading
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister The quality… There is no mercy. Of… No compassion. Caring for… Nor caring. Our fellow citizens… The dead and dying. We all stand together… Some more… Continue Reading
Journey
Back on the #MastoPrompt trail. Journey Our mother would hurry us to bed Amidst the scent of bacon sandwiches The night before that long journey, Always at the same time… Continue Reading
Artisan
Her hands, Bony, veiny, strong, Have the arts of resurrection In them, those multiple Crafts of pleasure And spirit. She only uses pleasure in the Here and now, to bring… Continue Reading
Hollow
In her quieter moments, When her daily lovers are asleep Or she has cast them aside for The solitude she needs to cast Her spells on them and the World,… Continue Reading
Ricochet
The victims are unknown. No count. No names. No memorial. In the crossfire of politics, Everyone dies. The ricochet of careless words Cannot be calculated Nor predicted. The paths of… Continue Reading
Ragged
‘Your fingers are white,’ she said. ‘It’s cold outside,’ he said, leaned back In the new chair on the wood floor She’d polished the day before. ‘An irrelevance.’ He didn’t… Continue Reading
Compel
He still doesn’t know, Thirty-four years later, what Made him pick up the phone That say to call the eyes he Dreamed about, those green Lakes of vanishing, and ask… Continue Reading
Remarkable
He looks in the mirror sometimes too seldom. Lost too much weight. Not strong enough. Flexes. Smiles. The universe says you are a Collection of chance atoms blown by the… Continue Reading