Showing posts with label poetry by elexer lyra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poetry by elexer lyra. Show all posts

Saturday, August 18, 2018

"Listen to the Ocean" By Elexer Lyra


Listen to the Ocean

By Elexer Lyra







Coastal waters 
of understanding
wash over me
in a blanket
of gratitude
and warmth.

As your lips move
and mine
stay silent.
Your words are threads 
of fishing line
tying my mouth 
shut. 

Saturday, June 30, 2018

"Cinders" by Elexer Lyra


Cinders

By Elexer Lyra





Scolding pencil tips
melt into my veins.
A cauldron is alight
to hone the fire
of pen and paper,
lit by moonlight.
Hair catches the flame
and fills the brain
with motion,
until the body glimmers.
The last stroke makes me
cinders.