WRITE YOUR STORY ON THE WIND (photo) & IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH

you sail up to me, your explanations and excuses
billowing around you, but you might as well not
bother; I know very well your reasons aren’t
your reasons, some hidden hold, deep inside
yourself carries the cargo of your unexpressed
truths: all you ever let me -- or anyone, I suppose
-- know of you are fairy tales you think we’ll buy
and be pleased with (or at the very least, mollified
by when your stories are out of focus even to you),
but I don’t (believe) and I’m not (mollified,
much less pleased), for I, like the witch you always
include in your story telling (whether she -- and it is
always a “she” – fits the tale or not) am very
perceptive and empathic, one might even say a wee
bit psychic … then again, it doesn’t take much
talent of any sort to see that look as it shrinks
away from fully inhabiting your face, as if
fearful of being seen: and I know
story hour’s about to start


[non-dream, free verse poem, written 1-24-20. Photo “Write Your Story on the Wind” (Screenshots 5 10-21-19 [31]2) 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 or contrasting 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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