When the little hand hits twelve
On the face of my watch,
I’ll get off this chair
And pour another scotch.
Yellow and sweet
In a vicious kind of way,
Taking down fences
Ferrel words at end of day.
In the morning it’s coffee
I’ll be electrically afflicted
I bounce between these tonics
When my words are constricted.
The right words never come
My mind held on a scale,
Swatted like a horsefly
Tossed by the gale.
Buzzing energetic,
All business and astute,
Or brilliant in my torpor
But wordless as a brute.
This erratic crazed ballet
Doesn’t really help,
Should make better choices,
Kale, beets, and kelp
If my habits are nonsensical
If you could call me crazy,
I’m halfway to genius
At least I’m not lazy.
– Vagabond Prophet
– Not going to lie, I was trying to write something else and it wasn’t working so I wrote this about writers block..
Tag: poetpardy
Tapeworm
Life is winter
Life is pain
By enduring
You may gain,
A chill so haunting
A love so daunting
It stands above
Swaying ponderously.
Awaiting consent
For it’s descent
To crush you completely
And make you anew.
To smother your spark
Leave it in dark
A reluctant tapeworm
Extracted by force.
Replaced with a germ
Expanding and firm
To fill you with hope
The truest love you’ve known.
– Vagabond Prophet
Biding my Time
I’m the power line
Biding my time
Letting it all pile up
On my spine.
Waiting for prey
For me to betray
Underneath my shadow
Bombs away!
– Vagabond Prophet
– For the power line that dropped snow on my head today.
I am a precarious experiment
Baking soda
Stitched together with vinegar.Pull one thread
And it all begins dissolving.

The sky meets the ground.
They’re one thing now,
No separation
Just unity.
– Vagabond Prophet
Elevated
With sounds that
I can only describe
As soaring.
You elevated me
Above all my mourning.
– Vagabond Prophet
North Star
I see exactly four stars.
North
South
East
West.
Which one do I follow
To bring me
Crashing at your door?
I’m so lost
Please help me.
I’m not so proud now
Just say something.
– Vagabond Prophet
Hoping
I think I’m getting worse
Let it be as wine
Refining for a time.
Letting all bitterness
Bubble out
Hoping sweetness
Is left behind.
– Vagabond Prophet
Painfully Pink
Fingers getting numb
Painfully pink
Still holding this pen though.
When ink freezes also
That’s when I’m truly dead.
– Vagabond Prophet
Bags under my eyes
Hammocks in disguise