In Our Rose Petal World

In Our Rose Petal World


"Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe." - American Proverb


In Our Rose Petal World
For All Daughters -


copyright @aladreth 2007-2013


In our Rose Petal World
We dance like fairies
around pink flowers
culling by the road
blue dry grasses
signaling an invite
from the Queen
of Queen Dom
for a snack
of meringue cookies
we all hate
but we go anyway
because they are taking pictures
and they are
also serving
strawberry soda
which
we love


In our Rose Petal World
froth is gold
gold is fire
fire is home
drizzling a sky christmas
in a waiting fell


In our Rose Petal World
we ring around
stampeding catharsis scent
blank to drums
wrapping this moment
around our fingers
path so easily marked
and barking mad
is just okay


In our Rose Petal World
naps are essential
covering our smooth flat
memories of past
setting aflame
gigantic stars
eggs clawing out
In our Rose Petal World
eating rose petals
is good for the body
jars of albatross
pour out
beating
monsoon wings
in broken pulse
of clarity


In our Rose Petal World
we are all sisters
and expand in passion
life and bond
running green
amongst leaves
drying paint on our
native flesh


In our Rose Petal World
our home is safe
our father is home
free and alive
and we'll write a poem
about this tomorrow


In our Rose Petal World
stellar prayer worriers warriors
women in the branches
looking down upon
the lies
of the heart
never forgetting
the moment we were free
wishing
we didn't want to do
a cover version
with our lover
called, "I'd Rather Go Blind."
knowing
he'll just do it
and all his other hieroglyphs
with another
because we do not trust
or because we trust too much
take us back
take us back to
the day
we had pink rose petals
in our eyes
take us back to
Our Rose Petal World

Good God Woman

Good God Woman
copyright @aladreth



Beautiful Bottle Auction Girl
Sassy Strawberry Sweetie
Mystical Melodious Mistress
Diana Lifetime Literature Legend
Pomegranate Pert Pretty

57 cans to drink for Zion
5 stones to slip for David
You look good talking,
So talk more.
Say, "Okay, okay, okay."
Instead of, "Fuck off."
To the broke fool
Who don't bow down.

Beautiful Bottle Auction Girl
Sassy Strawberry Sweetie
Mystical Melodious Mistress
Diana Lifetime Literature Legend
Pomegranate Pert Pretty

Your life path
An adventure of chaos,
Wrap your white Easter Eggs
With red strips of paper,
"Jesus Loves You,
But I think you are
A code 295.00 personality
And should be stepped on
With my shoes."

Beautiful Bottle Auction Girl
Sassy Strawberry Sweetie
Mystical Melodious Mistress
Diana Lifetime Literature Legend
Pomegranate Pert Pretty

Your medical records read,
"She really doesn't give a shit."

One time you were raped,
So vulnerable, you thought,
You would get wheels, spokes,
Hubcaps
Out of the 'deal.'
So naive,

Back in college,
Sociology class,
You were the only one
Who said
Romance was
Part of marriage.

You can be so right,
You can be so wrong,
With your moonshine growl,
Mystical Ball Bark,
In your exes apartment,
Camera watching,
You kissing
The elevator door,
Bent down,
Straightening the strap on your heel.

And now, you bloody lip liar,
Hack in to his computer,
Delete
Every time you said,
"I love you."

incantation

and now you sleep - like a performance - like a drama - it has ended and there are tears - no time to wipe them - they are held there below your crooked eyes and i think of them - think of how beautiful you are - you say, "stop saying 'beautiful' - call me handsome" - so yes, oh, so handsome -

so perfect - so in need of glorious holy wine to be rubbed in your face - i want to kiss you - exchange our bodily fluids - i want to whisper in your ear - i want to tremble when i recognize your voice - finally - and i will - one day - i will have it deep in my soul - there is a path to it -

i need you - oh, i want you - but i need you - as an object - as a lover - a partner - as a lifelong connection - your jaw held so hard and cold - one day this winter - cold - i would offer you some warmth - change your mind - make you change - make you weary - you would raise your lips - to say all sorts of things you had never imagined - you would shudder - intent on your senses - our pleasures

- a new sensation - love filling - it would be you - you would no longer be mortal - you would believe you could live forever - savours transmitting - definitions - make this reappear - over and over - make it reappear - illumed by light - recapture everything - fine - we would be others - we could be - i would

be anyone - our likes would be the same - let me write this overture - you'll never grow fatigued - you'll never lose your dream - you will be rested  - refreshed - that empty space - in your mind's eye - remembering the first mouthful we had together - rising - embedding - great depth - of love mounting - measured by echoes - palpitating images - come - let me follow you into your mind - those colours blending - whirling hues - i want you - there - here - evidence of us everywhere - your smell soaked in my sheets - my taste soaked in yours - let this new / old memory come out of our being - ten times

over - every difficulty would urge us to give up - but we won't - we will never - suddenly a crumb will return - it will be like a summer over and over again - everything resumed - all background noise gone - all static gone - more vitality - more persistence - more faithful - the smells and tastes of everything of

us - no longer buried in ruins - but there - recognized - in all weathers - in all days - in all roads - you

me - love