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Lightning Bug CosmosI lace my skin up like a corset, peel back the blinds on my eyelids, and take a step forward, waking from the poppies to the
lightning bug glow of truth tapping on my eardrums.

In front of the mirror I stand, but what I notice is not the awkward crook of my nose or butterfly lashes. I look into the lighted mirror as if searching for answers hidden under
Ribbon-like sets of
veins, arteries and nerves.

Sometimes it all flows correctly; sometimes everything becomes
knotted up in all the wrong places. Skin toughened by beatings brought about by the
Lightning Bug Cosmos9 months ago in Free Verse

LightningHe was crying lightning
An impulse from the brain
Unable to ignite his bones
Only serving to drain

A sense of melancholy
For a poor boy so young
Each breath had become a curse
Not a gift from his lung

She was crying lightning
There was calm before the storm
In the eye of the hurricane
Her boy was never warned

A sense of compunction
As once again she rolled the dice
Not once doubting the idiom
Lightning never strikes twice

They were crying lightning
Protons and electrons collide
As she whispered her secrets
Into his ear she confides

A sense of duality
They caress each others spark
Yet they're no longer static
As they emeLightning5 months ago in Free Verse

lightning storm."did you feel that?" you murmured,
sending goosebumps crawling down
my skin. "feel what?" but i knew
exactly what you meant.
the shock; the current
the fire.

"i'm scared of lightning."
"me too."

-

"you're crazy," you laughed. i love your
laugh. "no i'm not, i'm just happy; free."
i danced barefoot in the grass, arms
stretched out and feeling the warmth
of the sun
one more time.

"will you teach me? lightning storm.4 years ago in Free Verse

Violet Lightning1.
Violet lightning pulsed
between the clouds.
I wondered how much
electricity was trapped
within my ribcage.

2.
Pulse, flash;
pulse, flash.
Thunder roars with
pride and it
starts to rain.

3.
I have never seen a
soaked umbrella look so
shapely before. All black coat,
bright hazel eyes that scream
so softly under dripping mascara.

4.
Our first date is traditional,
which is odd because I'll soon
find that neither of us are that
type. The dinner was too cheap
and the movie: too expensive.

5.
We held hands the whole time;
she kissed my cheek in the cinema's
private artistic darkness.

6.
When shViolet Lightning1 year ago in Free Verse

Lightning Bug CosmosI lace my skin up like a corset, peel back the blinds on my eyelids, and take a step forward, waking from the poppies to the
lightning bug glow of truth tapping on my eardrums.

In front of the mirror I stand, but what I notice is not the awkward crook of my nose or butterfly lashes. I look into the lighted mirror as if searching for answers hidden under
Ribbon-like sets of
Lightning Bug Cosmos9 months ago in Free Verse

Lightning StrikeThen she started laughing
as if she could see the lightning strike.
It fell down from some high point and
crashed through her body,
illuminating all the dark places in her eyes.

Stumbling to her feet,
she gained her balance
like it was the first time,
like there was no way she could fall.
She laughed and laughed, and wiped her face clean.
With tears on her fingers,
she raised both hands into the winter sky.

People are good! she screamed,
and her face flushed red.
Her words, normally,
hung like dead things in the air
And now they rushed around her
Through her fingers, on wings
Like water, like prayer
Flowing throuLightning Strike3 years ago in Free Verse

The Legendary Thunder WolfThe Legendary Thunder Wolf:

In the darkest of times his tale is told.
The Thunder Wolf of legends old...
He came from the mountains on a stormy night
To save the Lycans from a dire plight...

Our race was young and growing still
Born into the world by Luna's will.
She gave us hearts of the purest light
And told us that the world was bright.

But Luna was a child, small and naive;
She saw the good in which she believed.
Sadly for us, we lived the truth;
As we were hunted for fang and tooth.

Knowing nothing of weapons or war
We were slaved and broken to our very core.
It was then that he came, hammer in hand
And he swore to us to The Legendary Thunder Wolf1 year ago in Free Verse

Lightning Won't MatterLightning won't matter
To the man who'll doubt
The idea of true love at first sight:

Because lightning won't matter
To the man who'll not part
In haste, the entirety of his heart.

Because lightning won't matter
To the man who'll listen
For the lady who speaks when her soul glistens.

Because lightning won't matter
To the man who'll caress
A body he knows will never perish.

Because lightning won't matter
To the man who'll ingest
Her serene and pure, mind-soothing breath.

The view of a lady
Cannot change his mind,
Because lightning won't matter
To the man who is blind.Lightning Won't Matter3 years ago in Traditional Fixed Forms

Your life is a boat

Wandering the desolate seas.

Sunshine

Stillness

But then nothing.

Until the heavens open.

Lightning strikes

Thunder cracks.

The seas waves grow and grow

Hitting your mast,

What guides you

pulling you on your right path.

From beneath

In the dark deep waters

Lurks a demon.

A demon so big

It will swallow you whole.

Sink you

until your last dying breath.

The Kraken

Your worst enemy.

It will wrap its deadly tentacles around you.

Squeeze away your pleading scream.

The Kraken?

It's your life's worst enemy.

Death.The Kraken6 months ago in Free Verse

LightningStatic in the sky

A wonder crashing down in the night

Beauty in nature so sweet

Sweeps me off my feet

Elegant light flashes before my eyes

I dance around as the sky crys

Lightning hits the ground

Thunder rages its sound

Its mystery is unknown to me...

Im just glad I can enjoy its beautyLightning2 years ago in Free Verse

Lightning StrikesLightning Strikes:

Every bolt is hot
Every strike is bright
Nature at it's finest
Putting on a show at best
Though it can be intimidating
Just like love itself
But know with every strike
My heart beats faster for you
As the clouds roll wind in from the west
My hand grips yours tighter then the rest
The night turns to day
For that half of second
Making your eyes glow like the finest crystals
From that point on
I know it may be hard
But love is so surreal
For I know it is true
Right here with you
As the Lightning Strikes Lightning Strikes9 months ago in Free Verse

and it rained lightning.hello grandson;

the night hell froze over
i was sitting on the hilltop
hurling lightning across the sky.

it was raining hellfire comets.
they sizzled and rent holes in my skin,
ate through my hands with a pleased serpent hiss.

(i felt nothing)

and i was afraid.
my past glories were damned
to a foreign god's pit, and the blood

of his martyrs
tainted, ruined, despoiled
the sacrifices they once made to me.

there is no place
for old gods, Hades told me
the day before Lucifer ate him.

we used to be something, grandson.
now the mortals pray after anotherand it rained lightning.4 years ago in Other

climate changes of your thighsplease understand
why you and the weather
aren't best friends anymore:
because you called a twister
tornado in bed.

please understand
that the rain doesn't
fall when you cry,
and it will not
snow on your birthday.

please understand
that you were born
during a thunderstorm,
and that's why your mother
named you disappointment.

please understand
that you will die
during typhoon season–
your last word: goodbye,
your voice shivering like
an electric whirlwind,
your last breath stolen
by a salty hurricane.

please understand
that when you left,
the sun still shone
like the jealous star it is–
a ball made of hydroclimate changes of your thighs3 years ago in Free Verse

Poem prayers for Japan.The following haiku are by a number of different deviants. They are posted below as a way of sending our prayers and/or thoughts of love and support, as well as showing our solidarity for the people of Japan, in the wake of the 8.9 earthquake and ensuing tsunami and nuclear crisis.

Please, please send your haiku to me. Leave them as a comment, note me with them, post them as a deviation and link me. I will add them here. The goal? The creation of a beautiful collaborative work of art that shows our LOVE, SUPPORT and SOLIDARITY. Even if you cannot assist the people of Japan monetarily, DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF WORDS AND POSITIVE ENERPoem prayers for Japan.2 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

BlewI could never dream of English
rains that lashed the slabs of Cornish
paves, as a wild clawed cat paws
waves into boats onto rocks
unto death. Hear the slosh

slosh slosh of Mousehole harbour's
bathtub slop; see the gulls flying
backwards, the rainbows as warning
flags, the white horses blowing
up the cliff and over the heath,
taste the wind-nipped salt
drying on your lips. Once I felt

the lightning buzz before
it cleaved a nearby birch in two,
once saw the eye of Men-an-Tol
winking in the storm, and fish
jumping for their very lives
straight into the mouths of birds.

The sea is everywhere. It bites
at our ankles, gnaws at tBlew3 years ago in Free Verse

The Glass Girl.No one wants
the broken girl,
the shattered girl
with a heart of glass,
and if you ask
she'll never tell you
what made those cracks
in her shell of joy.
Because if you found out
what she went through,
what she spent to
get here today,
she fears you'll pray for
another girl.
another way.

Because no one wants
a broken window
with spiderweb lines
all up and down,
or the leaky boat
with a chance to drown.
She WANTS to dance,
but haunts the corner
of her deepest darkest fear
instead.

She watches in silence
and quiet defiance
as the shiny new toys on the shelf
get picked first.

and it HURTS

because she knows that there's no appeal
in choosing tThe Glass Girl.1 month ago in Free Verse

LightningHer sparks
Lick at my fingers,
My eyelids,
My forehead.

She clings,
Desperate
For safety.
But she is
Misleading,
The dying queen.

The sky falters;
Shudders
In her embrace.Lightning1 year ago in Free Verse

LightningBright flashes crackle
Shock and spark through the cool night
They shimmer and shineLightning5 months ago in Haiku & Eastern

An Oath to My FatherAn Oath to My Father:

The chill of winter is nothing, when compared to the cold inside my heart.

A fire, once stoked by the warmth of family, has quietly died, five falls past.

I dream of my father, who watches from beyond the realms - and my ancestors

Who fought against an endless army of giants, to win the lands we have today.

Just as a devout man honours his God through worship, I honour them through my axe!

Each stroke of the whetstone, each screech of the metal, brings me closer to them -

Even as I draw closer to my doom. Oh how I can feel him, for the anger in my blood

Boils evermore as I sense him approaching my camp. He is hunAn Oath to My Father7 months ago in Traditional Fixed Forms

Tree1 year ago in Concrete Poetry

Lightning If she was a glorious bright star, burning with potential…

CREAK, CREAK, TOWER OF PURGATORY
PIERCING THE WORLD LIKE LIGHT

Burns brighter than the sun

It bares its teeth like a light
And spits me out after days
(shh, wLightning3 years ago in Urban & Spoken Word

For GrandfatherHe Brought the Jar of Lightning Bugs

I remember vividly
The first night that I saw them
The dancing of the fireflies
Or “lightning bugs” you’d call ‘em

Their colors shone, and bright they did
Floating smoothly, bright as day
But a pain set in my heart, as I
Didn’t want them to go away

And then he came, with leathered hands,
His eye twinkled like a star
His pace was slow, but carefully,
He brought with him a jar

And in those jars, we stored the light
Not forever, but just awhile
And as we looked at his carefree face
We couldn’t help but smile

The doctors said they weren’t sure yet,
But I senFor Grandfather6 years ago in Urban & Spoken Word

Night Comes Again4 years ago in Visual & Found Poetry

My Closet.My closet is full of porn.
Fluffy handcuffs and lingerie.
And the sex draw lies at the back.

My closet holds all the passwords.
To laptops full of yaoi fanfics.
And bad poetry.

My closet is brimming with secrets.
Bones that trap me in shame.
Time to set them free, and air out the place.

Fantasies of Titanic relationships.
A crushed wish to whisper "I love you."
So far from my Ice Queen persona.

My closet keeps all my fears.
Tucked away and buried.
My social anxieties and issues.

My family ties, all but cut
Through pain and hate.
Failed attempts to fix the unfixable.

My closet is big, but it's getting full.
Of paranoia aMy Closet.9 months ago in Free Verse

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