“Waking up with a breath of air filling the lungs of life
Leaning forward my legs touch the floor
Getting dressed I reach
I reach with stepping steps by step to door
Reach the stairs and onward with kitchen
To biscuit and juice, out the door
Key in car, gear in place
Onward on my way”
The engine churns with the turn of the key.
Chug and scrape as the cylinder shaves
And the piston tares the glitter free
Don’t seize, don’t seize, just make it there.
Pulling cap pours think the oil,
Half cup and silver flakes.
Engine tears, my hand on hood
And other pouring clean and clear
Fluid flushed and filled to full
Turn of key, engine churns
Glitter free, a fresh breath
into the structure of the motor
Childhood games and mischief
My first, second then third car crash
and my red light ticket
Being put in a football toy box and rolled around
Like bottle rockets down the stairs
And shotgun shells with marbles taped
Tossed so the primer pops when the marble strikes
One night at the lake campfire or even the Fourth of July
Like matches it burns tell the flame subsides
Chaos love
Sweet, pretty and shy
I went down to the moment of yesterday
When you were down on tomorrow
Wishing you would change,
Change the time, the moment,
When you stepped in and fell in love
What would you ask for love?
Just fill the blank of this time.What do you think of these poems i wrote?
These are definitely pretty good. You have a way of letting words flow nicely. My favorites are 1, 4, %26amp; 3 in that order.
I did catch some typos:
-3rd poem, last line: "Like matches it burns 'TIL/until the flame subsides"
-4th poem, last line: "just fill IN the blank this time." or maybe you meant it as is.
Overall, wonderful work. Keep it up :)
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