When the dust settles
We weed out the charlatans
A breath of fresh air
©Amaka Paul 2020
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge
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Faux
Bare
Inconsolable
Drips of blood soak her bosom
Each drop calls her home
©Amaka Paul 2020
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge
Ashes..
Studied silence;
broken occasionally
whet my appetite;
keep me hopeful
hanging precariously;
on bare promises
ready and willing..
Out of the ashes
You fan the embers
Feed the hearth
and stoke some more
You relentlessly ignite
a passion beyond your control
A little wind,
and you’re out of your depth
Haunted by the cross you wield;
Torn between your pains;
our pleasure,
and surrendering without measure
to the One whom you pledge
to serve and uphold
Love to hate you
with all of me,
I’d rather keep fallen;
With all of me
In love with you
The long silences
enjoyed by you,
leaves me;
Breathless…
©Amaka Paul 2020
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swing
cloak
Gradual withdrawal;
He was unloving me
Breaking my heart,
Unlearning his feelings
for me
Hardening his shell
Blurring the memories
of us
Building walls
It was invincible;
I was vulnerable
Shutters fall; Heart shut
Eyes wide open,
Unseeing.
I’m here.
From a distance,
maintaining a façade
afraid of losing control
What we shared was passionate
What I felt was unbridled,
Unflinching, pure love
Unacceptable by our circumstances
Hard not to fall again
Beware the Achilles;
the last time was a tug…
of war… the flesh won
The will not so worn
Some things in life are fleeting.
Thief of my heart;
he came
invaded my hut
Basked in my love,
Left me wondering…
©AMAKA PAUL 2020
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Taboo
Inexplicable emptiness
myriad of unanswered queries
Ensnared in your web
unending fall into oblivion
Blindfolded, hands flailing;
a fleeting tabloid
Frantically rummaging
seeking for grasp of light
in a place of dryness
A handsome abode
where warmth is taboo
©Amaka Paul 2020
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Candy
Mischievous banter
October to remember
Adam took a bite
©Amaka Paul 2020
FURY
Nature’s fury whirl
Tornadoes rage displaces
Slowly we awake
©Amaka Paul 2020
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lush..
Plush greenery bear
Imprints of our devotion
Bouquet of kisses
Fiery coals of dark passion
Unabating, smoldering
©Amaka Paul 2018
Posted for Tanka Poetry prompt challenge
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erase.
Gnawing at my art
Echoes of a shared secret
Body in limbo
©Amaka Paul 2018
Posted for Haiku Poetry prompt challenge
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