Wrap

March was poetry month and I did a pretty damn good job of tossing some original (but old) stuff out there. Not as much as I would have liked still a good start.

April is almost here.
April is photography month.

So hang around and enjoy

Passage

A labored breath
Eyes close
A smile
Peacefulness
Serenity
A shudder
And then death

Quest

Strictly out going
Grasping at an answer
Only to find fate
Stricken by truth

Hindsight

One dark soul,
Lifted
Out of the dread darkness,
Where angels fear to tread

One dark soul,
Thrust
Into the burning brightness,
Of what could be

One dark soul,
Slipping
Into silent solitude
Where hope has finally fled

Tales

Simple seasons of unwon glory,
Melancholy manhood worked away,
Wanton young bored by the stories,
Laughing jests as the youths stray.
Only the elders feel the lose
As their memories dull to gray

Sculpture

Pictures framed in crystal
Gilt edged memories
Forever etched in black and white

Pales ghosts of yesterday
Held captive in a single moment
Frozen for an eternity

Frenzy

Penguins strutting everywhere
Tiny monkeys pulling at my hair
Demons boiling in my brain
Madness crushing like a train

Fury sizzling through my lobes
No place to run to
No place to go
Damn this frenzy and its hate

This mania has grabbed me by the spine
twisted,
tortured,
Bent my thoughts until they're not mine

Philosophy

A promise
Deduction valid,
But,
Perhaps
Not a forgone conclusion
Because,
Maybe,
A facet of the truth
Distorted by the facts,
Has been hidden,
Cunningly,
Stealthily,
In order to twist the heritage
And dismiss an argument

Texas

The humid heat of Texas
Washing through our veins
The light of one thousand sunsets
Burning memories into our souls

The tales of youth remembered
Vivid in their summer heat
Piney forests filled with our history
Soothed by lakes of the coolest recollections

The sultry mist of morning
Lancing across the rivers of childhood
Filling the void of what has been
With the sweetest songs of innocence

Compendium

Nevermore
Shall darkness drip from my soul
Rendering my world in shades of hate

Nevermore
Shall regrets ooze forth from my heart
Tainting my youth with distrust

Nevermore
Shall I turn back upon my path
Chasing what has slipped away

Evermore
I shall dwell in the light
Basking in the warmth of my rebirth

1992

The swords of our youth,
Lain aside in peace
Our armour of arrogance,
Cast off for serenity

The bloody battles of egos,
Ceased in the need of silence
Our endless wars of dominance,
Halted in the name of love

A tired body,
Unarmed against the future
A worn and tarnished soul,
Lain bare to trust

The swords of our youth,
Reforged in innocence
Our armour of arrogance,
Reshaped into future dreams

Accounting

Living,
day to day
Loving,
moment to moment
Wondering,
of what tomorrow brings

Knowing,
of a future
Hoping,
for a chance
Giving,
a soul for love

Winter

Why did I fall for that?
Soft lies and whispered promises
loving touches in the dark

Once more taken for a fool
Laughed at and ridiculed
No one to blame but me

Why did I fall for that?
Hoping to have what others do
Knowing better than to believe

Showcase

There is a place deep within our hearts
Where love is lost and anger starts
It nestles next to a spot in our souls
Where hope is crushed and hatred grows
Is it any wonder why cruelty reigns supreme?

March is Poetry Month

I barely scraped by with February being religion month, so now I go onto poetry.

Revelation

For only so long
Can a soul walk the edge
Treading in the shadows
Never stepping into the darkness
Looking for hope

For there can come a time
When the darkness is too strong
The soul becomes too weak
For once the lure of the light is gone
And one must surrender to the dark