ice skating with destiny

by james - Pisces

sinister scratching actions across a surface of solid water,
about now it begins to sooth,
but just then it felt altogether dangerous.
Rhyme unwinds the coils and tangles and
twists and turns of  a busy time,
satisfying to the liquid, flowing,
flowing rythm of life and death and guiltless crime;

To get this far I have to get a greater karma,
calming, coming, but still not even knowing 
that the woollen words i'm spewing have
the power and the source for the style of the course,
so I find myself saying to you
don't slow down or let that furrow of a frown drown
you body and soul,
heart and mind.

Call me a taxi, a taxidermist, so I can capture that
look of love you shot me with and preserve
your beauty forever, in my lounge
next to my lizard
so then this life long blizzard of
confusion and ultimate illusion
cannot harm such a perfect expression
nor curl the cupids bow of your top lip
into something of a sneer to patronise the patterns
and trends of a life that lends itself,
to fear.
Birth sign: Pisces
Date created: 1999-11-26 10:40:52
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:41:32
Poem ID: 53861

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