ego

image thanks to duane michals

her reflection  grew

with her ego

a personality split

mirrored

with light refraction.

magpie tales thanks to tess she the others here

Learn and repeat

image: Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison


i fold back and turn turn turn
the vision that's burnt burnt burnt
i work and repeat  repeat repeat
the lessons not learnt learnt learnt
the cogs in my life life life 
continue to grind grind grind
and my heavy heart heaves heaves heaves
while the tasks never end end end
as we circle and weave weave weave
keep oiling the steel steel steel
and cranking the wheel wheel wheel
for onward i go go go
for my life's never slow slow slow.


18 march 2012
With thanks to Tess and her prompt photo for The Mag, go and see what the others made of this extraordinary picture. 

Prank

              image: Uzengia Aleksander Nedic

I see her silhouette 

against the colbalt sky

late spring sun is setting 

 moments away

I crouch here

in the thicket off the path 

my  breathing shallow

as the blackbird calls to his mate

shrill and clear

my knees are black with decayed leaves of last autumn

they are stiff with the exertion of stillness

our walking talk of fairy tales

babes in the wood 

wolves and red cloaks

are evading her imagination

she has called and called 

in that voice

slightly breathless now

the rasp of fear

one more minute

and i will appear

then relief

will turn to anger

I will get a slap for my prank.

with thanks to tess at the mag for the photo prompt

reality bite

your infatuation for me has been blown out of all proportion
you stand me high above you on some statuesque pedestal
just out of your reach
but that is just leaving me ready for the fall
from your eyes
we could talk
laugh even at the absurdity of our relationship
i am alive
touch me
i shall not shatter into a thousand pieces
close your mind to the dream
and connect with my reality.


Magpie Tales 107.
my poem for todays magpie tales from tess, see the others over here.