Spring Cleaning

by Melissa   Mar 28, 2009


I've been skipping the sidewalks
of my latter poems,

inhaling jasmine
with open lungs-
but sneering at imagery flaws
with a certain hostility
bullies claim
cursing at fallen language,
snubbing punctuation

then suddenly, quite unexpectedly
it bloomed in me,
perfection will always be..........over there
just ten spaces away
from pen's reach

So I succumb to humility
and adore the cracks
my heart so carefully construed
with her bare hands

yes, falws and all

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  • 7 years ago

    by Mahal Ko Kuya Ko

    <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

    --- MKKK

  • 15 years ago

    by Christopher Wry

    So true they are never done right to their maker .

  • 15 years ago

    by Corinne

    Duh - how stupid of me - Not only did I post twice, but the "fawls" is intentional

  • 15 years ago

    by Corinne

    It's official - You OWN this contest Melissa. Congrats on yet another win on a great poem... fix the word "flaws" though :-D

  • 15 years ago

    by Corinne

    It's official - You OWN this contest Melissa. Congrats on yet another win on a great poem... fix the word "flaws" though :-D

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