all i can see (sequence in black and white, take off from the NaHaiWriMo facebook site)
all i can see–
black and white
in your eyes
gray–
when the sun falls
on your lies
black–
dregs settling
our arguments
white–
our window blinds
turned down
ashes
on the burner your note
in black and white
Copyright (c) by Alegria Imperial 2011
(take off from Melissa Allen’s prompt, black and white, at the still-on NaHaiWriMo facebook site)
Escape (for one shoot Sunday)
She leans on her toes, picks up lead
in the light, streaks in the wind
—gold melts into indigo on her feet.
Shredded knits soaked in dregs becomes
her, a princess biting at grit, thrusting
her feet into the roar, a moment
to dread yet to want to slip in, a
gaping so inviting—the tunnel’s mouth
slurping the sky—but she turns back
drawing tight like a lover her shadow
and flits toward the light.
I posted this poem for One Shoot Sunday at the One Stop Poetry blog.
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