Natural Affect

Better to just read it.

 

 

Natural Affect

 

Bathed in a willow’s soothing shade,

whispering waters glisten all around.

Grass conforms, a cool caress to my skin,

moss mounds a consummate pillow.

Lithe vines loop velvet about me.

Chirping sweet arias, birds wreathe my head.

Deer congregate within the calming stream,

they smile and softly call my name.

Wings wafting their rapture to my nose,

butterflies waltz betwixt flowers flared.

 

So many flowers

 

A Sob breaks in

Chafing sentience

My eyes burst open

Plastic tent smothers

Sheets crawl with sweat

Fly spittle defiles flesh

Treasonous tubes writhe

Bleeping spites the ear

Dear kin surrounds,

they are not smiling

Chaos dulls mazed nostrils

Gong sound appalls

My eyelids frown

Man’s reprieve intrudes

God’s man thrust aside

again

I shut my eyes

 

Again.