Early Poems Xx

EARLY POEMS XX Cameo by Michael R. Burch Breathe upon me the breath of life; gaze upon me with sardonyx eyes. Here, where times flies in the absence of light, all ecstasies are intimations of night. Hold me tonight in the spell I have cast; promise what cannot be given. Show me the stairway to heaven. Jacob's-ladder grows all around us; Jacob's ladder was fashioned of onyx. So breathe upon me the breath of life; gaze upon me with sardonic eyes... and, if in the morning I am not wise, at least then I’ll know if this dream we call life was worth the surmise. I wrote this poem in my late teens or early twenties. Tell Me by Michael R. Burch Tell me what i am, for i have often wondered why i live. Do u know? Please, tell me so ... drive away the darkness from within. For my life is black with sin and i have often wondered why i am; and my thoughts are lacking light, though i have often sought what was right. Now it is night; please drive away the darkness from without, for I doubt that I will see the coming of the day without ur help. This poem appeared in my high school journal, the Lantern. I believe I wrote it around age 15 to 16 during the period I wrote related "I am/am I" poems such as "I Am Lonely," "Am I," "Time" and "Why Did I Go?" Keywords/Tags: early poems, juvenilia, cameo, time, light, night, heaven, life, dream, breathe, breath, eyes, vision, visionary