Call of the Sea - Kara Engelken

Call of the Sea

I’m closing the chapter in my book,
Life, I say good-bye to and step away.
Leaves change and so does my heart.
There is nothing left for me to stay.
A new dawn breaks within my soul,
An estranged awakening that I see.
Beams clear thoughts and fade the dark,
Longing for something I have never seen.
The yearning has been too long ignored,
No longer will I pretend not to see.
As sailors long for the ocean’s waves;
So away, too, my new world beacons me.
Embracing the adventure of my dream.
Away from the prairie; away to the sea.

Learning - Kara Engelken

Learning…

i.
She lies upon her bed
I wonder what she’s thinking
I know her heart still beats.
But I wonder if she knows why.

ii.
Outside the window plays the world
And eyes are always searching,
The mind swallows the world whole
While no one is watching.

iii.
To free a soul the body must die
So there is freedom in death,
To trap a soul is to give birth
So imprisonment comes from life.

iv.
The mind clenches at the sign of learning
From years of abuse and lies
Knowledge is the key;
Trust is the door;
Open it and walk inside.

Never-Never Land - Kara Engelken

Never-Never Land

She wrote for no one would listen
Her words were never interrupted on paper
She could ignore the world holding a pen
Insanity seeded
Distancing reality with dreams
Living, breathing, believing imagination
Words were her weapon, her defense
Her life
Desperation aided the unhealthy attachment
As necessity drove her away
Fear of dependence upon her dream world
She grew up…
Like memories too old to remember
Only empty castles remain
Like the Rome Coliseum
Once alive now a skeleton

The child in her needed the world
The woman needed to be free

Un-love me - Kara Engelken

Un-love me

Break my heart like a metal pipe through my chest
Make my face the craters on the sides of cliffs
Use me like my body was your punching bag
Break my arm like a pruner does the new branches
Throw me away like I was a nursery doll on clean-up day
Love me like I were air in your lungs
Don’t hate me like a mad man hates sanity
Don’t curse me like a criminal does his wound
Now un-love me the way you unwind your shoes