Monday, November 16, 2009

An Irate Lover

A perched parakeet

Sang in a tremulous voice

For all his sorrows

And tears wrapped in his sleeve

His voice echoes through the hall

Humbling prima-donnas

A myth revealed

A folklore unfold

His mistress had left

Unconsciously fled

Perched on another wall

With all the bricks red

She had swollen eyes

And a red beak

It’s the dawn

Of her wayward dreams



Another day another life

A time to bid goodbye

A lover found, a lover lost

A little happiness at grief’s cost

What's this all about?

There is a disillusionment that is always lurking beneath the surface, once we start digging. On the surface life is a pretty little ride w...