01/11/2017 Poem a Day

Listening

 

Small noises shuffle in the morning

The tap drips and the house creaks

Giving way to the days first movement

Shifting the environment into play

 

He speaks flat without rising peaks

But I would rather listen to the world

The demands of the day reveal

And I want to curl in the silence

 

Colour ignites; painting a new canvas

And I move through it treading water

As the walls come into focus

I feel trapped listening to the room

 

Outside i can breath as sure as birds sing

And I wander over crispy leaves

Once more nature flare

And I listen with keen ears

02/11/2017 A Poem a Day

Patience

 

Quivering on a knife’s bending edge

Waiting for the clock to chime in agreement

Hoping despite sweat crawling down spine

Snapping and growling for Tomorrow

 

Productive shocks rally against time

The world barely turning like an upsidedown snail

And muttered prayers drift through the red fog

As finally the day – Ends