I Wish I Was A Rampaging Queen

Monday, March 9, 2015

In Our Madness

In your madness

What were you thinking

As we idled above the cliff

While you blistered your skin

With your cigarette

Threatening to take us

To heaven?

It must be love

In my madness

Blinded by what

I thought was real

Love shuttered me

In a false sense

Of security

In our madness

I stayed too long

You had me for

Another three years

Before I ran

Ran as fast

As my legs

Could take me

When I knew

It was safe

Did you think

I would stay forever?

Friday, March 6, 2015

Reflection In Black

My heart fluttered

When I glimpsed him

Like a passerine

A reflection in black

Darting swiftly by

I desire for time

Rewind and pause

To drink in his form

But it was fleeting

An impressive

Winged creature

In flight

All I have now

Is a memory

That keeps me awake

As I toss

In my isolation

Forever roiling

Forever

In agitation

Art © Phil Hall 2015

Permission Given By Phil Hall

Sunday, March 1, 2015

An Old Wall

I remember the day

Golden I would say

The sun bright

Sparkling pigments

Of light

Dancing in

Midair

In the middle of

A few thousand squares

We waded

Among the rubble

Carefully

Hoping to not stumble

When we discovered

A disintegrating old wall

Surprised

I was thoroughly enthralled

As I stared

At the dilapidation

These words flit

Through my mind

A fanciful tale

Of the colorful kind

'In the middle of

Rough and craggy land

Far from sea and sand

Crumbling stones

Of volcanic rock

Lay strewn about

As if they were knocked

Where once

A great house stood

The best in their

Neck of the woods

Life was happy

Without a care

Resources

They all shared

Then a conquering

People came

Destroyed lives

And brought shame

Now there is nothing left

But a decaying old wall

Where once it stood

So proud and tall

And the people?

Into earth they dissolved

As if they were never

There at all'

Friday, February 13, 2015

Her Caller

She could hear a whisper in the air

A soft lilting call

Her name wafting in the breeze

In the time of dreams

In the season of fall

A feminine sultriness it did contain

As [she] singularly

Repeated her name

A breath, a sigh, a shade

But when she sought

There was nothing at all

The cold chilled her bones

Not of fright

In this old house made of stone

The trees and vines have overgrown

She gazed out into the stygian night

The moon was nowhere in sight

Deserted by the stars

There was not a smidgen of light

She had heard the call many times before

Never knowing what [she] was calling for

The sultry voice

Who whispers in the dead of night

Always her name

Always the same

She wrapped the quilt tighter

Around her small frame

She thought

She would stay here

Just this one night

But little did she know

She was where the caller came

And there

She will forever remain

Saturday, February 7, 2015

A Day In My Life 02072015

I've been stretching myself

Mentally

One plus one

Equals four

Just kidding

No, really

Not finding the stimulation

Externally

I broke a hair

Thingamajig today

My last one

Been expecting it

I'd have to say

Can't find the strength

To go buy another

My hair will be wild

And free

For a little while

It's not a bother

Looked at my birth chart

It's been a minute

Since I've done that

Gave myself

A rational chat

Reminding me

Of how complicated

I can be

With my earth and fire

At my core

Air performing

A balancing act

Who knows

What's in store

It's all good

As long

As I stay afloat

Keeping my

Water levels

Beneath my boat

Put my

Little baby birdies

To bed

Happy as clams

Watching

As I pulled the sheet

Over their heads

My turn

To hit the hay

Wished everything

Was A O.K.

Slathered repellent

All over exposed skin

Those mozzie bitches

Followed me in

Saturday, January 31, 2015

I Decree

My malaise

Entombed deep in my viscera

The omentum

Holding it captive

Chained

To its lacy net

Unable to break free

Oh, there was a time

Its leaky affliction

Escaped

Its formidable bonds

And a growl rooted in anger

Asphyxiated in my soul

Triumphantly leaped

A roar of unmeasurable magnitude

Barreled into space

The gods willingly devoured my rage

Took gleeful delight

And granted an ache

That blazed through

The midnight blackness

The music twinkling

Lovingly in my ears

As the stars burst

Through my fears

With the rising of the sun

I was free

But time again will surely show

When passions shall overcome

And please the gods once more

Their burning child shall glow

I decree

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Agreeably Fatigued

Saturday, January 17, 2015

You Are My...

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

I Crossed The Sea

I crossed the sea

In search

And landed

Where the

Sun burst

Where squid sizzled

And chicken fried

Amidst treasures

That caught my eye

Along the way

I beheld the seventh son

Of the seventh son

And paid my dues

To my wi-fi blues

I crossed the sea

Once again

At home at last

With my

Camomile friend

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Lovely Walls

Staring into the whites

Of blank walls

Overwhelmed by the emptiness

Of it all

No art or culture

Does it grace

Just an empty

Never ending space

My nails cut

Into my hand

Blood dripping

As I ran

In the wheel

Of todays

No turning back

To yesterdays

I leapt into space

The blank wall

With no face

Blood dripping

From shallow wounds

I hit that void

A raging monsoon

Blood splattered

A blazing red

Those lovely walls

Can now be read

Monday, January 5, 2015

Nowhere Where It Ought

I had a thought earlier today

Was it important?

Who can say?

It flew to

Xanadu

Or Timbuktu

Or maybe

To you know who

'He who shall not be named'

It zipped

Out of my head

Possibly plucked

Instead

I've thumbed

Through my files

Of imagined notions

Even my memorized

Potions

But no

Nada

Zip

The thought

That I thought

Is nowhere

Where it ought

So I'll sit

For a while

In my vagabond style

And hope that

My thought

Will come back

As I've labored

And wrought

Right here

In my pen

To bring me

A smile again