LAID BARE (photomorph) & EXPOSURE (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

EXPOSURE

long accustomed
to wandering in the gloom
she convinced herself it was glorious
to bear the focused beam of his attention,
but like that painful sunburn she got
despite knowing she should not
expose her very pale skin,
for days afterwards she itches,
layer after layer of confused feelings
peeling away in hot discomfort
leaving a mottled
and slowly fading tenderness


[non-dream free verse poem written 7-6-14, and revised several times since, the most recently today (7-3-18). Another of those problematic and/or old poems I've been posting here recently. This one still doesn't feel "right," but I can't bring myself to give up and delete it, and no amount of revising seems to "fix" it. So, here it is. Now maybe I can let it go. LOL ... What will probably happen (as has happened with others of its ilk) is I'll stumble across it months or years from now, and fuss at it some more. Photomorph "Laid Bare" (7-3-13 006v5a) 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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