A Trustworthy Thief Goes Stealing

reaching yet not holding, being and touching without a feeling

upon the folding seas, in fleeting flickers and with fingers short 

or very long, I appear regularly in movies and am sung of in many

songs, by me are colours altered as I fall upon the world without

a sound, and when Ii stand.! on grass earth or sand, it is for none

to bid me no! or move me from my ground, at other times when I

arrive I will take up a good half of everything that goes right round,

yet as it was i the days of yore, and as it will be in the coming days

galore, when you search me will nothing be found!

Joe Maverick
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Dietrich Avatar
April 21, 2012 at 9:08 PM
hey, get up some new poems, my friend, and thanks for your comment today!
Wesley Avatar
December 26, 2011 at 6:33 PM
Really interesting words Joe, makes a person think and after reading a few times I think the message finally came through. :)
Jones Avatar
September 28, 2011 at 9:08 PM
i believe that. ... ... whew, am gonna have to take these in small chunks. nice to meetya, Joe. Namaste~N
Dietrich Avatar
August 21, 2011 at 5:05 PM
Hey, I found one I actually never saw before on your first page. Seems to be a riddle poem. I'm not good with guessing riddles but I really like the sound of this poem. Luv, Andrea
Mac Donald Avatar
June 4, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Why you, riddles are always intriguing, but solutions are sometimes hard to come by, Joe. I thought maybe, the wind? (I keep reading this over and over:) Hmmm..a rainbow? The sun? (been hiding lately) Snow...cigar ashes? Waylayee must have found the answer (I looked and cheated) Best to you and yours!! Mikki
Whitlock-Ishway Avatar
December 30, 2010 at 11:07 AM
Humm; Brilliant riddle about our Lord Joe. I pray for his mercy daily as I find my way back to him...Lay
Smalling Avatar
December 27, 2010 at 6:16 AM
Burningly bright, my friend.
Loving Iii Avatar
December 27, 2010 at 4:09 AM
truely a riddle. john h loving iii
Mehta Avatar
December 26, 2010 at 8:10 AM
Very intriguing write on a trustworth thief, Joe
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