Reena Prasad writes

A Deadly Love

A curious cloud passed by
You flogged it black and blue
I heard its shrieks of pain
Saw tears roll down the window pane
You loved the summer rain

There are no trees here
I am glad no birds come to feed
A waiting cage swings
and at night I fall asleep
soothed by its creaking emptiness

It is a blessing
to be alone with you
I wonder how many are saved
while you are loving me to lifelessness

Another night has passed
Its dark cotton swabs my pain
Dawn polishes its cruel glass
and I see my aged heart
sprawl its tired limbs
under my eyes

You peeled back the happy skin
now listen to the scars singing elegies

Laurie Kuntz writes

In Shade 

the butterfly's orange

is brighter

Satya Pattnaik writes

PAIN BLOOOMS


A virgin line traverses

Pain blooms

Depth of night mourns

Divine aching spells out

Thorny buds spill with smiles

Scripts of words live up with breath

Shambie Mpho writes

Shatale Village

In Shatale
A corpse walked the night
On the eve of his funeral
Tears streamed down his face
From a distance
He rattled his chains
Trying hard to fight the forces of evil
Tongueless to say a word
Itching to comfort his relatives
But his screams were never heard...

In Shatale
A deadman wept
He wept for his children
He wept for his siblings
He wept for his life
Taken away without reason
The living deadman wept
He wept tears with blood
Not knowing how it could be
That one of his own
Could be so evil
His life cut so short
Without offending a soul
His inside shredded by vodoo...

In Shatale
Where mother-nature spread her legs
To let me live or die
I saw a corpse walk the night
On the eve of his funeral
The night of his vigil
And i pretended not to see
For i had my own weight to carry
My own demons to fight
One minute lost
Is the end of the road
One eye closed
Even your mother cuts you short
In Shatale, Bushbuckridge...

Laurie Kuntz writes

the sirens of the day end

i can hear the cricket

chirp

Alex Krivtsov shoots

Shinoj Alex writes

Love tonight:

This night
I hold you tight….
where our world unfolds
into many secret flowers
glisten our hearts
a romantic lullaby ……