No Escape

I feel the sound bump
bump it goes in the night
night so bleak and black
black as my dark heart beats
beats me as I retreat run
run away from the one
the one that only I can see
see it lick its black lips
lips peeling back reveal
reveal a cold steel smile
smile as it pierces skin
skin ripping clean from bone
bones break I am consumed
consumed by the one who knows
knows secret debts are owed.

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Toads are writing Loop Poetry today. This turned out a little dark but ....

In Memoriam - Betty (Grandma) Edge

Time tick tocks away each day
until the clock just stops tick tocking.
Every tick that passes is a grain of sand
that trickles through the hourglass of life.

One grain at a time life slowly passes
Each grain is a stunning story or a
bit of gory detail that we only dare
to giggle about when we are at home alone.

When a grain causes some pain
you were there to tell us it will be okay.
We all made our own mistakes
but you stood by and loved us anyways.

Now the clock has stopped for good
and that final grain has tumbled through.
We've said all we can say
We've done all we can do.

I will always remember you for
the good you've said and done.
The Memory of your life lives on
in the happy heartbeats of my children.

Love You Grandma ...

*****

August 2013

The Great Pumpkin

The Most Sincere Pumpkin Patch! (1966 Peanuts)

My persistent therapist insists that I listen

to my wide eyed innocent innermost child

who still believes that wishes and magic exist.

The tissues pile up as I work through issues

I almost forgot I had - now I am truly sad.

So I stop going - there's peace in not knowing

a happy pig really isn't that bad.

Until one frozen cold, sober October 

I take the kids out hunting for pumpkins.

Then I remember the magic's still out there

I just forgot where to look.

*****

Shared with D'verse Poetics

Just Another Johnny Walker Day

Just another Johnny Walker day 

Middle sister finger lingers 

as I passed through the Barrio 

I'm as paddy Irish as a triple shot of Jameson's 

A little extra courage 

from a scary apothecary selling smiles

Now I'm El Presidente 

with a Captain Morgan plan

Just one tick away from a Corazon explosion

Green flash streak of olives

fly from a Rang Tang martini

sipped by lips of pompous pricks.

and an arrogant bastard behind the bar - 

Oh shit - it's me!!!  

Take me home Belvedere

There's tragedy in my strategy - I need to reconvene. 

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Toads are taking a Booze cruize.

Unstung

You will never forget
the first time you were stung.
It's too late to run away
the damage has been done.

You just have to suck it up
the sad songs have been sung
Whine about it all you want
you can never be unstung.

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The Toads are writing poems about the Secret life of Bee's - which I have actually seen. As I was writing this it occurred to me that my estrogen levels may be getting dangerously high as I the enter early stages of Man-o-pause.

My latest eBook "Overcoming Adversity & Attracting Success" is on for free on Amazon Kindle from now until Tuesday.

Cyber Piracy

Digital stowaway
hiding in a microwave
fiber optic shopping spree
can't catch me.

Thousand dollar Body Shop
aroma-thera-pedicure
credit card karate chop
bubble bath assault

Stolen identity very existential
temperamental credit score
eRich cash poor
Nouveau Riche cliche

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Toads 

Jazz Poetry

a-one-and-a-two ...
and-a-one-two-three-four

tss-tka-tss-tka-tss-tka
boomboom-boomboom
boomboom-boomboom

bebopbeopindopoptoptop
tiptopspidleyopdopspeedop

light takes a slight break
high stakes step lightly as the
light breaks on streetscapes
high as kites we skate home
where we sip soft kisses
love spills and slips from lips
we sink into the sofa cushions
if you could only feel me now.

tss-tka-tss-tka-tss-tka
boomboom-boomboom

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D'verse has us doing Jazz Poetry which I only kind of get.

Carpe Diem: Scorpion and the Frog

One day, a scorpion looked around at the mountain where he lived and decided that he wanted a change. So he set out on a journey through the forests and hills. He climbed over rocks and under vines and kept going until he reached a river.

The river was wide and swift, and the scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He couldn't see any way across. So he ran upriver and then checked downriver, all the while thinking that he might have to turn back.

Suddenly, he saw a frog sitting in the rushes by the bank of the stream on the other side of the river. He decided to ask the frog for help getting across the stream.

"Hellooo Mr. Frog!" called the scorpion across the water, "Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your back across the river?"

"Well now, Mr. Scorpion! How do I know that if I try to help you, you wont try to kill me?" asked the frog hesitantly.

"Because," the scorpion replied, "If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!"

Now this seemed to make sense to the frog. But he asked. "What about when I get close to the bank? You could still try to kill me and get back to the shore!"

"This is true," agreed the scorpion, "But then I wouldn't be able to get to the other side of the river!"

"Alright then...how do I know you wont just wait till we get to the other side and THEN kill me?" said the frog.

"Ahh...," crooned the scorpion, "Because you see, once you've taken me to the other side of this river, I will be so grateful for your help, that it would hardly be fair to reward you with death, now would it?!"

So the frog agreed to take the scorpion across the river. He swam over to the bank and settled himself near the mud to pick up his passenger. The scorpion crawled onto the frog's back, his sharp claws prickling into the frog's soft hide, and the frog slid into the river. The muddy water swirled around them, but the frog stayed near the surface so the scorpion would not drown. He kicked strongly through the first half of the stream, his flippers paddling wildly against the current.

Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back. A deadening numbness began to creep into his limbs.

"You fool!" croaked the frog, "Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?"

The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drownings frog's back.

"I could not help myself. It is my nature."

Then they both sank into the muddy waters of the swiftly flowing river.

Self destruction - "Its my Nature", said the Scorpion...

Carpe Diem

Kiss from Scorpion

the frog trusted him and died

deadly piece of tail

Carpe Diem: LIbra (Scales of Justice)

Carpe Diem

Balance in justice?

I have to see to believe

corruption prevails

Corruption prevails

until we stand together

following Libra

Carpe Diem: Mother's Love

The prompt was Maiden and Virgo - but this is where it took me

I've learned not to fight it.

Carpe Diem

A mother's love stands

fearless, pure and unflinching

no weaker sex here

No weaker sex here

I thought I was strong until

my daughter was born

My daughter was born

Mamma bear born that day too

a mother's love stands

Carpe Diem Special: Tree of Life

I found this picture the other day of the Celtic Tree of Life - which I am connected to through my Celtic ancestry. So this is my inspiration. 

Carpe Diem

Golden tree of life

keeps me connected to myself

ancestors wisdom

Carpe Diem: Gemini

Carpe Diem

Together they make one

umbilical connection

power of the twins

Power of the twins
Cain and Abel legacy
divided we fall

Carpe Diem: Taurus

Carpe Diem


Taurus surrounds me

my wife, my daughter, my ex

the stars challenge me

The stars challenge me

if the moons line up I'm dead 

pre menstrual nightmares

Pre menstrual nightmares

I can run but cannot hide

purchasing safety

Purchasing safety

shopping soothes the savage beast

Taurus surrounds me