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Cascading Embers of Heart Driven Fire

Cascading Embers Of Heart Driven Fire Unrepentant heart, its hot blood there spills Sad dregs of immortal nurselings of desire And winter's warm breath blows the woodland fires Amongst the frozen trees and through the hills Wanton weariness, invisible veil hides Cascading embers of heart driven fire Exploding storm flees to nothing it retires Where dead emperor in agony resides Black robe judges, their guilt forever play Broken guitars without needed six strings As death's hand taps as the naked ghost sings In nirvana the prophet chose to stay. Unrepentant heart, melody just right. Saw truth, amidst the horrors of that night. Robert J. Lindley, Jan. 26th, 1972 Sonnet

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Lin Lane

Date: 8/22/2023 1:48:00 PM

"... death's hand taps as the naked ghost sings..." Your ability to write phrases like that so many years ago is still intact. I appreciate that you share those early writes with us.

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/22/2023 2:02:00 PM

Thank you, my good friend. I was just 18 when I wrote this one. There was no note with them. Almost always I wrote notes on my poems back then. I usually forgot late at night, and just crashed into bed. This poem was one of those. God bless you.