I’m glad you liked the use of subjunctive here; in searching for a title, it seemed most apt. Indeed, too many plans like this have come to nought, or appear distinctly unlikely. Thanks very much for reading, and for your response.
Subjunctive
Perhaps if I’d been born a different man
I’d make a proposition rude
and hope that you might fall in with my plan,
suggestions hardly misconstrued,
but ending on the sofa or divan
with each of us embraced,
all barriers effaced.
Would that the peaceful, late day sun had traced
across our resting frames to span
the arms I want to hold us waist to waist
in light appealing to Gauguin,
while we exquisite, haunting k
Poor Liam, trapped in a circuit of anxiety, a spiral of worry that can only land him in a great, cold wet swamp of depression. I can only hope that Mark will find him.
Thanks so much both for reading and for your response. I can only hope that you and many of us will have conversations about the small signs of defiance we see and plant around us every day.
Art may soothe, inspire, resist and defy. It helps to write, still more it helps to know one is not alone. Thanks for reading, and for your encouraging words.
A skyscraper here refers to the poetry form, rather than an actual building. The crazed, cruel, creatures are those who would prey upon us for their own advantage. I’m glad that you found these interesting. Thank you very much for reading and commenting.
Descent
Night descends
and all that was in light
is suddenly swallowed up in shadow,
smothered and submerged in starless uncertainty
where crazed, cruel creatures lie in wait
to feast upon the bones
of rainbows.
Darkness
It’s so hard
to resist the grey mist
that with subtle silent fingers creeps
and shrouds unwary spirits in cold cheerlessness
to numb, to choke, to douse with despair
the fragile fla
It’s good to see more of Liam’s life evolving. Why was that woman staring? It’s probably nothing, but one never fully knows. I can’t imagine Liam wanting to leave Ed behind. Ed seems to be able to help Liam get a better grip on the world. They’re stronger together.
An excellent thriller of a chapter, in which much is revealed, and the evil ones are apprehended. Better still, Thomas and Brendon are finally able to be themselves and make each other stronger.