The magnitude
of your imagination
thunders and shakes.
You conquer fears
with confidence.
You are the maker
of a great masterpiece.
You question the moon’s orbit
the power of the ocean
the grace of strangers.
Hypnotised, you laugh
into the great horizon.
© N Nazir 2022
Shared for dVerse Open Link Night, hosted by Linda.
Tone it Down
You tempted me
hanging there coolly.
Casting shade just the way I liked
in a way that made me want you.
I filled my eyes
pretended distraction elsewhere
but I kept coming back to you.
And yet so many others
charmed me too.
It became harder to choose.
Moments passed.
You like…? asked the man
holding out
cerulean blue
inkwells of ultra-violet
emerald, crimson.
Hues so true my heart sighed.
Just give me the whole caboodle, I said.
© N Nazir 2021
Written for Sammi Scribbles Weekend Writing Prompt: Caboodle, 78 words.
Please also check out my response to last weekend’s Sammi prompt below. I would have posted it earlier but it was fiddly af and I only just got round to finishing it. I have numbered each sentence so it’s easier to follow, and also included the verse below.
The rightful owner of this portmanteau
is nimbly devouring
the hopes we find so comforting.
He made an ass of me.
What ist thou doing now
we must go and ponder on the mountain,
how to bring him to heel.
He is a master of misdemeanour.
The goatherd knows it too.
By the way,
have you seen my mule?
© N Nazir 2021
Written for Sammi Scribbles Weekend Writing Prompt: Portmanteau, 59 words (25-26 Sept 2021)
Shared for dVerse Open Link Night, hosted by Bjorn.
Erasure Poem 5, (Sketchbook 2021) biro on photocopy paper, © N Nazir 2021
I imagine
the promise of enlightenment
a universe
divine and impressive
scattered forever.
© N Nazir 2021
Shared for dVerse Open Link Night, hosted by Grace.
You can read the other half of this erasure poem here.
Sunra Rainz 