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?

Copyright © Allene Angelica 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

Copyright © Allene Angelica 2015

Art © Phil Hall 2015

Permission Given By Phil Hall

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'

Copyright © Allene Angelica 2015