Thursday, 28 February 2019

Quietus


Malleable waxes rich in lipids
wick braids perplexingly-knit
whence came fire and the bees
or why the chandelier was lit.

One of the greatest mysteries
about the origins of candles
countless submitted inquiries
of them who swallow camels.

Distilling dry mosquitoes
milking wealth off confusion
professors with huge egos
fond of the intricate illusion.

The candles burning bright
a universe cold is now alight
wicks larger than the candles
crackling fire, hotly, prattles.

Clever enough to retort
in long-winded speech resort
waxy pith theories they blurt
shadow plays for the herd.

Outsmarted by real acumen
fancy-pants women and men
uppity moths to inner flame
fiction as facts misname.

Prisoners inside the cave
glow warps in lava puddles
make-believe conclave
by conjurer who mishandles.

Etch-A-Sketch philosophies
running wild on treadmills
powered by hypotheses
given farcical headings.

Developing Spelunker's lung
from exposure to the fun guy
bats roll out their carpet dung
award ceremony held in pigsty.

Wax effigies of higher alkanes
in a row at Madame Tussaud's
lipophilic drippings on its floors
the scorched Nobel Prize remains.

Innovation still melts away
wick duration - try as we might -
yet no decoding to our dismay
chorioretinitis plagues the sight.

Hold in doubt if light is needed
should we choose another path
in a séance to see the aftermath
all warnings will go unheeded.

Essential oils buffet strongly
flames fluttering like butterflies
ominous gust snatches tautly
there beadwork web of silent cries.

Wondering whether through this art
some light was shed on the chandler,
incense sticks drew the afterlife chart
or they were guzzled by the angler.

They say, candles were made to shine
show the way out of the dark
bring closer to the finish line
seekers with faith as their trademark.

Wick, either burnt or snuffed out
intact body or reduced to grout
molten cradle with a charred fetus
birthday candle smoke and then quietus.

Tuesday, 26 February 2019

Vertigo


Morbid sadness glides from happiness
endlessly, to apperceptive spiciness.

May it arise this occasion
your change in perspective
spoken softly in suasion
emanation of recollective
lesson in impermanence
filtered through your earnestness.

Austerity flattens all landscapes
navigation through a million scrapes
drifters on rocky planes traipse.

Trekkers, whom the slights
hound perpetually, but keep the faith
escalation leads to wuthering heights.

A chasm lies gaping, open mouth
between realisation and fulfilment
yodeling preoccupation singing south
snarky vertigo forces into concealment
meekly frozen in fear to take a leap
a shortage in faith or lack thereof
lonely and stranded on the steep.

Freedom is a scary wide vista
a tune climbing giddily blind
calls for lilting charisma
echoes start fazing the mind
tripping over notes to trove
somewither, push comes to shove.

Oh! Harken to the chirping sounds!
Follow them in leaps and bounds!

Incisive song like pickaxe tags along.

Thursday, 21 February 2019

Treasure

What were the odds
joy of finding you out
amongst the billions of wrongs
my other half amidst the crowd.

Discovered same thought patterns
wavelength applicable to my existence
the one light outshining lanterns
flickering false signals in the distance.

Two glints sharing one heart
two spirits meld into one mind
living, thinking and breathing apart
distance is not enough to divide.

Connected from afar
breathing on borrowed time
in tandem at their prime
veins met in feldspar.

Astonishingly rare a difference
minerals who lock-knit
no outside interference
reactive compatible imprint.

Intensely and intrinsically
a paradox not gimmickry
crystals remain diversified
very different yet so alike.

Both refractory by definition
heat resistant and proactive
clamp down on their rendition
of spectra they find attractive.

Youth taken for granted
views toward beauty slanted
in front of ageing disenchanted
taking selfies to remind
of ex-masterpiece refined.

In the process of ageing
bodies become weak
only racy will do the trick
recourse be sightseeing.

Mind ever youthfully eager
innuendos passions trigger
envious of the brave and the bold
unable to carry out the task
we in our former glory bask.

Simple and crystal-clear
grovellers to the profiteer
for a piece of flesh
forbidden fresh fruit
becoming frail and toothless
the nature we impute.

Fortunes on escorts spent
to satisfy a body shriveled
physique and psyche bent
arm of crane swivelled
picking up desire's load
order that bad news will bode.

No matter the tension build-up
do not let go of my hand
lots of storms in a teacup
but things will go as planned.

Electing to walk down
this same path
growing old together
all in your behalf
settle down with me
as a minx retiree.

Fret not, I won't levy you tether
a fling won't care for you
warm you up under a sweater
jumpoffs will move on
pure love stays ageless and true
realisation you will come upon
while ending up alone.

Cherish me, in case I'm gone
on to a higher echelon
finding something stable
somebody who is able
to make room for two
sweaters can't be outgrown
cosy wistfulness feels blue.

One man's trash
another man's treasure
in no way a decision rash
solely blinded by pleasure
claiming you were a bad day
feeds more soot to your ashtray
we can rewind this old tape
or make erasure of each mistake.

Tuesday, 19 February 2019

Invernal White

Icy shapes were happy houses
for silhouettes of living seeds
golden nuggets a poor man dowses
but mistrals spoilt with cruel deeds.

Clouds turn, watching the cover girl
necks crack around a playful twirl
Chione flaunts her nacreous frock
runway held hostage by misty airlock.

Keepers of north winds in their curls
Kalaïs and Zetes using twin spurs
trigger the sky vault hailstones to bawl
promptly, heeding their father's call.

Glassblower makes shapes
realistic ice statues
via atomic freeze dry quakes
appointed consanguineous.

Craftsperson's frozen breath
old as time and space
earth enwreathed with death
moisture reforms to icy glaze.

Canny veteran shrouded in fog
frown lines amid cirrus brows
pinches frostbitten mortal jowls
crystals forming on the weather frog.

Wispy white locks in cyan scope
wise head doing a hair flip
creation turns into a snow globe
establishing old premiership.

Tiny bits keep falling
his geometric dandruff
shivers start crawling
down the spine, cut gruff.

They go by snowflakes
frenetic dance freezing lakes
ballerinas in white tutus
fractal curves entice incubus.

Glissade and assemblé
stretch and straighten in plié
sleekly so in extempore
rage blizzards of penury.

Tiptoeing on chilly ether
glissade, assemblé and plié
choreography by a bolshoi-maître
glissade, jeté, pas de bourrée.

Boreas spectates atop his throne
subzero temperatures' ballet
nature caught up in this cyclone
her pulse stops by fifth plié.

Cold-hearted Father Frost
gives a standing ovation
for the curtain call of holocaust
echoes create avalanche occasion.

The winged brothers' second act
mummified hills lain ice-capped
survivors' coup de grâce
belated hail pelting en masse.

Kindly, rain of icicle arrows
homed in on Achilles' heels
those tired of cyclic fallows
cash in invernal white's wheals.

While food runs out
the hopeful hibernate
through winter shakeout
life to reactivate.

Until this cold snap round abates
mother bears sleep with their cubs
under bat clusters on cave architraves
and whip-poor-wills torpor-fall in shrubs.

Glory be to the yellow star!
Solar winds thaw the bell jar
Zephyrus files a counterclaim
despot's billowing cloak aflame
snowdrops end a Hyperborean reign.