Whispered Dreams

Poems, ramblings and dreams of a middle aged hack.

[darkredrogue]

A Summer Lament

October comes sneaking

on the cool north breeze

dressed in her fiery finery

while baring a bouquet

in the myriad hues of dyeing

to lay at summers grave

JWB 2017

[darkredrogue]

It's that time again.

[darkredrogue]

Graveyard in Twilight

A graveyard in winter twilight granite adorned in crystals of white

while sentries of sleeping oaks stand weary guard in the fading light

in this quiet place where the used bodies go

spirits silently waltzing to the rhythm of the falling snow

JWB 2017

[darkredrogue]

A stormy morning

where the sand

meets the sea

The sky opens

the thunder rolls

and its good to

have a friend

[darkredrogue]

I miss my little buddy.

[darkredrogue]

Would you hang or would you sink? Flutter like butterfly or moth? Freeze over or return to ash?

Flying is exhausting

The endless flapping

And flapping and flapping

So much easier to stop and drop

To finally have a rest

[darkredrogue]

A body

At rest is not

Always inertia

Sometimes it's just

Rest

JWB

[darkredrogue]

[darkredrogue]

the memory of

a touch

warm and trembling

the memory of

eyes sparkling on

in the summer heat

the memory of

a smile turning

slowly to a first kiss

the memory of

a night with

a life of it's own

[darkredrogue]

My dreams need subtitles.

[darkredrogue]

Delicious.

Our Skin betrays We plunge at the Mercy of fevered minds… hungry hearts Devouring delights like children with Christmas candy……

(It’s such a delicious fall)

JWB 2017

[darkredrogue]

Am l the only one that keeps the TV on just so there are human voices in the house?

[darkredrogue]

A Winter Night

JWB 2020

[darkredrogue]

Goodbye

The rain came

on its last night

The fog rolled in

from the sea

The old year

slipped silently

A ghost through

the dark night

Crooked smile

on its cracked lips

Pockets stuffed

with nightmares

A suitcase packed 

with lonely souls

Whispered curse

on its crusty tongue

“Let the new year decide

what horrors may come”

JWB2021

[azukilynn]

Come close, Jester

~

Sing me a story

Tell me a song

~

Fill your cup with moonlight

The stars will hum along

~

Azuki Lynn

[darkredrogue]

Eulogy

Evergreen hiding behind shinning multi-colored electric stars and globes of red and blue Aroma of snowy cedar and peppermint candy canes with the promise of sugar-plum dreams

Dying amidst children laughing as caroling voices sing Longing for its mountain home for bird’s song and squirrels at play quiet awakening growing tall with one more spring day

JWB 2016

[darkredrogue]

Watching the sun set

beyond the rolling waves

I mourn the dying

of yet another day

[darkredrogue]

One of the neighbors came by for coffee this morning.

[darkredrogue]

Summer Sun

When the sun burns

down on you

with his angry fire

and his burning light

 Look back at him

with the moon

in your smile

and the stars

in your eyes

 He needs to

be reminded that

he is not the only

game in town

 JWB2020