Category Archives: Poetry
Coiled Circles
Coiled in circles unwind and let go those chains that bind you freeing spirits and thoughts feel the sand trickle through your toes Rolled in knots straighten those threads those fetters that hold you freeing laughter you keep in … Continue reading
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Surrender
Faith as it stands stormy on the shore, shaken rising in defiance hourglass of time, broken believing rebirth praying hymns, incantation cleansing the soul surrendering self, divination trinity…
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Two Sides of Me
You and me, bound by a legacy a whisper, a touch sweet serenade much you see me not years pass me by yet you’ll remain bound in mind no escape for you or for me, in this place reaching out, … Continue reading
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Crushed
Dropped, smothered and crushed she lay cold on the beaten path the last embers of the evening sun caught her every singular sigh shedding rain, washed her clean as the wind swept her away unnoticed she lay in the rut … Continue reading
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Safely Moored
Anchored sturdy upon the sand Calm and safe that little boat Quietly lies she in an inlet tonight In the fading light of the eastern sky She will catch the tide with morrow With no wild sea beyond her shores … Continue reading
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Dusty Streets
Danger on the streets mom You didn’t tell me They slick you and throw you Out in the wild I was only a kid when they stole me Of my dreams They got me to join them soon Gone to … Continue reading
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Urban Serengeti
Walking down the streets of life I take a turn first left, then right I cross the street and run Run some more faltering The vertical boxes and Zebra crossings, trapping me And daring me… Neon signs and … Continue reading
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Alice in Baytown
You walked into the lounge haughty and spiteful you dragged the chair draped your arms around it I squirmed and turned I looked into your eyes you smelt of perfume leather straps and shoes and a rotten heart to boot I stood … Continue reading
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Are We Human Yet?
We surrendered our freedom Mounting the steps to gallows Slaughtered it all endlessly Hedonism and damnation Skepticism with mockery Quarantined thoughts and souls Egregious follies carrying us too Condemned to mechanic lives Exerting to its sways pitifully Razing lives … Continue reading
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Shadows Speak
Turn around watch me slink shine away I say you run tethered to me, fighting for freedom… Binding, sharing it, growing releasing you and I feign you are gone, crying for liberty… Cross-fires and silly dreams parading you like a … Continue reading
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Give Me Back Time
Give me more I ask You turn away Give me a smile I say You walk away Give me the warmth You tuck your hands Give me my love You are cold now Give me all we shared You … Continue reading
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RIP
Her ephemeral world of dreams Lay buried under the sand Her silent suppressed voice Fluttered around in the gentle breeze She carried the womb of hope Lying still within her No cross or tombstone above her A few rose … Continue reading
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Clairvoyance
Isn’t it enough, I see it through? Shouldn’t I think more, you too? Wouldn’t I know the mind is closed? Questions and answers both imposed. Hadn’t I thought I could lift the veil? Surreal and then both turning … Continue reading
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Dad, Don’t Leave
I hold your hand, I want you to stay I want your hugs, and I will pray Can I come with you, is it safe? Can I be there for you at the base? Mom needs you and I need … Continue reading
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Coffee Shop
So we sat in the coffee shop sipping and enjoying the jukebox we talked a lot and laughed too saw the world with blinded eyes beckoning the stars and the sun i smiled, I laughed and liked it too We talked … Continue reading
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Mirages
Twilight sky, shadowed out illusions or just a thought wanderers scattered through somehow lost, old and new somewhere reflecting wild an adult, youth and a child vanish into grey horizons remnants of a today’s sun distance and then some time … Continue reading
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Ripples
From a point, radiating out circling and spreading afar a thought, a sublime one for you and some for me resonate and carry through hiding and surfacing mingling and meandering through weeds and lotus leaves then back to me, centering … Continue reading
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They are but corridors
Forever in Immortality Freedom your door to escape I am but the multitude taking on life The pillars of strength often tall Crumbling by the wayside and fall Stories that I see and devour In so many hues, oft-repeated … Continue reading
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Muted Stairs
Mere shadows and oblique words Slats of despair and ponderous flights Reminiscences and ecstatic thoughts Warm hues and picturesque bays Solitary paths and arduous tasks Bellicose veins and soporific dreams Shredded fears and incisive hurts … Continue reading
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Nature’s Song
Breath-taking views and rapturous thoughts Reflecting ponds and cumulus skies Shady boughs and sonorous sighs Serene vistas and peaceful glens Melting moments and floating thoughts Heavenly beings and drowning silence Passionate minds and liquid hearts Newborn suns and … Continue reading
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