Of Monsters and Muppets

One fine day, tugged by my strings, I awoke,
Danced into the curse that my scourge bespoke.
While across clear blue skies, thunder rolled
Calling to a heart trapped and sadly sold.

Dismally my mind remained estranged
Then the tears came and the world changed,
As cloudlessly rain fell while I danced,
Strings falling as a dream chanced.

Through white wine-fuelled fire,
Another heart came to desire
The heart unsold from trickster.
And so the Muppet become a Monster.

Wordplay

The five words: delete, kiss, wind, power, secret


In a time since deleted from memory,
A secret was born within the power of a stolen kiss.
Alas, one too great for man to bear.
Said the Keeper of Secrets, “Cede to Wind”
And so it was that mankind first learnt oblivion.

Wordplay

‘twas once upon a hope
That I wished love would find me
And like a fireball, engulf me whole.
Yet, love came and went…
Left me alone, a tear falling
Upon a shattered heart.


Dave's five words from whence this poem sprung:
hope, love, fireball, tear, shattered