Three Poems by Paul Tristram

 

Transitional Fledglings

. . . and somewhere, just a little further,

down this strange pathway of life.

When the day is so full of self-esteem

that the top button keeps popping open,

and it's hard to speak for smiling

I'll remind you of back when we met,

a couple of nest-leaving fledglings

all fresh with hope and adventure-ready . . . 

Aerial Combat (Using The Page As Platform, Medium, Stage)

Bloodied underbelly-feathers,

I talon-scratch

an upside-down arc, perfectly.

SPIN, momentarily

(Nailed to the exact same Spot),

like a heart attack,

a bulleted-target . . .

then, I wing-cut,

at an impossible angle,

all rapid momentum

and focused-motion.

My Reaper-eyes

are The Old Testament.

There should be Screeches

and Ripping audio-tears

trailing in my wake . . .

but, I'm shifting muscle

and sinew gears so fast,

whilst mentally-balancing

acceleration and murder . . .

that there's no time for anything

other than approaching IMPACT!

Barbaric Sympathy & North Node Unfolding

Un-connecting from the Countryside

around you . . . 

as your Footsteps regain Steadiness

. . . and your Mind

holograms Back

to partial Grounded-ness . . . for now.

It is time to stop [absently] talking

to the Watchers of your Walk

. . . as you Emerge once more,

to mingle [Lost] amongst

the [Heavy Drudge of] Regular Fold.

So, 'Madness' is a Portal

if Persevered through the Sickness

. . . and a 'Scald' or 'Burn'

upon Memory differs to actual Flesh

. . . as 'Adversity' gives 'Strength' . . . 

'Insanity" brings 'Self-Honesty',

"Clarity' and 'Shamanic-Detachment'

. . . Crucial in Soul-Development

past 'Normal Boundary Restrictions'.

'Mediumship' and 'Clairvoyancy'

are simply 2 more 'Feathers' . . . 

in the 'Cap' that you have Earned.

Your [Freshly] 'Blossomed Brain'

will never fit back inside that 'Box'

. . . which your Inner Travelling

took it [Rupturing] out of . . .

you have become an entire Universe

roaming around [inside] a New World.

Paul Tristram is a widely published, Welsh writer, who's currently up to his elbows in Magic, and long mat it remain this way.