PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

oh

desperate Pearl

in the mud

tuck in your bitterness

behind your apron's ties

for fables of a surreal life

only lead astray

relationships

that are forced upon a body

and its trampled mind

the the enslaving Chaucer's

or your time

with but mere threads of grace

remarkable courage is born

one day closer to freedom

you pace

the oppressed secretly weave

their heart shawls

out of shackles shed

long since the spirit's fall

inspiration is a mysterious

catalyst

even upon adversity's fevered brow

rise up from the former ashes of

your inner dignity

to become your own human idea

of the gentle Beautiful Jim Key

that horse of a slave

who raced to win purse strings

and won the hearts of many................

(Feb. 27, 2008 845pm)