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It was The fuming carcass Rusted with passing time Where scores weaved Thoughtlessly Beneath its crumbling stature Cowering Drew death ever-closer Within the clutches Of concrete misfortune It neared without a sound Unsparing Sly and callous Like a maiden On the prowl Seductively Swaying with malice Block by block It all tolled the same With…
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He is the marred Offspring of opulence Cleaving, moss covered trails That yield, only strife and ruin In his beleaguered mind He is the solemn Son of hardship Yet truthfully He is safe and sound Beyond the reach Of the harshest perils He thieves mindlessly From the cruel plights of strangers From the daily scowls…
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They impale the skies With spires of stone Defiantly braving All perils to come Cloaked in evergreen They soon blaze With autumn red And remain Unfazed By the scourge Of winter’s loom I yearn for their heights For the courage of ancients To be among the unswayed Revered For the rest of time
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Will the world hoist high Its shredded banners? Raised proudly to waft In the foul gusts of war Once again For our corners of home For the gallant forebears That stormed sure and bold Carnage prevails Time after time And no one dares recall Never sparing a second of remorse When the winds howl In…
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On and on I writhe Without a moment of rest Stirring With a hearth of longing Scattering The embers of distress When am I to cave To commune With the rising dust? Like the shards of old Toppled over By the swift and tireless present Far off reveries Have cursed me to rot In this…
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I cannot speak Of the “sorrowful mundane” Of the warm luxuries I am swift to disown Comfort ensnares me And I must never weep Nor bellow in agony From within my homely shell Hardship rests afar Beyond my coddled frame Beckoning for my silence Yearning to quiet My thoughtless sniveling
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The allure of silence Was an anchor in secret Drawing me ever closer To the depths of many before It was a tremendous weight Laying claim to my weary figure Lassoing my limbs In the boundless haze Of my day to day basking Until the final gasp I did not know Until struggling was futile…
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I revel in the fond gusts Of cherished refrains Penned long ago As the notes flare And soar to their prime Meeting the fervor Of decades lost My mind toils peacefully Beneath the waterline Of ragtime anthems My mind trudges assured And sparks a frenzy Inside my quiet marrow
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I carry on Like an unheeded whisper Buried alive By the bustle of conversation Words gush away Expunged without a care As thought withdraws From each cold lifeless grin My world Consigned to haze Weaves flawlessly Through this chattering labyrinth As they all part Instinctively Adhering only To the warmth I emit They obey only…
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Placid grey waters Mimic the sullen clouds Swallowed By the unending chorus Of mankind’s inner strife They’ve grown cold Dormant and silent Never sparing an instant Of pigment or sound As young and old Carry on Hopeful for the rays With eyes stern and vigilant For just one strand One glimmering Shred of hope Yet…
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