Whatever This Is
...I think you know where this is heading.
These were his words to me. The truth was I had no clue. How could I know?
Perhaps his tone was an indication. The undertone in his voice. His confidence...
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Categories:
automatic pilot, faith, fate, future, relationship,
Form: Haibun
Breaking a Confidence
...Christy did not know how she was going to fix the problem.
Her sister Carol, had confided in her.
Christy knew she could not let Carol return out of state with her abusive husband.
The abuser was ...
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Categories:
automatic pilot, abuse, women,
Form: Narrative
Why Is the Question
...let me pause
slow down a minute
and look inward
to adjust my lens
there’s more to life than
operating in react mode
let me pause to ask
the real question
the why is so much more
reveal...
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Categories:
automatic pilot, i am, integrity, introspection,
Form: Free verse
The Breaking Point
...i didn’t see it coming
for days walking in a daze
a fog that wasn’t lifting
obviously in shock
one foot in front of the other
on automatic pilot
not knowing what was next
then it happened
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Categories:
automatic pilot, death, grief, heartbroken, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Dancing the Blues
...now sunless days on automatic pilot
skies from greys to blues to violet
feigning composure while on edge
he dances nonchalantly on a ledge
extract from my poem ABYSMAL CLOWN
AP: 3rd plac...
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Categories:
automatic pilot, blue, dark, depression, lonely,
Form: Rhyme
Tears of a Clown
...disguised tears of a clown
smile turned to wretched frown
behind makeup his eyes glazed over
at the sight of daisies and smell of clover
in summer fields he last saw his love
flew off to heaven ...
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Categories:
automatic pilot, dark, heartbroken, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Rip Tides
...Rip Tides
Dead serious this depression business rocky murky
with tides like a tsunami suggesting certain
drop zones
that kill
No swimming but d...
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Categories:
automatic pilot, depression,
Form: Epitaph
The Immortal Light of Being
...I stepped into the hallway
with the gait of someone on automatic pilot
it was quitting time and the same old routine
led me to the exit door
unbeknownst to me
my cell phone was forgotten
my ...
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Categories:
automatic pilot, religion,
Form: Narrative
Lackadaisical Effort
...out of sheer laziness
put forth an
inactive un-energetic
automatic pilot
approach at change
attampted thoughtless
activities involving little or no
for thought what so ever
putting forth ...
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Categories:
automatic pilot,
Form: Lyric
Ban Assault Weapons In 2017 - Part4
...Firearms magazine offer manifold big bang for their buck,
many ear rational per son or daughter loves advocate, the late chuck
heston (now a shooting star occasionally visiting Earth from celesti...
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Categories:
automatic pilot, poverty, prayer, racism, silence,
Form: Dramatic Verse
So What If
...SO WHAT IF
Some tend to feel unease,
Wanting all guarantees.
Automatic pilot in place,
Preparing for just in case.
Distaste for unknown,
Being insecurity prone.
The “What if” thoughts lurkin...
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Categories:
automatic pilot, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Now Playing
...Sitting alone on a park bench surrounded by a natural beauty that only I can appreciate at
this moment in time. Oh, there are occasional intruders in this beautiful place, a few
joggers with their ...
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Categories:
automatic pilot, naturedance, beautiful, beautiful, dance,
Form: Haiku
Transcendental Highway
...Traveling the
transcendental highway
early in the morning,
simply an extension
of my daily yoga.
The great semis zip by
in both directions,
like elephants on roller skates
in the first light...
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Categories:
automatic pilot, allegory, introspection, philosophyold, old,
Form: Blank verse
Secrets
...Darkness, clothed in secrecy,
Surgical hands,
Not a breath was drawn.
Parasite, sucking life from me.
“Magical”hands of surgeon,
Giving back my Liberty.
30 pieces of Silver was expensive,
This...
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Categories:
automatic pilot, time,
Form: Narrative
Secrets
...Darkness, clothed in secrecy,
Surgical hands,
Not a breath was drawn.
Parasite, sucking life from me.
“Magical”hands of surgeon,
Giving back my Liberty.
30 pieces of Silver was expensive,
This...
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Categories:
automatic pilot, introspection,
Form: Verse
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