Towering over,
ill placed egos swell with pride
while victims cower
suffering from their birth rights
subject to fearful hate crimes
In response to weekly prompt (hate and pride) challenge #45 here: https://butismileanyway.com/2017/08/08/colleens-weekly-poetry-challenge-45-haiku-hate-pride/
Three purple pansies
Caught running wild
Dehydrated and frolicking
Out in the midday sun
Wearing nothing but foliage
A magnificent green
Bringing out their violas
Looking a bit shunned
Until I poured them some
Rehydrating the fun
Excuse me
do you have the time
to scribble another
senseless line
of purple prose, and
stuttering rhymes
standing in line
buying time
fighting lines
wasting time
losing your
mind
Wildflowers abound
Roaming the outskirts of town
Thriving without sound
~~~
Dotting the landscape
Of California terrain
Cheering up my day
If anyone knows what that last one is please enlighten me.
She’ll never just rollover onto her back
Because she’s the alpha female of the pack
Asserting her dominance at the hint of an attack
Standing her ground, the low vibrations sound
A warning growl, reverberating turn around
Fail to heed now, you’ll be taken down
I hear the drums beat
In the heat of the city streets
The sounds of world flutes
Fluttering curtains and leaves
Of the tall oak tree
Out the window of my room
A native chant calls with every flap
Carried upon a falcons back
Reminding me to look and see
Find the inner peace
That elevates me
The creatures go bump in the night
Causing a fright
Peeking one eye
Trying to hide
White knuckles clinging to covers
Body shudders
Frantic heart beats
For lurking beast
Watching and anticipating
Speculating
One’s very fate
From growing hate
-Minute Poem
