Saturday, November 5, 2011

three steps - backward



i.

i need a chair
   and 6 pieces of paper
      a wall to write on - a full moon hanging
      from a peeling window
      come soon before the sun
      blinds us to what
      we have written

    ii.

    i have decided
       against the burgundy shades
          there are so many stories below- people moving
          i want to join them, but
          there is an unmade bed
          and burgundy
          is guarding the door
                                                                     

iii.

will you sit next
   to me like a warm tidal pool
      it is good to be wet - you and i, we
      were born mer-mates
      counting on pearl stars
      so afraid to
                                           be human

bkmackenzie
copyrighted 2011

7 comments:

  1. so afraid to be humen...tight line...the second makes me think of corso's vermillion a bit...burgundy guarding the door...smiles. the first though i love...really nice textures to it...

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  2. I enjoyed all three, but am especially drawn to the third. Mermates-love that word.

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  3. I love this line...

    a full moon hanging
    from a peeling window

    and the ending...

    So afraid to be
    human.

    Well done bkm.... :)

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  4. It can be scary to be human. Nice piece.

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  5. nice! love the cadence to the ending - yes! aren't we all "so afraid to be human"

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