Deception

Under the moon, Under the moon,

The bright, bright moon,
The bright, bright moon, Deception says to me,
This web, yet unwoven “Oh how stupid, stupid, you are,
Does slowly, ever slowly, If you only knew you surely would woe!”
Spin its tangling threads.
And now this blow,
The gleaming threads This heavy, heavy blow,
Grow closer, closer Does strike me like a bell.
‘Till now they all surround me. And I tumble, tumble into Deception’s web.
And now the Weaver, beautiful, beautiful Deception, For now I realize that she is not my foe.
Does emerge from her bed.
Under the moon,
Under the moon, The bright, bright moon,
The bright, bright moon, Deception does step forward, .
I lay eyes upon Deception. And oh the pain, the numbing pain, as now I realize,
And oh sweet, how bitter sweet, Exactly what Deception is.
This fatal doom I know have wed.
No longer am I blind,
“Begone,” I say to it As I see not clearly, ever clearly,
But the chilling, oh so chilling laugh, As to how this could have happened.
That sprang forth from Deception. For now I realize that beautiful, beautiful deception
Oh how it rattles, rattles my bones, Was none but my reflection.
For it’s secret I should know.

Narrative
Sailing

There once was a sailor in May,

When on a sun-shining day,
He said, “Oh Dear,
It is just as I feared!
A storm cloud is coming this way!”

Limerick

Perros y Gatos Dogs and Cats

Gato
tranquillo, astuto,
está bostezando, arañando, duermiendo,
hilo, ronroneo, hueso, lardrido
está gruñiendo, escarbando, corriendo Dog
activo, benévolo,
Perro
Cat
quiescent, cunning,
yawning, scratching, sleeping,
yarn, purr, bone, bark
growling, digging, running,
active, friendly,

Diamante
 The Keys

A vision
In black
And white,
A decision
Of song to
Write, one
Stroke upon
The keys,
Provokes a
Sad degree,
Yet another,
Right after the
Other, hits a
Clear high C.
Used to escape,
The sound that
They make, creates a new world, abates a mind curled, with thoughts wrought, with
Naught, these keys whose
Song unfurls. The soft feel of the
Key, oft reaches out to me, playing
Long descants to spread, throughout
The world, and often swirled, around in
People’s heads. And now the music fades, the music once well played, lays heavy
On the hearts of those, who heard it once
Composed, a veil of dark, toward the
The keys does arc, no more
The keys do show.
Concrete
Serenity

Gentle and kindred,

Fingers of a sea-salt breeze,
Soothe my soul and mind.

Haiku

Questioning

Oh black demon of death

Oh white angel of truth
What gods hath this wrath
For sure not this God hath cast
This plaque of indecent death.
Elegy

Life of a Pig

There once was a pig who saw forks,

And was lying right next to cooked stork,
“Oh dear,” the pig cried,
“Oh me and oh my,
It looks like I’ve turned into pork!”

Limerick

Summer

Emerald mountains,
White waves crash in a blue sky,
Sweet smelling flowers,
Glorious days of Summer,
Inch by like long lost mem’ries.

Of Death Tanka
He stares into the face of Death
Which no one hath survived,
But He not once, but thrice,
Had denied Death before.

And now a smile takes the face

Of cold, unseemly Death,
For now Death thinks
That He at last can’t win.

Death raises raises his hand

And so does He,
Both vying for victory,
Both thinking they can win.

“Oh Death,” He calls,

“You won’t have me now!”
Death cackles and shrieks
For so Death thinks that he can win.

And as the clock strikes twelve,

Death reaches out,
And his laugh contorts,
Into a howl of rage.

He gently fades
From the view of Death,
And Death’s snakelike features boil in rage,
For Death has been thwarted again.

Free Verse
Forest of Dreams and Nightmares

Bright forest of dreams,

A dark forest of nightmares,
Both enshroud my mind

Haiku