Tag: NaPoWriMo

The last I saw of you

You sunbathed
faulty in your golden tuxedo
bow tie fastened around your neck
black ink run like a tattoo against fresh skin

You were trading accents with the neighbours
strange dialects rolling over swollen tongues
masking falsehoods
and giving rise to pretty lies

You discerned so many sounds
strutted through the dense infallible fog
molding memories into unfamiliar shapes
burying truths beneath layers of discrepancy
so that no one could be bothered to tell
which is which

Tell me

How is it that you carry on
so elusive of sense and reason
yet so sure of your purpose?

They told her to follow her heart
and so she did.

It led her over a cliff.

she stands when you ask her to sit
she obeys the law during the day
and breaks it at night

she walks boldly into dark alleys
and comes out the other side unscathed
she is a super hero
in pedestrian clothing

she lights up rooms with bright scarves
feigning frivolity with floral prints
she is a damsel in (distress)
tiny and fearful in a summer dress

she thrives as contradiction

you met her once
but she wrapped up the memory in
purple paper, and topped it
with exotic flowers

you want to unwrap it
you’re dying to remember
what she looked like, aching
for her intoxicating scent
to ignite you

but the memory-
she just wrapped it up too nice
so instead it remains hazy

you just
leave it be and
admire its beautiful package