Aimless

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Beware the silent calmness of the sand

Over the dead sea loom fire and ice

Under the myriad of gems slithers life

That which the eye cannot see is nowhere

Immaculate yet perverse west winds blow

Quoth the stars to the lost traveller

Undo what has been done free this lost heart

End suffering to embrace the renew

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The prompt was “boutique”. Totally random. This is what I came up with. My mind works in strange ways sometimes.

The Classical Age

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In a maze of twist and turn

Echo the cries of a beast;

Although a human heart beats,

In these dull, wicked eyes burn

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The flames consuming its wings,

Blood thread trails limply behind

Swaying to the sirens’ songs,

Waiting on a virgin mind

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To wish away all the wrongs,

But the labyrinth’s wall

Is strong and cold, dark and tall,

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‘Tis made of a thousand strings

Played by the gods at a cost:

An eternal tempest-tossed.

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Il y a d’une ode ici.

Rabbit in a Snowstorm

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I sit there and wait to be inspired,

Reflecting on things I once aspired

To, things of my childhood, of years past,

And of things yet to come, at long last.

Upon the walls of white of my cell

I see great sceneries and portraits,

Fevered visions of those I shall fell

And secret glimpses to my dark traits.

I can feel her there, right by my side,

The spicy perfume floats in the room,

I can feel her stare over me loom

Recalling the time when I last cried;

Knowing not why now I remember,

I let this whirlwind fan my ember.

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He dares the evil deeds.

Millenium

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Light,

Sight.

Fright!

White…

Fight?

Flight!

Right?

Quite.

Site?

Height.

Plight…

Might-

Bite!

Tight…

Night.

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A strange concept of a poem made of single word verses that are given meaning by simple punctuation.

Also: 1000th post \o/

When the air is cold

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When the air is cold

And my hands are pale

I can see my scars,

Memories of small battles

Fought and won over the years,

In the end they disappear

When the sun warms my skin

But I know they are still there

And for as long as I keep

This souvenir of flesh and bone

I feel I can never truly fail;

The road is bumpy and slippery,

Sometimes I even lose sight of the trail,

But the river is never far

And I thirst for running water.

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Nothing to add this time, it’s all there.

Quand je serai un enfant

 

Quand je serai un enfant

Je te dédierai maman

Une chanson toute entière,

Un’ chanson dont tu s’ras fière !

Y’aura des parol’s tout plein

Avec de belles images,

Des histoir’s de chevaliers,

Des princesses dans des cages,

Et des dragons à tuer !

Quand je serai un gamin

Je te donnerai ma main

Et on ira s’ballader

Le longs des vers et des rimes,

Je te f’rais escalader

Les monts et leurs plus haut’s cîmes,

Au rythme de longues strophes,

Au fil dodécasyllabes

De vain pieds en apostrophes,

Tu verras, cet astrolabe

Je l’ai construit de mes mots

Au long des années passant

A forc’ de lir’ Maupassant,

N’as-tu pas eu le mémo ?

Je suis dev’nu z’un poète !

Quand je serai un bambin

Et qu’tu me donn’ras un bain

Je te soufflerai les bulles

Que j’ai soufflé jusqu’alors,

T’as compris ? Parc’que je bulle,

Mêm’ pas en Technicolor

Just’ en noir et blanc passé

Parc’que j’aime pas travailler –

Oh ! Je préfère révailler –

Mais qu’j’ai peur de me casser.

Quand je s’rai à nouveau mioche

Je te dédierai chèr’ mère,

Par ma pelle et par ma pioche,

Un cadeau goût doux-amer

Qu’j’aurai cuisiné moi-même

Dans un plat tout préparé,

Et tu diras que tu aimes

Mais faudra pas comparer

Parc’que moi, mon truc, maman,

C’est l’émo et c’est l’émoi,

C’est les mois et c’est les maux,

Je ne suis que l’humble amant

De mon âme et de mon cœur,

Mon esprit est vagabond

Et moi j’suis un bon gars, va !

Mais je suis pas bon à rien,

Ni non plus mauvais en tout,

Je sais juste faire des rimes

Pour le ‘kick’ et pour la frime,

Ouais, parc’qu’aussi j’parle anglais

Et mêm’ si j’suis un peu laid

J’ai un sourire qui s’partage

Sauf qu’il s’effrite avec l’âge;

Alors, maman, quand j’srai p’tit

J’te jur’ je f’rai un effort,

Je s’rai p’tet ni grand ni fort

Mais j’aurai de l’appétit !

Je mang’rai tes bons p’tits plats

Et je s’rai plus souvent là,

Je f’rai parfois la vaisselle

Et j’me lav’rai les aisselles,

Mais surtout ma p’tite maman

Je t’écrirai un’ chanson

Avec plein d’parol’s et d’lignes

Et d’images, de métaphores…

J’dessinerai le firmament

Sur une feuille Canson

Et tu t’tiendras belle et digne

Et brillant tell’ment si fort !

Alors maman laiss’ moi faire,

J’ai p’tet’ pas d’destination

Mais ça j’en fais mon affaire

A grands coups d’obstination,

J’finirai par y’arriver !

Alors garde les yeux rivés

Et les oreill’s grand’ ouvertes,

Tout le mond’ sonn’ra l’alarme,

Tout’s tes copin’s seront vertes

Et toi tu vers’ras une larme

Et j’te jur’ tu seras fière !

Et j’te jur’ tu seras fière…

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Inspiré je ne sais trop pourquoi par l’écoute de “Étudiant, poil aux dents !” de Renaud.

Je dédie ce poème à ma maman.

Dancing in the rain

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I’m dancing in the rain,

Dancing away my pain,

Let water wash away

All the strain from the day,

I’m dancing in the rain,

Hope to erase the stain

Of tears upon my cheek

Waiting to make me weak,

I’m dancing in the rain

But I’m dancing in vain,

I can hear the thunder

Dragging me down under,

I’m dancing in the rain,

Dancing ’round once again,

Into a puddle – splashing,

Into a cuddle – thrashing,

I’m dancing in the rain,

Dancing just to remain,

I’m dancing in the reign

Of voices in my brain,

Been dancing in the rain

All my life, in the rain,

Dancing away the pain,

Dancing to remain sane.

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Not entirely sure if I’m satisfied with this one, it still feels a little bit rough. Perhaps that’s part of its charm though…

Ad rift

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What is empty becomes full,

Even silence, now crowded,

Even the stars when clouded,

Cannot take me from the pull

Of this song over my soul,

I have fought year upon year

Bravely, but a blinded fool,

Unable to see past fear;

Now I know the melody,

Both its tempo and its tune,

Now I play this threnody

From the heights of this red dune.

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“Distance is but a number when the mind and heart aligns.”

Threnody

A story untrue

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The ghost of a woman waves at me from the shore,

She is old, wind-worn, but her smiles illuminate

The wrinkles of her eyes that had long seemed innate,

It twinkles in those skies and it will evermore.

The dirty sand beaches are flowing in her hair

The salty marines echo off her sun-kissed skin,

Oh how the breeze is warm when released in the air,

And even when it rains tis tropical chagrin.

She is the sea lady, promised to the ocean,

Forever forbidden to touch her companion,

They stare at each other, in search of the fanion,

Symbol of their union and of their devotion.

Whether in calm or storm, from the first light of dawn

And beyond that of dusk, if you look carefully,

When all noise has scattered and all the ships are gone

You will find her standing on the rocks, gracefully.

The song she sings is sad, it is one of a frown

Full of melancholy, beautiful bittersweet,

Though beware of the tears for they will dance your feet

And you will join the rest round the white ocean crown.

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The sea proves to be a recurring theme for me. Also, this is partly dedicated to L.