Water


Waking by the lakeside
where water walked
like a messiah.

A river takes in snake’s wind
hawk’s reflection
in the mire.

Liquor danced around
the ashen clouds
sickly somersaults on higher.

Cascading down
in fluid’s ribbon shrouds
silver sunk cerulean’s perspire.

Can you hear the liquid sanctify
all below in their desire?

Can you taste the juices amplify
the knowing font’s admire?

When the waters swell
their waying courses
will you wait with all damned liers?

Or, wish upon them well
like snowy horses
wavely crest’s fall before sand’s ire?

A dream I had said, “Break nigh
simply bend forked
by trident’s wetly wire.”

It curled crashing o’er forsaked eyes
a flooding torrent wrought
as I awoke by the lakeside
where water walked
like a messiah.


© poormansdreams



Rebels


And as the gale enchantress
Spoke her gusty spells
In leaf-blown words
Through branches.

A lake’s eye moved across
To follow her grey, dismaying skies
His brow was a mirrored, bandy cumulus
Furrowed at the ugliest day’s demise.

Whilst I wandered the rebel city
Without a pocket or pence
Nor a name to barter with. Free —
From burden, pay, lamp and sense.

Rich and poor’s ancient shadows
Contended for wealthy moonlight
‘Til flocks of silhouetted arrows
Brought piercing dawn’s
Shed new light.

Beggars huddled and bunched
Like laces in doorways, sleep
Pulling their hoods up to the morning
Adjacent to the snoring
Castle’s keep.
Their energy is too tied up
In knots to beseech
Their outturned fingers
And palms
Clasping bronze faces
For a silver peace.

Yet the scarlet-orange
Price decay
Of princely nights
Turned to pauper’s days
Once more round was paid
Beneath uneven ground
Where the rebels vanished
In pavements
Lain.

© poormansdreams