WALLFLOWER (photomorph) & OOOPS! (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

OOOPS!

ooops! she blurts out
by way of an apology

and 'twas ever thus
in her life, she muses,
she's inevitably several beats
behind the song
when she finally gets invited
to the dance

true, sometimes she's ahead
of the beat,
even tripping on the hem
of the next dance

but behind or ahead,
how can there ever be a way
to partner up, to hold hands
or touch hearts, if she's always
stepping on toes,
getting the rhythm wrong,
and all while singing sadly
deep beneath her breath
to a love song
no one else can hear


[non-dream free verse poem written 4-6-18. Photomorph "Wallflower" (6-28-09 2982ev2b) by Roswila]

PLEASE NOTE: in most browsers you can click on the above image for a larger version. Also, the photo accompanying a post is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse, similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku).

There are many other sorts of posts on this blog. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006, at the end of the sidebar.

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until next time, keep dreaming,

[a/k/a Patricia Kelly]
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