keys at top & bottom — AI extrapolations of original digital art by: rob kistner © 2023
This is the sorrowing hour
night’s full depth
alone now
present with my thoughts
my fears
my dreams
I’m sculpting words
into a key
to unlock my psyche
lay bare my soul
to intimately glimpse
who I’ve become today
here I find my sanity
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rob kistner © 2023
Poetry at: dVerse
Yes indeed
Happy Monday
Much????love
Much love Gillena… 🙂
Fantastic poem!
Thank you Nicole, very much… 🙂
Darkness and quiet give space to examine and unlock our souls, don’t they, Rob?! Well done
Yes Lynn. For me, it’s there I meet myself naked — no bullshit.
Mitchell, Waits, & Kistner: Trifecta of greatness.
Who you’ve become today is the artist I wish I was.
Killer quad, Bro. Thanks.
Thanks very much Ron, you flatter me my friend. We can’t forget Bukowski, it‘s his words Tom recites. My mind has been a little quieter this weekend, so my muse is coming through clearer. I greatly respect your work brother, indeed… 🙂
I love the idea of sculpting words. Great job with the prompt.
Thank you so much Stacy… your kind ordd mean a great deal to me… 🙂
Deep and dark, an honest soul-baring quadrille, Rob. I really like these lines:
‘I’m sculpting words
into a key
to unlock my psyche’.
Thank you Kim, my friend — thank you… 🙂
It’s truly terrifying to embrace reality. Even when we ‘sugar coat’ it in beautiful words. I deeply feel the clarity in this beautiful poem.
Awesome work!
Thank you so sincerely Susan… 🙂
Great job, Rob! I hope you are keeping well.
Most kind of you Punam, thznk you my friend,,, 🙂
. . . deep in the darkness . . . self-reflective . . . the poet finds a key or designs it? Love this response to the prompt, Rob!
Thank you Lil! 🙂 I was just reflecting on many late nights and early mornings I’ve spent looking for that sneaky ol’ muse… 😉
Those moments come. Great use of the prompt. Rob!
Thank you Merril very much… 🙂
This is lovely, Rob .. reality bites, lest we become complacent. Reality can often be transformative … thinking of you today.
Thank you Helen. Reality can be transformative and terrifying all at the same time sometimes. 🙂
Ah yes the key. And that elusive sanity so glad you
Found
If only I can hold onto that damn sanity! 😉
Oh, that key… but there will be more doors and more keys… as humans we are never ready and that is as it should be
Makes life the wonderful rodeo that it is Björn… 😉
This is AMAZING, Rob!
Thank you David… 🙂
A sorrowful hour – love this Rob!
The sorrowing hour of midnight does need to be sorrowful. It can be most magical Grace… 🙂
This is oh so poignant, Rob! Solitude gives us a chance to unravel ourselves and to discern what’s within.. better.
Much better Sanaa… 🙂