Similar to the July and August installments of this series, I will be sharing poems I wrote in September of previous years.
To Protect
2 September 2013
Why?
These series of events,
Unfortunately mine?
Disheartening though they may seem,
Are only the surface emotion.
The truth
Lies beneath.
Inside my medieval castle.
Go over the moat,
through the outer wall,
Across the outer courtyard.
One is lucky to get this far,
for never is one through the inner wall,
To see the inner courtyard.
No one is ever invited
To my banquets,
In the protected and heavily guarded
Castle.
It contains what is not meant to be seen,
The secrets that lie within,
That I went to such lengths
To protect.
~~~~~
Not Soccer
4 September 2014
Tired, aching muscles
complaining loudly with
Every movement.
A sign that I
Worked hard,
Pushed myself.
This pain is my reward
for not exercising
After the soccer season ended.
But this was a
different kind of workout entirely.
Martial arts, jujitsu, grappling,
not Soccer.
~~~~~
Chocolate Blues
10 September 2015
Chocolate is awesome
at every time of day,
Chocolate is awesome
no matter the way —
Dark, milk, or white,
Chocolate is awesome
to replace the mundane
Chocolate is always the answer,
or I wish it was.
How sorry I feel for those
who can never know this love.
~~~~~
Procrastinating with Relationships
2 September 2016
Too long I’ll be gone
I’m wasting my time.
What am I doing with my life?
I have things to do,
Assignments to complete,
But instead I’m here with you
Making my feet ache.
~~~~~
The Notes to Fell Nosferatu
1 September 2017
The music played and wove along,
The witch controlled it with her wand.
She hummed along enjoying her song
on this fateful Tuesday morn.
“Knock, knock!” came a voice from near her door,
and darkness fell over the room.
“It’s us again, darling,” two voices together
as the sound enveloped the room.
The witch’s melody dropped to a whisper,
Lost in the silence of her shock.
And then into the room came the two headed queen,
A nosferatu, though she denied it was the same
as the long-hated vampire.
The witch bowed low to the ground,
careful to not lose control of her sound.
“Your Highness, to what do I owe the pleasure?”
She fought the sarcasm and kept her voice light,
steadying her wand to keep the music out of sight.
“You’ve been charged with treason,
so you’ll be coming with us.
Oh, and don’t put up a fuss,”
she spoke cheerily and smiled sweetly.
“I think not,” the witch said,
bringing the music to a crescendo again.
She brought out the sounds that hurt the queen most,
the nosferatu crumbled and covered her ears.
The music as a weapon would bring an escape!
Why hadn’t the queen thought that the tune might change?
But then in came the guards,
Three surly armed men with plugs in the ears
and swords in their hands.