some small poem fragments/ideas (≈ 234 words) |
———————————- ———————————- slip within the crack that lies hidden between yourself and your self veer not left nor to the right and find your balance there ----------------------------------- dark is the night and the day in the place where the sun never shines and the moon hides her face and the shadows seek light from the lamps that won’t burn and children quake under the covers ----------------------------------- there’s a ghost in my head lookin’ for a home gettin’ under my skin like a bad tattoo karmic ghost of my heart searchin’ for a soul castin’ ancestral sin like wicked hoodoo ----------------------------------- Humpty Dumpty played with magick Humpty Dumpty’s life turned tragic none of the King’s vassals, witches nor horses would help poor Humpty ever again ----------------------------------- Giuseppe was a wanderer a dedicated maunderer a contemplative ponderer of secrets long forgot ----------------------------------- she consorted with witches too big for her britches burned all her bridges and turned herself out ----------------------------------- and my ship is sailin’ on the mornin’ tide but I don’t wanna leave you and I’ll be waitin’ ‘til the dawnin’ light ‘cause I wanna beleave you ----------------------------------- rolled outa the hay n’grabbed m’hat closed the door and I never looked back jumped in m’truck and I hit the road now it’s bye, bye baby, that’s all she wrote I’m gone paint me gone y’done tied me up n’held me down far too long, I’ll see you ‘round I’m gone long gone ———————————- ———————————- © 2019-2024 Beguiling Lil’ Ditties ™ |