Exercise 1 and 2

Exercise #1 

I wept by the willow 

Swallowing hard 

My mind all a-flutter and aroused by what gnawed 

I, not in a good way, folded and sat down 

Lame thoughts abounded and fell upon the broken brown ground 

Tears fell and not in a trickle 

The water washed over me, cooling my jagged jets 

Me, in my loathing and disdain 

Swayed with the willow wind where the river bends and night never ends 

Before I gave way 

To the darkness inside my cave 

Exercise #2 

Grave in my ways I rolled it all around 

Getting down with the summer sound 

Trying to face the hazy, swollen day 

I argued with myself, my neck in a knot 

I do that a lot, it seems 

Shoulders tight and burning like a bonfire 

I marred her remark 

Not caring what it did  

To my main vein 

I had gone far too far  

And wanted to turn back now 

But her voodoo was too strong 

And  

My sinews  

Were  

Too  

Tight