Giselle Marks
I plan to Update my poetry soon and add some new poems.
Musing
This poem was entered for a competition and was one of the winners.
Musing
Droplets of water, dappled with light
Joy and pain entwine, twist and tangle
Spinning fragments of vision sparkle
And vanish.
Revelation dawns then flits away
Flirting, hiding in the shadows
Beckoning, wanting me
To follow.
Racing onwards to a pulsing beat
Echoing far off, tantalising, teasing
Glimpses of glory flashing onwards
To desire.
Something growing, volume intruding
Voices, pictures scatter and reform
Threads of story grow perfumed buds
And blossom.
Listening
Whisperings at the edges of my mind
Distracting my thoughts which seek to find
What summoned them from their reverie.
Processes, ideas filter looking into every
Hiding place within my id confined.
Internal concepts addressed,
External stimuli assessed.
Locate what triggered my awakening?
Senses searching, revelation breaking.
Taste, touch and smell deny, sound alone left.
New understanding as I strive to listen,
Silence tries to hide a faint whisper glisten,
Fear prickling my spine, flight inciting
Ears discern a distant noise igniting;
Memory murmurs against my volition.
Select from quiet sounds the one alone,
Why should slow steps seem so well known?
Why do they excite and frighten?
Why make my racing pulse heighten?
They approach like a forecasted cyclone.
The quiet rhythm amplified,
Feelings now classified.
Will the steps pass on by?
Don’t hope, refuse to cry.
Harsh words now pacified?
A shuffle, a knock, echoing from long before,
I rise. I smile and go to open the door.
No words for saying,
No dragons slaying,
Within beloved arms I need nothing more.
Apology
Friend fallen into fable, beloved life gratefully forgotten.
The desolation of your departure down trodden
Deep below the sod.
Remnants of memories bring punishing pain
Tears fall anew faintly echoing my strain
I continue to prod.
I seek your ghost, needing you returned
Seeking friendship that once brightly burned.
Incidents and anecdotes remain,
Detached and distorted
As Chinese whispers.
How can someone so loved drift into shreds?
Memories binding us only threads
Fading away.
How can your name sound strange?
Your face in my mind change?
Do thoughts decay?
Your essence gone, a distant ache stays
Joy your absence now betrays.
Regrets unfulfilled cling unbidden
Multiply unseen and hidden
I am sorry.
Life Goes On
Down in the dumps, black dog lurks,
Nothing matters, nothing works.
Smile and fight,
Drive out the blight.
Kick out the gloom,
Erase the doom.
Brightly illuminate the night.
Look at the world around you,
Blossoms sparkling with crystal dew,
Children play,
Sun warms the day,
Love fills you heart,
Not just apart,
Embraced, worship, laud and pray.
Ambiguity
Heart beat pounding,
Hope confounding,
All life praising,
Pulse blazing,
Eternal.
Gasping, disbelieving,
Ideas conceiving,
Higher rising,
Soaring, flying,
Perfection.
Submission or sacrifice,
Mutual choice,
Strive for more,
Raptures pour,
Together.
Eyes tight connect,
No misdirect,
Chain and link,
Don’t stop to think,
Solution.