SEASIDE SUNRISE
From distance and depths they roll nearer like a constant stroll their formation fluidly rustling nearing leaves slovenly shaking salt in my nose, curled up my toes I can see the troopers moving hither
Horizon of scattered specks unheeding fluid troopers' tracks wavy phalanx forward advance prance a primordial nature's dance glare in my eyes, from morn sunrise my attention attends along the strand 8>)
Requiem
Drowned by the hand of mortality a soul shines where Angels ply with Goodness pure and Divine mercy (s)he now dwells where Angels fly 8>)
Face in the Crowd
When it all rolls over and our hearts sobered I'll be a face in the crowd
When the hurly-burly bustle on its own weight tumble I'll stay a face in the crowd
When I take things slower and I'm less of a mover I'll be a face in the crowd
When I'm less able to bet on the table I'll stay a face in the crowd
When voices speak softer less to excite over I'll be a face in the crowd
Let's pack it all in live off it from within Just like a face in the crowd 8>)
All in All
All our given sunrises
All our sunsets ordained
All our best desires
All our hearts proclaimed
All untruth never maul
All truest all in all
8>)
AIR OF SUSPENSE
An air of suspense sweeps over me
A wonder only seen in dreams
A great rush of heavenly fidelity
and my spirit dances among moonbeams
High over valleys my joy rallies I wish and long to dally alas dreams are like snow fade when it's time to go
But this joy I'll evermore recall when among the clouds I stand tall as my heart leaps, among hilly peaks I'll cherish deep and recall the trip
An air of suspense sweeps over me A wonder only seen in dreams A great rush of heavenly fidelity and my spirit dances among moonbeams 8>)
Consolation for a Nightingale
For though it seems the horizon wide was swallowed by the ink of night Hope still resides by your side Strength to resume sparks alight 8>)
Happiness when it Comes
Happiness isn't an all time high But when it comes it does not lie as much as you can without frowning and letting go without drowning Not the mystery tucked in a box or a steeple chase marked by clocks Contentment and an unruffled heart A gift from Life, an acquired art! 8>)
Poet at Play
sparks and thoughts they do combine thy brief verses grant it clime the poetic deed shall be incomplete should verse denied of rhyme replete at rest in this forest I do beseech a pause then to Parnassus reach !
symmetry of rhyme addiction weaves and spins bear fruition past concepts and articulations through the truth and truisms thus the quest of poetic frenzy by far loftier than mere fancy 8>)
DOM THE GOOF
Footsteps, they clatter as I looked to the mirror is it for the better? I'm a habitual worrier
Your eyes reached for me but I was ever unsure did I transgress decency of this new culture?
It was not what it seemed
this gaze of avid urgency
A glass up to its brim
I carried on nonchalantly
The waiter a while lingered thought he a catastrophe a full glass to him mattered another spill casualty?
I delicately sipped the outskirts of the rim thus in one sip I nipped the bungle at the brim 8>)
A WORD ON WORDS-revised 2002
Words to proselitize
Words to hail
Words to define
Words to douse silence
Words to rouse
Speech is a double edged gift
In stroke , ails and heals.
Words to state plainly
Words to choke gasps of worries
Words to accompany deeds
Words to line void of ignorance
Words to fill gaps of craving
Language is a double edged gift
In a swoop , blights and blesses.
8>)