Poems By Iris Denyse Milliken


In Aid Of Eyesight

looking down an empty bottle, into a mirror or even my crystal ball fear of seeing nothing at all

watching
waiting
hoping
turning on to the pacifier
the occupier
the tranquilizer

the airlock with sucking thoughts

so who's time is being wasted
watching someone fall
running around in circles
seeing nothing at all

I want to scream
I want to shout
I want to get up and run about!

STOP WATCHING LIFE
GET OUT THERE AND LIVE IT


TECHNICOLOUR VACUUM: I CURSE YOU!

we are ruled by you, said Jim
we live around you
we are trapped

prisoners in our own living space
while we watch other people live their lives


Watching...Boring

Sitting feeling empty
like a glass vase waiting for roses
never received

craving stability
in sleep patterns

watching the world scene in my movie
going for a snack
out of boredom

dependant on a shadow
afraid of fear
I hate to admit

but it is truth
that stands alone
and is unknown in this watching world of tv


One Night of Too Many

Honey
please turn off the tv
I want to talk
I want to be free

I need to hear my own voice
I need to make a different choice.


Excerpt From "Tough Enough For Your Coffee Cup"

inside, from inside the cup come answers and truths
thought processes which confuse

but then again, it can be blanked out
channelled from dust to beam to tv screen someone else's imagination and this is how they are paid

subliminal messages and they are saying
watch me watch me watch me watch me watch me watch me watch me watch me watch me watch me watch me watch me watch me watch me watch me watch me

and then I say, watch me, for I am surely dying


upstairs there are lots of little closets for putting things away
- a sign on every door -
freedom and imagination creaking, covered in cobwebs