A Fleeting Encounter

20/04/2021 – Poem a Day Compilation



He stepped onto the bus in front of me

His suit freshly laundered by the smell

That was only just detectable under the cologne

He’d liberally applied that morning



He was sporting the designer stubble

That so many found utterly desirable

But I didn’t think it suited his face

And he’d have looked better clean-shaven



If I’d wanted to wager a guess at his occupation

I would have said middle management

Probably in a bank or other financial institution

By the way he carried himself



His voice carried all through the bus

As he talked into his earpiece

No doubt his constantly connected phone

Like an extra limb he couldn’t live without



I was glad to be getting off at the next stop

Away from his pompous attitude

And his overbearing presence

To go on my way in my minimalist peace

Peculiar

07/04/2021 - Poem a Day Compilation



I’m peculiarly peculiar

A strange sort of soul

Wonderfully weird

And erratically eccentric



I’m up and down

And round about

Inside out

And back to front



I’m eager and willing

And avoid at all costs

Yes, no and maybe

All rolled into one



I’m sinner and saint

The good and the bad

The lover and hater

And entirely apathetic



I’m high and so low

Flat as a tack

Up and about

And down in the dumps



I’m full of confidence

Drowning in doubt

Creating and destroying

All in one breath



I’m your very best friend

Your absolute worst enemy

Your greatest fan

And ready to tear you down



I’m the ultimate human

Inexplicable alien

Familiar animal

And supernatural pixie



I’m the stories you read,

Late at night, under the covers

While you smile and cry

All by yourself



I’m the builder of my world

In all its curiousness,

Its absurdities abundant

And its style strange



I’m peculiarly peculiar

Atypical and abnormal

Odd, unconventional

And perfectly me

Jekyll and Hyde: The colour of my thoughts

 02/03/2021 – Poem a Day Compilation

 

Your lipstick welcomed me

Like a moth to the flame

The roses in your hair tempted me

I was not to blame

 

My blood boiled at the thought

Of another having you

I saw red when you even glanced

At another man you knew

 

I bought honey dew and apricots

And we feasted on them all

It was an impulse decision

As we wondered through the mall

 

I should have bought carrots

To add to our meal

Instead of being frivolous –

That wasn’t part of the deal

 

That sundress you wear

Makes me so very happy

With marigold and lilies

And I hope I don’t sound sappy

 

Other men are yellow-bellied

Scared to take what is their right

Cowards, every single one

Afeared to show their might

 

I would gift you the grass, the trees, the leaves

If that should be within my power

No penny nor hundred dollar bill to much

To make my love for you too sour

 

Yet the green-eyed monster rises

When chance to meet a friend

And spend such precious time with them

From daggers through my heart I will not mend

 

My family stock blue-chip, trustworthy

Safe and strong as houses built

To protect fair maidens from such harm

That would cause lesser men to wrack with guilt

 

But I am blue without you near

Succumbing to that dreaded loss

That I may not breathe, my lips lose colour

And into a fresh grave my bones you toss

 

A purple haze descends around you now

Creating an air of mystery

That provokes a curiosity within me still,

That will be studied as monumental history

 

I am as King, draped in finery

Of deep mulberry and flecks of gold

But for you I would disrobe

For your eyes only this to behold

 

I am enamoured by your femininity

Soft chiffons of pink drape across your neck

While delicate bows lace your hair

And dreamtime petals mask the deck

 

I am drawn by your naivety

As innocent as the soft pink flesh

Of lips that never have been kissed,

Of body that my advance might cause to thresh

 

I am sturdy as the tree that stands

Protecting all that shelter here

Within my branches, each yet stronger

You should never know any fear

 

I cannot help but to wrap you up

And my mind does wander in this embrace

As your breast presses close to mine

To thoughts unclean and acts unchaste

 

You are pure as the driven snow

An angel freshly fallen from heaven’s door

That landed with such grace and light

I knew you were the one I must adore

 

My icy veins run cold without you

Feelings frozen and untouched

Harsh and cruel, without remorse

Miserly, my purse strings clutched

 

You are wise beyond your years

Not a hair any shade of grey

Yet you seem to know me well

And see the good in me, I pray

 

But stony-hearted I must appear

To those purveyors of doom and gloom

For I have no time for them

When radiant beauty I must groom

 

I look into your eyes and see a depth

As looking out into the night sky

Beyond the stars to another world

Being so beautiful I might cry

 

Dragging in all around it

My vast and unremitting soul

Feeds the core of my very being

The blackest and most infinite hole

Opposites

03/07/2020 - Poem a Day Compilation



I wanted to stay in and watch a movie.

You wanted to go out clubbing.

We went out to the cinema.



I like wide open spaces.

You like the city life.

We bought a unit overlooking the park.



I wanted to cook an omelette.

You wanted a five-star dining experience.

We used the good plates and had candles.



I like lazy Sunday mornings.

You like running a dawn.

We each did our own thing.



I wanted to get a kitten.

You wanted to get a dog.

We got both, and a turtle, too.



I like intimate barbeques.

You like huge parties.

We had a huge barbecue in the park.



I needed to be brought out of my shell.

You needed to be brought down to earth.

We needed each other.