Poetry....If I Am to Be Inspired

If
I am to be inspired
Let Fall do it!
Let the falling
of this latter flight
warm me
in the winter's cold embrace
and lonely nights
If I have to be alone
let it be
because I've reached
the limits
of what the spring
and summer
have meant to me
Of course Madame Fall
with her flirty tease
has reached out to me
many times...
Touching me
Teasing me
Molding me
with her withering leaves
crackling'
against
the most gentle steps
of time
If it has to be cold
Let Mr. Winter
and Frosty the Snowman
be my cover
my faithful home
Not a lot of difference
between a night spent alone
and one spent
without a unfaithful lover
Santa bides his time
Appearing
and disappearing
taking credit
for what love does throughout the year
At summer's end
the Fall
is the perfect chance
for all to see
the end of one journey
and the beginning of another
year in history
When does one season end
and the other
actually begin?
No one really knows
But, Mother Nature knows
It is her voice that speaks
Through thunder
and lightning
and rain
In flowers
birds
and the bees
If it has to be over
let the fall
be my favorite time
to remind me....

of these

 

Wait…
Let me start
ab ovo
from the beginning…..

This face you see

this carapace of me

The me
that I never allow you to see
is cloaked in shelter

protected

hidden

from life's sometimes
cold
bitter reality

We have only faces

as we build characters
out of crafty words

sentences

and punch lines

Profiles
that ossify

distinguish

and classify
us one from another

How common
it is
to skulk

to conveniently
assess

to assist

in the machination
of those
in your surroundings

Bodies
 
heads battered

scattered
shattered

And yes
I've surrendered
a couple of times too

Admittedly
I could not accuse

without
knowing
what a perp' is...

an accomplice

I could not know

unless
I knew the game

And, I can never be an angel
because I would always
be living
on the edge of evil

Dancing

on the ledges
of self-inflicted revenge

always wondering
if it's them

if I'm the one

that's insane

*I give you:  my brain