Jill Terry

Charismatic
Handsome
Intelligent
The world was
His oyster
Plucking pearls
He happened across
Basking in their
Luminescence
Until he grew
Bored
Then back into
The sea
From whence
They came
Neurotoxic poisoning
Traces left
Everywhere
Not because they
Sprang
From within a
Bad oyster
But simply from
Being
Touched by
Him

Tags: It, poetry, poison

So many ways
To be miserable
Attained on a daily basis
The moment It wakes
From unconsciousness
Forced to face another day
Plundering the masks
Upon the wall
Who shall It be today
The angst the drama
Poor pitiful soul
Its only offer to the world
The same worn path
Each footfall memorized
Wallowing mistaken for art
For those who recognize
Its misery demanding company
Avert and forced to purge

Tags: It, poetry

Words pour forth
Clock ticks on
Night falls deeper
Must
follow
the
Muse

Tags: muse, novel writing, poetry, Writing

She reached with trembling hands
In the one direction
She knew she shouldn’t
Precariously she traveled
To the edge of deaths ledge
Desperate to feel anything
Craving his rejection
She raised her arms
As if to take flight
The ground shook violently
Breaking night’s silence
She heard the hoof beats
Coming hard and fast
Over her shoulder
Half beast
Half man
He snatched her away
From deceptions cruel embrace
With the key [...]

Tags: darkness, death, despair, evil, faust, goodness, happiness, holy beast, Life, light, poetry, yang, yin

They don’t all float down here, as his mantra would have you believe. Some wrap themselves intentionally, in the dispirited darkness; fighting natures buoyancy that would raise them toward the light. He thrived on being the outcast, for he knew not how to fit; emitted false illusion, so as to sway opinion and perceptions. But [...]

Tags: badass, being bad, darkness, facade, fake, Grim Reaper, illusion, light, perception, poetry, prayer, pretend, pure evil, sage, Second ex-husband, short story, Through my Eyes, wannabe

Forced to acknowledge
Her earthbound
Vessel
The inner-workings
The stretch of its
Limits
The one within
She’s traveled
The whole of
This life
The receiver of
Its cause
She’s always been
Unspeakable pleasure
Unbearable pain
Forgivable sin
Linked now
With a manmade machine
Round the clock
Tic-tock
Tic-tock
Casts her circle
Recounts blessings
Patiently waits
For night to fall
Closes her eyes
Empties her mind
Effortlessly slips
To that place of
No time
Where souls do swirl
In their beguiling ethereal
Dance
Abysmal realm
Released from earthly bonds
Where all [...]

Tags: escape, heavenly realms, poetry, spirit guides, Transcendental meditation, visions

It wraps around me
Like a warm familiar
Blanket
Comforting
Soothing
Protective
It warms my chill
Eases my pain
Brings me pause
It takes me back
Holds me steadily
Grounded
Urges my growth
It is unconditional
Never ending
The one true
Constant
That always
Remains
It is priceless
Means everything
Can never be lost
Never replaced
It’s the one possession
I carry with me
From my very first breath
To my dying day
It’s my Mother’s love
I speak of
A love that will [...]

Tags: everything, happiness, light, love, mother’s love, my mother, poetry, pure, true

Too many used to be’s
Faded away with
Time
Not enough now’s
To sustain us
Into tomorrow

Image – Wings of dust

Tags: changes, connections, eyes wide open, growth, Life, poetry, realization, relationships, separation, truth

Echoes swirl
Through hallowed
Halls
Bouncing off doors
Inside my
soul
Meaningless words
Wrapped in
Illusion
A singular voice
Bent on spiritual
Intrusion
Bolt the door
Against his
Dark
Shut my eyes
Seek thy
Light

Tags: dark, emptiness, faith, hate, illusion, intrusion, lies, light, love, mind games, past, poetry, present, release, seek, self preservation, truth, voices