A collection of poetry written by a Wikivorce member
The colours of love
Love is a chameleon
constantly changing colour
camouflaging merging into the
background
Love is the colour crimson
bleeds you dry drop by drop
Love is the colour blue
mucks with your head
Love is the colour orange
dazzles blinds you with the light
Love is the colour black
buries you in the dark well of despair
Love is the colour white
envelops you in hollow nothingness
Love is the colour grey
drains you of life and joy
Love is the colour brown
traps you in the quicksand of confusion
Love is a multi-coloured rainbow
not all that glitters is gold
be wary of its seductive ever changing shades
luring you reeling you in with its sweet melody
Voice
freedom to express
stoke that creative fire burning in us all
be it words images dresses
sculptures pictures ideas heed the call
freedom to voice
reflect share what is deep within
even grim pain uncoils its ugly tendrils
shit can be made beautiful through the power of words
freedom to create
make anew something that never existed
present the world the familiar mundane in a different way
humanity at its best to connect not shut out push away
freedom to be
claim your birthright be the person you were meant to be
choose the path you follow to your own promise land
where you flourish blossom in all your quiet splendour
freedom to wonder
ask the difficult questions why play devil's advocate
admit you don't always have the answers you are fallible
but you'd like to keep exploring enquiring learning ponder
freedom to express
have a voice
create be wonder
freedom to be fully human
Heart-Shaped
the void heart-shaped like
cinders and the glass slippers fits
like a glove the catsuit olivia had
to be sewn into in grease
matches mine exactly
the hollow silence mouth-shaped
parallel words swallowed back never to
see the light of day nor the black of
night the hand reached out finding
none to return the call
the bridge bonding exercise returned to again and
again metamorphosed into a wall-shaped chasm
superglued
brick upon painful brick withered crimson
rose petals of hurt buried deep in cracks
Life Laundry
separate the pain anger resentment into piles
read the labels carefully
add in a tab of forgiveness
don't forget the fabric conditioner of forgetfulness
select the programme of letting go
take out dry on the line under the burning sun
blown by the breath of life fresh air
smelling of sweet red roses freshly mowed lawn
put away in the drawer of finished business
