There is nothing like
Having a day full of things
You really wanted to get done
Only to have them
So ruthlessly thwarted
By the truly diabolical creature
Who is currently purring
Contentedly on my lap
SR Romney 2024
Archive for the ‘National Poetry Writing Month 2024’ Category
Diabolical (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #20) Leave a comment
River (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #19) Leave a comment
It's nice sometimes
To lay back
And float along
The river of my mind
Memories lapping my feet
Dreams shimmering below
Letting my thoughts
Pull me further downstream
SR Romney 2024
Ritual (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #18) Leave a comment
Whirling magic subsumes my mind and soul
Fractals and phantasms flying past me
Dulcet tones of infinity ringing
As the everything opens before me
I am you, we are her, and she is all
I am a newborn and an ancient crone
The rocks and the trees breathe deep my essence
Bathing in the divine and mystical
Before I depart true reality
Retaining the indelible markings
Of the cosmos and universe itself
SR Romney 2024
Masks (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #17) Leave a comment
We all wear masks of ourselves
Carried with us from birth 'til death.
Some carry just a few masks,
Others carry far too many.
What if we dropped them on the ground,
Bathing the world in our truth?
SR Romney 2024
Demon (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #16) Leave a comment
Stare at the sun until your eyes start to hurt
Bury your ideals six feet in the dirt
Wash in the blood of your innermost child
Become the prophet,eyes desperate and wild
Become the monster, devour their dreams
Drink in their misery, bathe in their screams
Become the demon you know you must be.
Become the demon that they want to see.
SR Romney 2024
Ruminating (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #15) Leave a comment
Worrying about futures that won't exist
Dreaming up battles I don't need to win
Seeking temptations that I won't resist
Facing the ending before I begin
Dwelling on problems that have come and gone
Commiserating over my mistakes
Replaying the game when all's said and done
Losing my chips after seeing the stakes
Never embracing the moment I'm in
Never taking time to enjoy the show
Not taking a second to gaze within
Worrying about then, not here and now
Dreading the future, and stuck in the past
Without the present, my first is my last.
SR Romney 2024
Free Time (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #14) Leave a comment
I spent my time away
From my responsibilities today.
My duties can make way;
It's time to go and play!
I spent this time for me
And let myself be free
'Cause tomorrow I will be
The pinnacle of responsibility.
SR Romney 2024
Inertia (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #13) Leave a comment
A thought in motion
Stays in motion
A mistake at rest
Stays at rest
The thought spirals
Until it hits the mistake
A grand enough thought
Can move past a mistake
But a big enough mistake
Will stifle all progress
SR Romney 2024
Caution: Open Flame (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #12) Leave a comment
I burn people who get close to me
Like a branding iron made of jokes
Like a stovetop you forgot was on Tinder
Or a campfire you ran into at a bus stop
For your own and everyone else's safety
Either put me out or stay far away
You wouldn't want to get burnt
SR Romney 2024
No Idea (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #11) Leave a comment
Someone pulled out the stopper
My ideas swirled down the drain
I only have the scarecrow
"If I only had a brain!"
Tumbleweed is in my skull
My track has misplaced its train
Today I'm taking a break Tomorrow I'll think again
SR Romney 2024
Shame on The Universe 