101 in 1001 - Write 25 Poems (No. 21 - 25)

An unrelated picture I took of the sea/clouds

This is part 4/4 for goal 21 on my 101/1001 list:

021. Write 25 poems.


With this set of poems, this goal is complete!  You can read the first six here, the second six here, and the third eight here.

You can read the last five under the cut below↓↓↓

Strangelets

Up or down or strange,
Destabilising subatoms
And theories borne of chaos,
In the beauty of the nothing,
Abstract invisible colours,
In the all-consuming void.


Cycle

Underneath the shelter of
Glossy green leaves
The tiny pupils become
Tadpoles. Brave, they
Swim in an ocean of
Calming currents and
Soft words from the wind.
Gently, they exist.
Then, legs to dance with
And singing vocal chords
Grow slowly, slowly, slowly.
Until they change.

The ocean transforms into
Landlocked dewdrop puddles.
Little froglets jump away
But some will never swim.
Lost in the long grass
Hiding from the armies
Of another creche
And cannibalistic friends.
They seek out cooling ponds,
In the world of desert giants.
But it goes on and on and on...
A neverending drought.

The rippled hopes of remaining frogs
Dissolve into murky waters,
For predators are always near,
Waiting for a naive mistake.
Caught, the desperate heartbeats pump
And crescendo, desperately racing on.
Their journey is over. Yet
The songs of courtship are
Music for leaping parades
Of amorous survivors.
And another thousand jelly eyes
Begin the expedition again.


Knock-Knock

Knocking on bone, tapping under your skin,
Open your soul, let these horrors in.
You can pretend I'm imaginary,
But I know that you're still scared of me.

Autumn has come, certain season of doubts,
Open your skull, let your monsters out,
Perfume-sweet kisses, such trickery.
You will always be afraid of me.


月聖歌 / The Moon Chant

力の海、私に力を与えて
[Seas of power, give me strength]
彼らのすべての弱点を教えて
[Tell me all of their weaknesses]
彼らが痛みを感じさせないけど
[But do not let them feel pain]
偽りを食べる傷心で
[In a lie-consuming heartbreak.]

この月明かりの黒ミサで、歌って
[Sing in this black mass of moonlight]
美もうそも欲も恐怖が
[Beauty, lies, greed, and fear]
私の邪悪を祝うのここに来て、
[Have come to celebrate my wickedness]
月様が罪を受け入れる。
[The Moon accepts my sins]

私が血の海から力をお願い！
[I ask for power from the Sea of Blood!]
彼らが最も望んでいる事を与えて
[Give them what they want the most]
鼓腹な日食
[A euphoric eclipse]
骨折した骨と血だらけ唇と...
[With fractured bones and bloody lips...]


Carousel

Endlessly spinning around
He could not stop.
His eyes only saw them
And you caught glimpses sometimes.
Beaming fragments of pretty dolls
In cotton candy dresses.
Everything seems beautiful
In that world where you do not exist.

The red lights of the carousel
Lit up their eyes
And he came to life.
The blue lights of the carousel
Painted your flesh
As you disappeared.

Bright lights were burning his eyes
He could not stop.
They wanted more
He gave them all that you were.
All that he is,
Always more.
Reflected happiness fades
Even in a fun house.
You were the things he forgot
Carousels. Memories.

The red lights of the carousel
Lit up their eyes
And he was so adored.
The blue lights of the carousel
Made him your double,
Without saying goodbye
You suppressed that night.