11: Open - Nov 2021

Gallimaufry

Fast coursing through my veins
A thrum of pulses running deep
Waves of the red see convulsing 
Rendering me powerless in my awakened sleep

My solace liberates in the dark nights
My companionship lies with the orange moon
She lulls me into a pulsing numb 
With her silky bellowing tune

And when she takes her leave 
I'm left with the thunderous whispers 
Of my hands tugging at rusted yellow bars 
And a dim scream of mellifluous whimpers 

So many voices competing in harmony 
Each singing a different song 
Like the green warblers 466 ditties 
By the hour of clocks ticking along 

Endlessly roaming an infinite realm 
Stretching further than the blue sky’s end 
My hands cupping my ears 
Begging for an obscuring to impend

The constant thrum of my heartbeat 
Ominously present driving me insane 
Not even the purple amethyst quarts 
Can resurrect me from my drunken slain

Confined within my mind 
Thoughts wild with now reign, bow
Unsharpened and my stance unsuspecting 
To the serpentine wroughts of my shadow 

- Suhaimah Alli

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