Cute Little Quatrain #1

Punish the Jungle

pant
sprint
dazed
fall

Derailed Quatrain #15

Sinking through the Floor

melted like ice cream in sizzling august sun
dripping and leaking from an old chipped up cup
gravity pulling, a tidal wave, a black hole
empty and drained, a car out of gas, rusty, stranded

Derailed Quatrain #14

Tossed to a Vortex of Iniquity

grasping, swinging, monkey in the jungle
falling, crashing, boulder off a cliff edge
staring, gaping, looms the mouth of a lion
fighting, winning, bloody like a gladiator

Derailed Quatrain #13

Chasing Ephemeral Moments

sting from a wasp on a muggy afternoon
tripping on roots and tangled in thorns
scrambling up and tumbling down
bruises and scrapes washed away in the creek

Derailed Quatrain #12

Safety catch flipped to OFF

stare down the barrel of an echoing canyon
Words of menace unheard over the din of silence
mist settles thick like ghastly specter
swift little click is a clap of thunder

Derailed Quatrain #11

Death or life? Is there another option?

languish in a syrup of depression
cardinals and robins tweet discordant tones
sun's searing brightness, a slap in the face
hide beneath itchy blanket, hope for restless sleep

Derailed Quatrain #10

Heart Squeezed in a Vice

steady pulsing, pomegranate red
rising tide of fury, lava overflows
faster, faster, cheetah seems like snail
pressure in an hourglass, dam on brink of bursting

Derailed Quatrain #9

White Noise

gentle electronic buzzing
air flow swishing, intermittent
steady pulse of keyboard clacking
hailstorm pounds the fragile rooftop

Derailed Quatrain #8

Caffeinated Half Remembered Dreams

thoughts in circle, hamster on a wheel
rockets launched from depths of mental canyons
imploding in the face of steel constructions
hazy like a drive through London fog

Derailed Quatrain #7

Rollin'

heavy thudding, pavement cracking
wheels like bison in stampede
crushing insects, birds, and rodents
progress raging like a hurricane

Derailed Quatrain #6

Claustrophobia

on hands and knees now raw from constant scraping
tiny flame lights inches in stretching ebony
cough and gasp for ragged breaths of mildew
helpless, pushing onward, biting down the panic

Derailed Quatrain #5

Sealed in Tight

thunder slams the sky like cannon blast
beyond the tunnel walls, a brilliant flash
stalactites shudder, ceiling crumbling down
panic fills the hearts of men now trapped

Derailed Quatrain #4

Surprised by Solitude

bursting forth through atmosphere
tapestry of lights on blackness
breathless at the vast and empty
feels like speck of dust in canyon

Derailed Quatrain #3

Precipice

tumbling stones in gathered swiftness scraping
as ghastly spirits howl, dive the breezes
little saplings bend, then dreadful cracking
plunging headlong down to barren valley

Derailed Quatrain #2

Lady of the Old Victorian Mansion

upon credenza, polished, fragile
window to a charmed antiquity
refracted light on gleaming crystal
one careless thrust will cause to shatter

Derailed Quatrain #1

So drips the melting Scarlet

peel away as crystals glisten
sharp as lance to throat they linger
shades of bright then dull in sequence
petals droop in listless crinkle