THE WORDS HAVE LEFT ME

The words have left me, so it seems

Packed their bags with broken dreams

They used to stay with me all night

Make sense of things, and hold me tight

But now they're gone, just not around

I'm open-mouthed, without a sound

I've seen the face of love in pain

And a light that's drowning, in ceaseless rain

I'm left with an empty and aching heart

Seeing those I love, now torn apart

The words have left me high and dry

I try to speak but only cry.

Caren E. Salas

PARTY OF THE CENTURY (#15 Pick 4 or more)

It was a lavish affair

Only the brightest and best

Were invited, and there

Was no room for the rest

The blacklist was as long

As the earth is flat

And the size of the throng

Showed the truth in that.

But if you could wrestle,

If you could sing,

Had a big shiny vessel,

Or a small gaudy ring,

A flat piece of paper,

A nice golden tooth,

An ant-eating tapir,

Or an wild untold truth,

Then maybe they'd make

An exception for you

But of course they would take

A donation or two.

For this fancy event

Lasted only one night

Until your money was spent

And the morning was bright.

Caren E. Salas

Prompt: Use 4 or more of the following words: flat, ring, lavish, vessel, tooth, paper, blacklist gaudy.
These poems always come out a little funky, but I just had fun with it, and tried
to use all the words.