Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Bullets and Butterflies
























Will you see the heart in crimson and its torn and shattered edge
or recite the rosary piously and pray and blindly pledge
to expunge your soul, just one less species
of the flutter by butterflies that make you go to pieces
of the pretty ones with active tongues always probing for your nectar
finding ways to make you pay an homage to the scepter
stamen or stigma is the prisoner of war
the sentence, and the words that mean more than a butterfly whore
who is fickle in her feeding and deigns a future tryst
velvet gloved and fingers reaching in the shape of frenzied fist
feigning love in a bullet's jacket and the powder is desire
and the wings of jet black swallowtail never fail to inspire
a response, a retort, a secret blush and stroking
and a stoking of a fire that is starved for air and choking
on a premise, on a promise that a law will break tonight
and a feeling, infatuation, on the hook of a brand new height
for monarchs, migration, and drunk on monarchy
and on milkweed, and thistle, and Pennyroyal tea.

3 comments:

Elsa said...

I can't believe you don't have any comments on this post yet. Is it me or is this one of the best pieces you've written? At least, it is among some the best for I do admire your ability to put words together and to express depth of heart, passion and meanderings. Am I stroking? Not intentionally. Just plain honesty is what I give.

KGT (aka Cagey) said...

Thanks Elsa..stroking is fine. :) But honesty is at a premium, and thanks more for that.

lissa said...

though the words are beautiful, I can't say I understand it all but what comes to mind is these words:
dominating person with a complex personality, perhaps living an unfinish life but always striving to gain something

the rhyming is sublime