Violet Llewellyn Poems

One act of kindness
Two hands raised in faith
Calling out to you
From a brilliant pool of light
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Bonedancer upon your prizes
With rhythms of movement
Like feet turned to feathers
Glory in your triumph
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One stark black strip of madness
On a balmy brightened eve
With two pinpricks of disaster
And three souls that don't believe
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Distorted images
And just a touch
Of insanity
Because that’s what makes us
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Time to play B-sides
Dance and sway
We’re all non-conformists
Still misguided in our dignity
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Poetry is the collateral damage from dreaming.
It’s a horror of thought and images tumbled together,
Things you see that are not really there.
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In repose—elegance
Housedress clad frame
Of teeth and nails
Steel ball-bearing eyes
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I can't seem to say the right thing
Act the right way
Be the right one
But it seems to be okay
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Love is pain
You have nothing left to gain
Death is salvation but not
Inside your heaven you're
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A spinning top
Leaping across the floor
Coming down with a flourish
No one knows she's sore
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