Poetry

Prompt by Chrysanthemum Chronicles  Choose any fairy tale of your choice, twist the story a bit, mold it according to your desire, but let the characters remain the same, and…

When all my labored breaths pause and cease, Every last leaf has quivered and fallen, My gray eyes seem lackluster and sunken, And my shriveled skin is numb to the…

As the wind whistles my frail heart sings thy name, O’ my love, In vain I cling to the cherished photo frame, O’my love.    The wafting petrichor reminds me…

O’er the misty mountains and vales verdant, Our mirthful sheep make merry with glee, They graze, hop and run hither-thither, Whilst we both watch them standing yards apart, Don’t seem…

Twilight conjured images of thee, Sprinkling stardust you fondly held me, We waltzed in a realm otherworldly,  ‘Midst moon, stars, swirling with ecstacy,  Ah! Your eyes seemed like an endless…

‘neath the celestial sky To fireflies I whisper, They hum our songs with yearnings soft and spur our souls.   Like golden confetti  they gyrate lost in trance, They hover…

Soft whispers, Silent silhouettes,  Sublime sky sequined with stars, Wand’ring waves from the sonorous sea, Swaying cattails ‘midst the dunes, Ah! Memories moor Once again… Moonlit melodies  Resound with fond…

During the early hours of eventide, in the season of winter, The last leaf that was tethered to a bough in vain did wither, My wizened face having witnessed all…

Deep within the cobbled alleyways of my mind, Past memories lurk and pulsate in ways unkind, Layer by layer accumulating dust, They crumble and gnaw causing my mind to rust,…

Pennies, dimes and cents so many, Though tarnished they gleam with wishes plenty, Tossed by the young and old after a prayer, A secret whisper from the heart sincere.  …