Mark Peterson Poet Free verse

Rebirth

The passing years
through trembling fingers slip,
like worry beads
unsurely strung
along life’s fraying thread.

Sages, seers and cynics peer
and say when it will snap,
but why regard the 
sing-song whine of those who
seldom glimpse their own demise?

Mysteries and magic
ventures, bold and tragic—
reason, rhyme and rhetoric—
will someday undistinguished lie
inside life’s tome, its legion seals intact.

But should some day a mighty hand 
this fearsome book disturb
and turn the page that lets me fly,
on fairest wings of reborn time
I’d soar and find my way back home.

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Richard Lamoureux January 10, 2016 at 9:04 PM I enjoyed reading this one again. Thanks for your visit. I like your use of metaphor to get your thoughts across visually.

Skat A August 17, 2015 at 2:42 PM Wonderful win.... SKAT Mark Peterson August 22, 2015 at 1:07 PM Thank you Skat, always there, you are: the indefatigable one.

Richard Lamoureux August 16, 2015 at 9:12 AM Really well expressed, congrats.

Kelly Deschler August 15, 2015 at 2:18 PM Congrats on 4th place!... If I were reborn, I would find my way back home, too... I enjoyed this deep and very well written poem. Really great work, Mark! Mark Peterson August 22, 2015 at 1:08 PM Thank you, Kelly. I appreciated being part of the contest and getting a placement.

Jan Allison August 15, 2015 at 1:40 PM a thought provoking write Mark congrats on your win:-) hugs jan xx Mark Peterson August 22, 2015 at 1:09 PM Thanks so much, Jan. I owe you a visit.

Robin Davis December 6, 2013 at 9:21 PM Mark What a thought provoking and deep write. Full of emotion and feeling that takes the reader into your heart and soul. Nice job Thanks for the great comment on my Vampire poem. Mark Peterson December 7, 2013 at 12:58 AM Wonderful words from you, Robin. Stop by again, and I'll do you same with you.

Just That Archaic Poet November 2, 2013 at 12:06 PM Another gem and another poem of yours I greatly enjoyed. Awesome piece, my friend! :) Mark Peterson November 2, 2013 at 8:09 PM Thanks so very much. Bundled figures of speech that somehow seemed to turn out, if I am to believe better poets, which I keenly do!