we are those who care
a mask must be sure to wear
have many to spare
have released each slave
will die and end up in grave
in home of both free and brave
from sin we were freed
have better life all agreed
let God be in lead
were in state of shock
rumor came from their big block
we should sell our stock
saw them here and there
police great and want to share
are beyond compare
we knew from the first
things no longer will be worst
for peace have a thirst
what God would intend
stimulus money to spend
to poor house not send
we saw a vulture
was part of a new culture
has been big belcher
Categories:
belcher, allegory, analogy,
Form: Senryu
He likes to praise me, sometimes he can be nice,
Other times he can turn on me, turning cold as ice.
They may not be sticks they may not be stones,
But in this case, words do break bones.
They cut deep valleys within my soul,
They engulf my heart like wretched mold.
Words are his weapons, his weapons of choice,
He loves to launch them like daggers with his voice.
When I think he has gone and I will get some peace,
He comes storming back; the taunting doesn't cease.
Some say just fight the bully and set yourself free,
But it is an endless battle because the bully is me.
-Eddie Belcher
Categories:
belcher, angst, anxiety, bullying, fear,
Form: Couplet
Enchanted magic beans,
They were always enchanted to me.
Worth their weight in gold,
They never ever got old.
Some people would complain,
Some would look at them with disdain,
But magic beans meant the world to me,
They brought me warmth and satiety.
When you were of little means,
Your mind had to spark with creativity.
You could not always expect the next best thing,
Avoiding magic beans like a bee sting.
My mom would bring home our magic beans,
She would then drop them into the swirling seas.
She stirred them in a cauldron boiling hot,
I then waited for my sustenance cooking in the pot.
Today I still gather magic beans,
Even though I am no longer of little means.
The happy memories come flooding back,
As I pour magic beans from their overflowing sack.
January 16, 2015
Ed Belcher
Categories:
belcher, childhood, family, happy, memory,
Form: Couplet
A man lives and a man dies,
A flame burns and soon flickers out,
And so goes the pattern of vitality.
-Eddie Belcher
Categories:
belcher, death, imagery, life,
Form: Free verse
We must seize the day is what they say,
We are here but for a moment, here but for a day,
We must awake and not forget to contribute, love and play,
We know that none of us are here to stay,
So go share your love there's no time to lament,
You can then lie down knowing your day was well spent.
-Eddie Belcher
Categories:
belcher, inspirational, life, metaphor, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
In the beginning, there was light,
Light to make beautiful God’s great creations.
With this light came darkness,
Darkness to shield these great beauties
So they would never be taken for granted.
-Eddie Belcher
Categories:
belcher, bible, day, hope, light,
Form: Free verse