Primal

[palmtrees]

You come from
that place that calls to me
like the penguins that travel back
to the beach where they were born
3000 miles away

You remind me of the deep insides of a cave
Almost prehistoric
No TVs or churches there

I don't quite remember how to get there
but I know I could get back
Call it ancestral memory

I know that
you are not free of the ties that bind
or that you may not know what we were like inside that cave
but you remind me
that I could go there, if I wanted

It's in my ancestral memory
somewhere it guides

I know how,
and it terrifies




This is my first go at this. I know it could use a lot of cleaning up, but I'd really appreciate some feedback.

Thanks!

[palmtrees]

frida kahlo stares at me
from the cover of her coffee table book

she seems so free
that soulful look reveals
an endless sensuality

On the other hand
a piercing abyss
of sorrow and pain

at the hands of a crook
who by pulling the strings
took the source of her veins

[Vetty214]

Very original thought and visuals. I especially like the Frida Kahlo one. Simple and the rhyme is not overpowering. Please keep posting. On the first one, my suggestion would be to start with the penguins...

Primal

Penguins travel back
to the beach where they were born
3000 miles away.

You call to me like that.

[AnneL]

I love the first one, there are so many various ideas blended well! Bravo!