Delirium
written by: Rita B. Rose
Fade into La La Land
night shades Vallhalic eyes
pulls the parched tongue
dances on perspiring bones
A frightened moon
gambols across dry skin
rolls across my forehead
brows, breasts, and limbs
exhaled it sailed returned on a wind
Cresting forest firs and pines
caps snowy white sublime
I float past bloodshot mesas
bleached by the sun
And in a crystal mineral stream
mauve trout swim about
flying from my blistered mouth
as all trawl
to break free from La La Land
with me, as I struggle to get out!
Rita B. Rose is a published author, poet and playwright and is currently Long Island’s LGBTQ poet laureate. Her poems have been published in anthologies abroad and in the United States of America. Rita Rusty Rose is Long Island's 2024 Poet of the Year.
Latest posts by Rita B. Rose (see all)
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