"Remembrance and Humor" by Elexer Lyra

Remembrance and Humor

By Elexer Lyra

Will the witty wasp

sting me today with my

attempts at humor?

To try to make others laugh

in replacement for one's own

is a noble gift

in this month of reflection.

I see my own mortality

in the faces of those

now buried

or burned.

Mind in cycles of denial

and remembrance.

A break is needed

so let laughs

pull

at my cheeks.

"Today is a Beautiful Mess" By Elexer Lyra

Today is a Beautiful Mess

By Elexer Lyra

Today is a beautiful mess.

Desk full of useful clutter

given no place to officially be,

but a spot I know where it is.

Headphones are on one side

on top of small blankets of paper,

on the other a lamp is having a 

conversation with a stranded

bottle cap.

 Ginger candy is hiding under

a coupon sheet,

wanting to be eaten, 

but my mind rejects as

a slight throbbing occurs under

damp, long, and heavy hair. 

"Smells like Autumn" by Elexer Lyra

Smells like Autumn

By Elexer Lyra

Nutmeg and cinnamon,

pumpkin in pie shape,

silk touches taste buds

and glides down

with grace

like the tangerine,

lemon,

and cherry leaves.

"Twirling Petals" By Elexer Lyra

Twirling Petals

By Elexer Lyra

Swirling gusts

brush my hair-

twirling the strands

in sequence to

the flower petals

among the wind.

If only I

could be carried

off like those

petals

and experience

flight.

"Naivety" By Elexer Lyra

Naivety

By Elexer Lyra

How do you sit on your 

window sill

and not see the hell

beyond your door?

Eyes gaze at

beauty

while mistaking

high-pitched wails 

as music.

"Unspoken"by Elexer Lyra

Unspoken

by Elexer Lyra

Twisting thoughts

on parchment paper

wings,

flutter through the

hearts

of overactive souls.

 Body full of

words unwritten,

run from heart

to head,

pulsing to be

spoken.

"Friends of Luna" By Elexer Lyra

Friends of Luna

By Elexer Lyra

Luna illuminates our care

as you hold my hand

and I pet your hair.

Light of nightly troubles

helps wash them away.

You are my friend. 

You are my Luna.

You are my light.

"Grasp Your Stars" by Elexer Lyra

Grasp Your Stars

by Elexer Lyra

You are more

than your work.

You are worth 

the effort.

Play with your ball,

lay on your back,

and see the stars.

Grasp them

with your unleashed mind.

"Sky of Never-ending Wishes" by Elexer Lyra

Sky of Never-ending Wishes

By Elexer Lyra

As I go,

know,

I love you.

I will not

leave

for long.

You will see

my shadow,

and hear

my song. 

The brush

against 

your leg,

the weight

on your feet,

the scratching

at the door,

more than your

memories

of me.

Though now 

is hard,

and I understand

why,

keep your head up.

Your dreams belong 

in reality

and not 

in the sky

of never-ending 

wishes. 

Coral Dust

Coral Dust

By Elexer

Chilling brush of wind

Rips my buds

From within

And builds them into mountains

Of sparkling,

Coral dust.

Filling me with fruitful

Awakenings

Of tea complete in youthful

Gatherings.

Delicate powder

Wrapped tightly

To bring power

In nightly

Slumber.

Sugar and Rainbows

Sugar and Rainbows

By Elexer

Sparkling white sugar 

brushes my face 

and makes the air smell sweet,

like honeydew melon. 

Rolling in the bleached flour 

of not yet baked bread,

I see a rainbow

of dancing clouds

smiling.

As they sing

and waltz across the skyline

I follow their steps

in my missing boots

and the fluffy coat 

my mom

always made me where

 on cold winter days.

The child within me smiles

with the clouds

as the adult warns about the time wasted

creating daydreams.

"Spring Pick-Me-Up" by Elissa Rosenthal

Spring Pick-Me-Up

by Elissa Rosenthal

You are not alone 
in this merry meet spring 
fairy tale,
where you fear about failure
with new beginnings. 

You carry a life of work
and willingness 
to improve upon 
your misgivings and mistakes. 

Look at the flowers budding 
around your shoulders,
waiting to bloom 
in delight.

Visions of Stillness

Visions of Stillness

By Elissa Rosenthal

Purple silk brushes my face
like fingertips.
Hovering over my eyes
the intertwined cells 
grasp one-another
with their warm embraces.  
Scents of floral perfumes
engross me
and float my subconscious mind
to a habitation 
of spectacular honey.
Let me nest 
with this passion
in these visions 
of stillness.  

Cries of the Stars by Elissa Rosenthal

 Cries of the Stars

By Elissa Rosenthal 

Delicate vibrations within sound-waves
carry me throughout the stars.
I touch their whispering,
golden, and lingering
wishes for their sisters 
and brothers,
as they grasp within the ether. 
Their firing furnace hearts beat for knowing whether 
they're family will ever
be together,
once more, in the spaces
of times
and trials.  
Miles
and thousands of years 
apart,
they are greeted with only the sound of their heart.  

Luck of a Dragonfly by Elissa Rosenthal

Luck of a Dragonfly 

By Elissa Rosenthal

Take my good luck
into your peace of light.
Willing hopeful wishes
into your grand fortnight.

Release the lucky spark
to others in your world,
for I have given you 
a time to make your pearl.

Pulse by Elissa Rosenthal

Pulse

By Elissa Rosenthal

 

Metal on concrete thoughts 

pulse under my skin,

keeping me from everywhere I need to go 

and I have been.

Scritch scratch 

and peel me thin 

till there is nothing left. 

Every day these systems 

keep me alive, but,

what have I kept?

Muted senses

muted defenses 

making it hard to speak. 

Put me on a wall 

like weaponry 

in your collection 

because I'm not me. 

Pulse, pulse, pulse, pulse,

pulse pull, pulse 

pulse, pulse, pulse, pulse,

pulse, pull, pulse.

"Fluttering Wings" By Elissa Rosenthal

 Flutter Wings

By Elissa Rosenthal

Paint your way into my flutter wings,
and cup them to your heart. Wondering,
with chipping hope,
how
you could brush my dreams away
like a vain rabbit.
Milk into my ear
how your hopes
holed themselves into obscurity.

"Twisted Rainbow" By Elissa Rosenthal

Twisted Rainbow 

By Elissa Rosenthal

Your lips are a twisted rainbow
made of cotton candy floss 
and salty popcorn.
Soft clouds of syrup 
grace my tongue,
and fill me up 

like the glass jar
holding my heart. 
  
Limbs, vines, curling around my legs,
latching me to the sediment 
of our river of light fractals. 
Magnifying lenses examine me,
petting me with your light and shadow.

"Warm Chill" By Elissa Rosenthal

 Warm Chill

 By Elissa Rosenthal

The watching windows 
are like the eyes 

from above me.
Windows full of memories 

creating a warm chill 
to keep me up at night.

Hold me close douglas fir
as wind wallows through you,

as my tears 
water your roots.

"Biohazard" By Elissa Rosenthal

Biohazard

By Elissa Rosenthal

Syringes of toxins pierce the shriveled spiderwebs under my skin.
Mortal,
cherry red
nutrients is drawn out like a verbose speech.
The push and pull
of an uneven tug of war match
drags my body along the ground
which sandpapers me into nothingness.
My body is a nuclear reactor 
full of slow deaths 
of people I do not know.
I see needles as my eyes close for the last time,
wishing they were cat scratches 
from the one who truly knew me.