Tumult's Kin

tumult’s kin

angry. angry again

soft. soft-peeled

pare of rind

I don’t know what I need to know.

I don’t need to know what I haven’t learned

I know what I don’t know.

Dry-eraser chalks the walls.

bliss.  bliss from a far

and through the windows,

out past the field

daydream drifters flutter still

At ease in the tall grass

giggling.  giggling with glee.

being so close, watching the playful

nature within the day-to-day gestures

of adolescent faeries

Well, the Prompt D'verse provided yesterday got me looking through some of my older Fairy Tale/Folk Story pieces I've written and from that, I had the inspiration to write this one, probably due, in part to some kids down the street just enjoying this unbelievable and extremely rare stretch of weather we've had here.  A string of 75 degree days in a place that doesn't typically get over 50 for another month or so- That, in itself is something resembling a fairy tale setting. Anyhow, thought I'd write another one.

Campfires and Hypnotics

Over at D'Verse,  Claudia is hosting Poetics.  This week we're talking the language of Fairy Tales.  I wrote this particular internal fairy tale almost a year ago and thought I would share it once again for this prompt.  Enjoy.


Pestilence wove its wicked stripes once again,

Driving shrill-like vapors deep into me,

Alive, yet contortion breaches,

The protocol just put into place,

 Warlocks, witches shepherds, thieves

Cast iron griddles, boiling butter, rapt and dense,

Fairy, eerie tales of gore,

Ghostly pinups of nightmarish lore,

Frizzle, drizzle, dazzling glitter,
A heart unwound and wound recleansed,

By the fire, amidst and watching flame,
Shift in color, contort in shape,

White to blue and red to orange,

To most a spectacle, to me, I needed more,

Brightly tarred skyline,

A coal painted eve,

A canvas where I'd never been,

A unity felt, a connect, briefly dissapating within,

While adrenalin rose it then changed,

From beating hearts to shaken knees and bleating veins,

One day soon, one day please,

Visions stay, thoughts though leave,

Only illusions remain unchanged for me