"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.

"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.

"Welcoming Autumn" By Elexer Lyra

Welcoming Autumn

By Elexer Lyra

Fox of mellow nature

meet the windy

autumn of your ancestors.

The once young leaves

now fall

as you will once

your time comes.

Embrace the quite

letting go of 

worries

made by the 

soundproofing

which has fallen

and is now underfoot.

"Mazes of Success" by Elexer Lyra

Mazes of Success

By Elexer Lyra

Turning paths of

metropolis

circles in meditative

mazes of thought.

Motivational posters

for the finish line

with no hint of it's

location.

Found only by those

who kneel,

dig with bare hands,

forget the maze,

and find the tunnels

lined with gold.

"Visions of Mermaids" By Elexer Lyra

Visions of Mermaids

By Elexer Lyra

Water falls on my body

Like a cold iceberg. Lilly

Showers powder silk-like skin,

As the thrust of winter winds

Brush my hair with delicate

Grace. Plucking articulate 

Vocal cords.