>>994ok, here's 3 recent ones(haven't touched poetry for a few months)
Blank Canvas:
Finally a place for my dreams to fit
A close acquaintance is to humbly thank
For the very reason here do I sit
An ancient unopened canvas still blank
Methodic blueprints I think and ponder
As the beloved canvas starts to age
Stuck here, mind forced to endlessly wander
Suddenly in a melancholic cage
Sorrow and anxiety on the rise
Mental lines soon shifting ugly and bent
As creativity’s pool rapidly dries
Passion and energy already spent
Like a cold rainy day bike left to rust
A lone canvas painted with only dust
2.coffee:
Darker than an ebony moonless night
I asked for a drink most sweet and frothy
With a taste and temperature that bite
Receiving, but a cup of black coffee
I tried to ask for some cream politely
But the rugged barista merely hissed
Then I tried to ask a bit more kindly
But was rudely threatened by their gnarled fist
My hopes for a soothing midnight latte waned
Sipping from the truculent man’s dark drink
Scolding heat caused my soft tongue to be pained
Causing me to reflect on life and think
Memories rising in my mind so fond
I must keep searching for more precious bonds
3.Puppet
A vast, wretched plain of infinite stones
Roam crude creatures of the faceless sea
Abyss of despair deep within my bones
Choosing to see only their perceived me
Wasn’t taught anything of patience or love
One law accepted of heart: dog eat dog
Watched the pointless butchering of the Dove
Enlightenment is cast into the fog
Rules strongly hammered and forced to follow
Unable to break free of my own strings
Left apathetic, alone, and hollow
Summoned by a demented king’s loud ring
Hope I try to find in the dark, now blind
As the cruel scarlet strings tightly bind
