Wednesday 15 June 2011

Where the Spectacles Fade

Travelling monkeys and circus shows.

They have nothing on the spectacle

where our love grows

with spine-tingling hope.

we wait for the façade to fade

to a duller, less faceted

version of the truth, where love is

expressed in the mundane.

To days of urbanities and chores,

the trudging steps of the everyday

to which the brave succumb.


Sentiment filed away

for special occasions

and passion a lukewarm memory.


That is not us, in this tangle

of sweat and earthiness, grounded

and in flight, simultaneously,

an intricate performance too real,

desperately clinging,

whilst inwardly fleeing

to the safety of the mundane.

3 comments:

glnroz said...

there seems to be no single ownership of the "mundane". good to see you are out and about again

Moggie711 said...

Wow, wow, wow - this is amazing. I have nothing to say as I am in awe. They sound like really good lyrics (not RW ones) and bring such emotions to me of reality and sadness. I agree with glnroz - you should be doing this more!! Please, please, please, can this go on CP - it really is good enough.

Moggie711 said...

Ps your poetry always reads aloud so well - the emotions come so alive to the spoken word. A sign of good poetry.