As usual, we had a fantastic turnout for this week’s round of poetry. Sadly, there can be only one winner. Happily, there are also two runners up, so let’s take a look at the second and third place winning entries.
3rd Place
‘When the Door Closes’ by Andrew Scott
When the door closes I can breathe again.
The anxiety given carried itself away.
I am alone in my safe heaven.
Everyone sees a calm, relaxed demeanor,
not seeing the twitches under the skin
or hearing the hardened breathing.
Those moments are hidden
until when my door closes.
Hard to explain the nerves bending.
The ones hidden away in public,
screaming to just run away.
It is a constant fight
that frightens me each time.
Though I smile through it.
Truly feel secure and safe
when the door closes.
2nd Place
‘Puzzle Pieces’ by Sasha Kasoff
Death
You shut doors so firmly
Erasing them off the wall
So only a faint trace remains
An imprint
Like a mistake
In our lives’ sketchbook
The absence marks
Something lost forever
I have heard
You give your soul away
In little puzzle pieces
To everyone you love
To every heart you touch
And you don’t really
‘Move on’
Until every last piece
Is back in the box
Memories may be token things
A weak comfort
In the face of so much loss
But if it’s all you have
Share them
In defiance of death
Don’t let them grow dusty with pain
Remember
Even when the tears come
Smile
Even when it hurts
Each of us hold
A handful of puzzle pieces
Warding off death
With love
1st Place
‘Entertainer’ by Patricia Frazer
For a penny, in the slot machine,
A little dancer twirled and bowed,
It was my earliest waking dream
To strut and trill and thrill the crowd.
So stage school followed, endless nights,
Dull days at down-at-heel hotels,
I plumbed the sorrows and delights
Of show-biz heavens, show-biz hells.
So now, the circle loops me in,
Grown old with waiting for my chance,
My role in life is parrot-piped,
Put money in the slot. I’ll dance.
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