the beauty of love all encompassing enfolding potentially unending stop, breathe it just takes a second that’s all it needs love, lust, life always one breath away love is beauty wrapped in the moments of one’s life if you don’t stop to breathe you miss it breathe deep long & slow relish that moment savour it as it passes by maybe you get the chance to breathe it again and again
© 2016 michael d emmerich
empty eyes dull damaged mirrors poor reflections eyes shout silent prayers muted when shut eyes wide open pennies cover the windows copper green are the eyes white eyes tell you to ease the pain slumbering with one eye open eyes wide shut shot between the eyes blackness point blank right between the eyes love is blind even with open eyes
© 2016 Michael D Emmerich
Continuing the challenge to keep writing poems of 144 characters or less. Here are three more #micropoems. Poetry for twitter 🙂
1. feed me don’t tease me said the lover gorge yourself on love life & lust said the beloved 2. love is beauty wrapped in the seconds of one’s life if you don’t stop to breath you might just miss it 3. what is worse than death dying leaving nothing unfinished the elusive, yet attainable unfinished life
© 2016 Michael D Emmerich
this adventure called life when does it start when do we arrive are we there yet the journey commences for the usual fee can we stop to wallow life says no push on to prevail reality is a beast that we ignore at our peril but ignore we must immerse we must in life we wallow feast at the table even if only for the crumbs is there time make time! the table is always set savour it taste it relish life drink it in smell the scent of lust slay the beast obey all the rules you miss all the roses strive to be drunk on life long for the next adventure then you will know when you arrive
© 2016 Michael D Emmerich
when you think to whom do you speak who vets your thoughts if you argue with the voices who wins? are your dreams insane how do you know which voice told you who processes the ideas that churn through your mind some argue only harbour healthy thoughts stay on a happy island shun the other voices mental censorship where does it end just BE allow all the voices no judgement commune with all the voices even those in the deepest recesses of your mind talk to everybody all voices are welcome ruminate, then ACT
© 2016 Michael D Emmerich
on the edge of reality shadows seduce the chase begins to catch reality is the chase futile duality of shadows chasing the illusion reality can crumble the most elusive shadows are those hidden in the dark recesses of our minds skirting the shadows of the mind embracing, dancing romancing the shadow of the past, present possible future they cannot be ignored but not always caught inability to see all the shadows at times, they are an illusion but oh, so real our inner struggle on a quest to constantly grasp those elusive shadows it is a winless race but worth running
© 2016 Michael D Emmerich
morning sun is breaking like my heart bleeding out across the sky I need your heart my beloved’s heart the spell is cast the die is set lost but never this lost my city is in ruins your sweet kiss rebuilds this city tears on my pillow as I lay my head down emotional ruins time to break the spell my princess can fairy-tale becomes real midnight fast approaches come on break the spell heaven is in your heart your kiss, your touch breaths new life my faith rests with you
© 2016 Michael D Emmerich
Continuing the challenge to keep writing poems of 144 characters or less. Here are two more #micropoems. Poetry for twitter 🙂
1. colours of lust the setting sun eclipse of your heart tears on your cheeks 2. rise of your breasts mist of your breath mist on the moors it doesn't have to make sense still you turn me on
© 2016 Michael D Emmerich
as I lay dying eyes wide shut voices, I hear voices under the bridge is death the end present but temporal through the looking glass destined to be wandering in a lost land all that you’ve held sacred falls down chances missed, opportunities avoided does the misery continue is it all a mystery peace, settlement, nothingness melancholy morbidity a moment of eternity an eternity of moments emerging from the rabbit hole remember that death need not be the end or is it?
© 2016 Michael D Emmerich
Continuing the challenge to keep writing poems of 144 characters or less. Here are three more #micropoems. Poetry for twitter 🙂
1. my finger is on the trigger needle is in the vein my blood is on my hands my soul is in disarray 2. lost is the answer question remains’ uncertain all that is certain is mortality 3. red mist clears sun breaks through the clouds my soul is in my hands red poppies look beautiful in the cold morning light
© 2016 Michael D Emmerich
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