Sunday 21 March 2010

as a dirge it truly sucks

time ahead intimidates me
demands a piece of me
I turn askew
and sing a dirge silently
letting the aura slowly fade away from me

I look at my immaculate fingers
painted so meticulously,
each one ringed too
I think sadness has no place here
I can't let it rule me

I squint towards the sun
rays of light blind me
yet warmth permeates me
washes away the negatives
I am left with tranquilty

"when a new aura sets around me,
I welcome it illogically"

27 comments:

  1. Does the aura change and fade? Occasionally snuffed out, only to reemerge later? Your introspection gives me cause to think this morning. I enjoyed your piece.

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  2. Yes, they are of the emotion - a good place to be sometimes.

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  3. That is a beautiful poem. I hope this new aura is to celebrate the coming year... Happy Birthday!

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  4. Great poem! Time makes demands of all of us in its own way. Your's is a unique take on it.

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  5. yeah, we do feel this way many a times! nice poem!

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  6. Lovely poem :)
    Thanks for visiting my blog :)

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  7. ahhh. to acknowledge and live with sadness and not let it be overbearing.

    I was living that yesterday. And much of my life, actually.

    Your words, as always, invite thought and reflection. I value the depth you bring to the page.

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  8. Really nice one!!!Its a feeling of deja vu for me

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  9. This makes me and let go of the tension in my body, thank you! And thanks for stopping by my poem.

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  10. A beautiful reflection on the mysteries of an aura!

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  11. A poem to the coming year! Happy birthday.

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  12. Those auras can draw us in and captivate us until, before we know it, we are wide open again--and that is far from easy.

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  13. Splendid... I love your choice of language in this!

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  14. Lovely poem, ruminating on the challenges and the lessons of time.

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  15. time ahead does demand too much sometimes. I'm reading all of these and I love how almost everyone is avoiding the actual prompt. Almost as if we had planned it--disdaining the way stars demand stuff. It's funny somehow.

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  16. "I think sadness has no place here
    I can't let it rule me"

    Absolutely. Beautifully put.

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  17. This had a lovely flow and rhythm...beautifully done!

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  18. Strong emotions here. I have missed reading your lovely work.

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  19. Emotional lament - and you've done that thing with the prompts again; clever.

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  20. Great take on the prompt. I especially like the second stanza. Who hasn't felt that way before?!

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  21. I like this - the auras changing from sadness to tranquility.

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  22. Things rings so true for me in this, the dis-allowing and allowing of different auras based on preference in the moment.

    Beautifully captured.

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  23. I love the line - sing a dirge silently :)

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  24. Why welcome it illogically?

    You must exude an happy aura for all the world to see!

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  25. life is full of many feelings
    many auras
    your poem shares this beautifully

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  26. Such a positive perspective--let the bad aura go, let the good settle in. Lovely verse.

    Good wishes.

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