The Sound of Ink

"The Sea Inside"   painting by  Samy Charnine Seated in the eye of my aquarium I am a spectacle drawing stares from transgressors fishing windows for reasons to protest. Plastic tongues spill their pollution against glass that muffles the noise into harmless gurgles. Unaffected by the frenzy of sharks I cast my eyes toward white clouds and slip into the dream of a blue-sky ocean. ©Susie Clevenger 2020 The Sunday Muse #105

For me to unmake the wild light that candles me would seal me in the darkness of another’s choice. Misery tried to form me from its clay of sorrow, but I refused to surrender to the sculptor’s knife. Waiting for the world to turn back to me, decide I fit in a slot I’ve outgrown is not living. I believe what you love you must love now because tomorrow could arrive empty. ©Susie Clevenger 2019 My poem was written from Kenia Santo's prompt to create a poem from a list of Post-Rock song titles she provided. The songs I chose are: Unmake the Wild Light, Waiting for the World to Turn Back to Me, and What You Love You Must Love Now. Real Toads ~ Kenia Santos