A Collection of Short Poems Jay Jacobs

A COLLECTION OF SHORT POEMS

By Jay Jacobs

LEST YOU DELAY Dreams, the gossamer threads of which ideas are woven. Inspiration and deeds, the warp and woof of a tapestry of creation. Delay, today's sloth, tomorrow's regret.

See the water rush from on high cascading over the rocks, white foam and bubbles below, where turbulence and stillness meet. The ceaseless sound of flowing water a recipe for contemplation, perhaps tranquility.

A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE In a sudden, unforeseen moment, a decision is made, and a hero arises on the block. Around the corner, a similar scenario takes place, and a coward is reviled. Ninety degrees makes all the difference.

CONTRADICTION We are of an age and similar backgrounds, yet for all that, we are of different worlds, like magnetic poles, electricity and water, fire and ice, hot and cold. We are as different as day and night, endlessly clashing, constantly at war. Oh God! How I love you!

TWILIGHT MUSINGS Sifting through the remnants of yesterday that yet cling like prickly briars amidst the deep aubergine sunset flecked with eight different shades of hope, I yearn after the new tomorrow.

TRILOGY

1. CYNIC Hope is like a tease enticing, like a fish that nibbles, never biting.

2. ILLUSION So beautiful, the image of the girl in the car. As she passes by, you glimpse what it might have been like.

3. DEEP THOUGHTS Time passes on like the crest of a wave. We're the surfers of infinity trying not to wipeout in the drink.