what is it about poetry, that
so embarrasses my very
soul?

Time Racing the Moon

Last poem etched, when he stood
sixteen in times' grasp,
for the words told too much
the mirror pierced his armor
too deeply
armor already shiny and strong,
and nurtured by painful time
the fire of the parchment stood
ablazed in truth, both telling and
tall
for it unraveled his sadness
too open! Too tall!
It seemed but a little thing
this betrayal of pen
though mantle slept never
but lay dormant instead,
for yes, seasons
long
did she ride
residing upon the bottom
region in hollow soul
awakened long years after,
bridge fast crossing to
next
Stunned and bewildered in
childlike form stood he
when his lover returned
with the mantle unblemished
after decades in store
in reluctance he now trembled
once remembering the pain,
that the mantle and pen
had left in inked stain
as he was lost in the moment,
he felt the touch of the robe
he remembered the shiny true
stories that the parchment
had told
he recalled in the sunlight now
standing dim darkly lit
the exquisite exhale of heart
words,
that once his heart wept
that once painted parchment
in birthed virgin tones lit
he missed her, the parchment,
his colored safe haven of then
the place where all knew him
dressed in complete solitude,
he knew in sparked instant
the passions' cry from his
heart
demanding yes demanding,
the moment be redeemed
so in hand full of trembling,
he clutched pen to his breast
and he touched it to parchment
as a sweet, warm soft kiss
his eyes filled to brim
when he saw heart fall from ink,
he knew in a firefly sparked
moment
he was heart woven once more.
the demons that thwart
do no real harm this day
for the pen is clutched
close to heart
where forever it shall
stay
for when ink meets the
parchment
fear stands there no
more.
He stood bashful then
when age called him sixteen
as he stands bashful now
much more seasoned in times
earthen mold
what is it about poetry, that
so embarrasses my very
soul?
For there be no greater secrets,
than the utterances
of my whispered essence