Despair and Tears, As Silence Reigns
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Note-- The free verse is a new poem, while the rhyme poem is a very old one.
I wrote the free verse in reply and commentary on the time, sorrows and thinking that inspired the old one. My wife and our son both, think like the new poem much more. While I , still favor the old poem more!.
Despair and Tears, As Silence Reigns
Sun burnt dark crystals sizzle this aching mind
where maple tree ooze their sticky flesh,
as cold harsh silence reigns
Begging sky cries from sun and its scorching flames
as blinded ground wakes to scampering winds,
their voices roaring into eternity
as cold, harsh silence reigns
The flower meadows reach for gasping tones,
demanding Nature plunge about its glories
and in their frenzy, miss dancing clouds above
as cold, harsh silence reigns
The life that invades this body mine,
seeks control over sad singing heart
to smother love's bounty and allow Time to eat eternity,
as cold, harsh silence reigns
Robert J. Lindley, 7-06-2019
Free verse, ( A darkened look into Earth, Life and Eternity )
O' Pain, Let Mercy See Thy Face
Discontent that sets its own sails
over waters shimmering deep
stray-shot arrows, that heart impales
within darken dreams life tells
O' pain, let mercy see thy face
as sorrows replay youth's disgrace.
Paradise, where hides - joy of hope
Is salvation within man's scope?
I that stomped grapes with my feet
grasp at shadows from falling leaf,
yet fearful of darkness I meet
ever mindful of souls in grief.
Make wine from grapes plucked by hand
pray aloud, as barefoot I stand.
Paradise, where hides - joy of hope
Is salvation within man's scope?
From within mind's loss, blades of glass
icy slivers into veins sink
dark and morose, the dying grass
seeds borne of gulps, Life's poison drink.
O' truth cut this heart to the quick
of these sorrows, I am too sick.
Paradise, where hides - joy of hope
Is salvation within man's scope?
Robert J. Lindley, 7-23-1979
Rhyme, ( Why oft, ill winds blow fast, hard and so free )
Note-- The free verse is a new poem, the rhyme is a very old one.
I wrote the free verse in reply and commentary on the time, sorrows and thinking that inspired the old one. My wife and our son both, think like the new poem much more. While I , still favor the old poem more!
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2019
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