My heart in a blender - poetical collection on a page

sometimes we remember even when we wish we didn't

Laughter

Laughter suspended 

in my mind 

like raindrops held 

on leaves - 

The branches waiting 

for a breeze 

to relieve them 

of their burden. 

Memories glisten 

in the summer sun. 

I remember how it felt 

to be happy 

when he could still  

make me smile …

an epiphany at the back of the cupboard

                                      A tiny detail -

                                      a hairline crack

                                      in the cup

                                      he gave me.

                                      Had I noticed then 

                                      would I still have drunk 

                                      the poison  

                                      he served me?

 

Golden rod

He planted 

his seed 

in my garden. 

Beautiful,

deceptive, 

full of pain. 

Suffocating me, 

making it  

hard to breathe. 

Scratch my eyes 

out at his infernal 

itching lies. 

He looked like a flower. 

but was nothing more 

than a weed.  

                                            

                                           Lip Service

 

                                            He provided the best lip service. 

                                           Counterfeit vows not worth the paper 

                                            on which they were printed. 

                                            "I love you" isn't anything 

                                             if it's just smoke and ink. 

Author's Note

some people don't like it when I group poems together. I do it for three reasons - 1 - it seems ridiculous to post 6 or 8 poems back to back as separate pieces. 2 - I did think of them all in a group, one after the other. 3 - I think they work together, as well as separate, and can be taken as either by the reader. Image courtesy deviantart

Reviews

[Delmar Cooper]

I read your explanation about grouping the poems together. I see no reason to explain either your work or your format. The excellent work needs no further comment. All it requires is a reader.

This reader enjoyed them all and felt the strong connection between them.

[Lyn Anderson]

Well. That is a very fine review. Thank you for your time