Street Roots • April 21-27, 2017
Poetry
Page 13
Caught Red-Handed
Seize the Day
by Aileen McPherson
by Daniel Cox
A daily commute, nothing new,
walk by the park, a train to catch,
Chill in the air, the sweet scent of spring
Lingers everywhere, as eyes turn down,
shiny on the ground,
A nail black and sleek silver sparkles
make it complete.
Wasted days are ending,
Today is a bright new refreshing
Dawn to start out the morn
With a plan, like maybe
Quit the cigarettes. Like kick
The habit. Today you,
Are limitless, limitless.
Seeing this makes my mind race,
What are you doing in this place?
Did that hurt? Are you okay?
Was it an accident? Or were you taken away
So many questions, fewer answers,
speculations all, a mystery never to solve.
Bag placed down upon the ground, in a pocket
I reach around, until a bag of
Red Sand for this project I find.
In what I do now, would you say I deface
although it will erase, maybe a disgrace,
or a plaintive cry to the human race.
Descent
by Saoirse-Seersha Bell
Light recedes without a trace
Shadows cling to mountain face
Mist and moss and swirl of cape
Electric tingles at my nape
Sing the songs that Nature knows
Clouds run away from winds that blow
In darkest hour Maat’s Eye sees
Goddess visions through the trees
Descent on moonbeams to leafy palace
In awe I greet her and lift my chalice
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My hand placed down upon cold, hard,
rough bricks, thumb covering the nail,
hand outstretched, a new scene to create
as Red Sand from a bag I shake and pour.
A halo like blood shed is all I leave, the nail
never moved, will this silent statement be understood
This moment must be captured now,
to share with others their own questions to ask.
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