“It is what it is”/
is bailing out of your life./
“It” should be better.
Tag Archives: working through issues
My Hidden Walls: Revolutionary Iambic IMprov Poetry
People with a narrow view
say “There are no walls around you.”
Their vision is ascew,
and simply not true.
My fences
are more subtle defenses.
Insecurity
is what hides me.
My foolish intensity
is what protects me.
The outlandish things I say
push people away.
Since my youth
that’s been my excuse.
When friendships yield treason,
I can say my words are the reason.
Then I never have to say
“They didn’t like ME anyway.”
Rejection’s never a personal afront.
It’s just my words they don’t want.
So I shield and protect myself
as people put my words, not me, on the shelf.
(and that’s an insight into me
that most people rarely see.)
To Speak, To: Romantic IMprov Poem
I hope to speak with you again,
to assuage your worries,
to calm your fears,
to unravel your confusion,
to illuminate your path,
to enfold your shoulder,
to hold your hand.
to provide the goo
so desired by you.
Confusion Intrusion: Romantic IMprov Limerick
I’m sorry for the intrusion
and adding to your confusion,
but maybe you won’t mind
getting a little behind
if it removes your sad illusion.
Trying Again To Breach Her Walls: Romantic IMprov Poetry
When I first
nursed
a desire
to stand near
her radiance
and fire,
there was no
fear.
But then
I slammed
again
and again
into force fields;
walls
so tall
I had to yield
or go through.
That’s what I chose
to do,
knowing that the result
would let me exult
and exalt
myself
and her.
At last,
when the probe
burst through,
her radiance showed
back,
blinding my view.
So strong, so overwhelming
I couldn’t see anything
but what was in front of me.
I fear
I feared.
Insecurity
does not endear,
nor gain pity
from the pretty.
She quickly closed up,
repaired the breach.
Shields up!
She withdrew out of reach.
So I was left, again,
with keyboard instead of pen,
to tap, tap, tap away at the wall;
just to gain entry. Not make it fall.
For it’s only when she, herself, will yield
that her wall raising will be healed.
Bloodstains On Your Walls: Romantic IMprov Haiku
Leaving my bloodstains /
on the mortar of your walls/
is not what you want.
Unreasonably Going To Greatness: Revolutionary Haiku
Unreasonable:/
It means to go way beyond/
normal, to greatness.
Inaction Kills Me Again: Revolutionary Haiku
I’m dying again.
Like I did before. This time,/
inaction kills me.
Silence Inevitability: Revolutionary Haiku
Inevitable:/
If we do not ever talk,/
good things won’t happen.
Being Myself: Revolutionary Haiku
I’m being myself./
Your thinking that I look bad/
doesn’t change your look.