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War and Music
The held breath Anticipated moment Awaiting Fall of the baton Order to attack The battle begun Enemy engaged Black notes Nebulous faces Hours of practice, drill Engraving response Into your body Your mind, being Carving moments Movements Into your soul Send up a prayer To a higher power Universal spirit Favored deity To watch over […]
Whatever Happens
Whatever happens now or happened then Will surely, one day soon, cease to matter If it’s not soon, I urge, please remain open You’ll likely lose the former, gain the latter
None So Blind
Spinning stories so I may begin to understand Walking within a sheltered wood, artist’s view Pine needles slip beneath my steps and recall Soft, changing winds, tires on newly-fallen rain Ideas from distant time, till this one, right now Our own insights or through eyes, ears, hands As composers, artists, writers interpret our life They […]
Before It’s Time
Do you think our getting old is making some people rich Tell you that’s true and not some sort of computer glitch Though the people taking care of us do not get that dosh Those farther up the food chain chew the expensive nosh Our ship’s top deck grows higher, as we’re put in steerage […]
Topographic Map
Multiple times I have done this dance I am certain these steps are familiar Still, hope you will spare me a glance As the terrain has grown much hillier What’s that you say, you think it is flat It is merely a matter of your perception Now, I know, you cannot imagine that One day, […]
Stepping Out
All the myriad steps we take in life Number into millions, I’ve no doubt No matter where we go, what we see Many never realize what life’s about
Matters Not
I conclude I lost my chance early Would only ever be offered once I’d not heard it explained clearly I refuse to claim the label dunce This does not better my situation Opportunity’s gone by the boards No point regret for my reputation Matters not what one has, hoards Only course now to let it […]
Heirs Apparent
All the things I might have done, or seen, or known All the beings I might have been, become While strolling along a quiet esplanade The mottled green sea sparkles blue, white A painter hoping to capture this moment Holds tightly against a suddenly boisterous wind Checking the time on an antique pocket watch His […]
By Your Choices
I grasp at my time, my life, my being Like the blind men and the elephant What I perceive not what I’m seeing It may be my fire’s only on my pants Chasing after truth by concocting lies Mystic brews that obscure and reveal All my victories, failures and my tries Perchance to illuminate or […]
Life and Time
Life is trying Trying To stretch me Stretch me thin Extenuated Tries Treasons Lies Reasons Death and life Sorrow Trouble Borrowed double Tears flow Falling Like rain Striking Splashing Battering Splattering Ripples spreading Intersecting No respite No recrimination Insinuation Sentiments shared True words Honestly spoken Beyond token Interim station Terminal destination Past time To […]
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