Originally published August 10, 2009.

Invisible Appeal

In sharing, you blossom
beyond a shell of fragrance,
less fragile in purpose
yet full of potential verve.

With words, we caress
the borders of mundane
frustrations wrapped up,
stacked debris on the curb.

Empty air, stale with memory
fills my nostrils as I exhume
the backyard graveyard for
bones worthy of burying

deeper, beneath the longer
worms churning at the
behest of the life force
brimming in all matter.

All spirits flee, stealthy in
execution at the moment that
life no longer holds ebb
in check with the scoundrels

until ego and terror collide
with that nervous smile inside
wondering why such collisions
demand patience and silence.

ju
love the images- great opening lines. i will read and re-read this one- sure there's more yet for me to take from it.

Susan Jarvis
A multi-layered, impacting triumph of a poem that is crammed full of imagery to engage all the senses and leave the reader reeling. A masterclass in poetry.

Frank James Ryan Jr./FjR
John, i like this a lot...You dig deep,with such choice written elocution for depiction both rich and impacting, and delivered structurally with fluxion that glides like silk off satin... ....Class crafting! FjR