Dis(Re)membered - Nov PAD day 27

Dis(Re)membered

Maybe you don’t recall

but we’ve been here before.

Separation. Fragmentation.

Shattered, scattered,

into distinct bits –

shivers, splinters, slivers,

chips.

The aftermath’s an ache –

a break – bone deep

and all too real

laden with the hope

that some fractures

must (first) be fully broken

in order to wholly

heal.

PSC / 2016-11

 Penned for Day 27 of Robert Lee Brewer's November PAD (Poem-A-Day) Challenge. 

Assignment: A falling apart poem

  For more, check out this link:  2016 November PAD - Day 27

We’ll Leave the Light On - Nov PAD day 26

We’ll Leave the Light On

Some

name them family,

neighbors and friends; some

maybe strangers seeking refuge

from war torn neighborhoods,

bombed out hospital buildings,

but others call them uglier names,

threaten to toss them back

(like fish too small to keep).

Why share our bounty

with huddled yearning,

wretched refuse?

Why not just

extinguish

the lamp?

PSC / 2016-11

 Penned for Day 26 of Robert Lee Brewer's November PAD (Poem-A-Day) Challenge. 

Assignment: A visitor poem

  For more, check out this link:  2016 November PAD - Day 26

Some Mending Required - Nov PAD day 25

Some Mending Required

Gazing at the stars,

I gather we are not

so wholly broken

that a touch of tape,

some dabs of glue,

and a million

points of light

(carefully applied)

can’t fix us up

again.

PSC / 2016-11

 Penned for Day 25 of Robert Lee Brewer's November PAD (Poem-A-Day) Challenge. 

Assignment: A tape poem

  For more, check out this link:  2016 November PAD - Day 25

 

Oh Yeah - Nov PAD day 24

Oh Yeah

there are worse things than

losing ground

but it often takes

a mile in another’s shoes

to realize this

and if you’re lucky

when you do

it’s not too late

‘cause there’s nothing worse

than

too late.

PSC 2016-11

This poem was a (poor) imitation of  "Oh Yes" by Charles Bukowski 

 Penned for Day 24 of Robert Lee Brewer's November PAD (Poem-A-Day) Challenge. 

Assignment: An imitation poem

  For more, check out this link:  2016 November PAD - Day 24