Poetry in Black and White
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- Category: Photography
- Published: Wednesday, 06 October 2021 06:37
- Written by B.Y. Penman
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RESPONSIBILITY
GRIEF
REGRET
a heavy trio
deftly slung
over both shoulders
carried with determination
until the grit built up
beneath my feet and hurt
enough to make me stop
to sit with the weight
of everything
and it slowly slipped
then settled
on the ground around me
and I was free
B.Y. Penman 9-9-21
free floating in water
softly stroking the velvety ears of a cat
sitting still, listening to vinyl spinning on a turntable,
needle pulling sounds from the grooves to fill the room
pollinating strawberry flowers into becoming more with a paintbrush
stopping on the trail just to listen to the sounds of a gurgling brook
B.Y. Penman 9-10-21
needle on vinyl
takes me back
to slow
time passing
like yesterday's dreams
when tomorrow was full of promise
do you remember
how free felt
before the chains of
adulthood shackled your feet
in place
and the rut formed
through the grind
of the day to day?
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