Best Allotted Poems

indistinct chatter
sweeps through my mind
like wind through trees
in winter's high pitched shrills
as memories twirl
in a spiral of thoughts

my heart pauses
beneath fragments
of shrouded warmth
once found in love
and this diminishing sun

i am hesitant to stand aground
where rains have come
between winded breaths
like these trees
naked on dampened hills
i too...

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Three score and ten
that leaves me five
should I be glad
I’m still alive

Three score and ten
may seem a lot
until you reach
the halfway slot.

But when there’s
only five at last
the other sixty
flew by fast.

But maybe
I’ll be granted more
if I go knocking
on God’s door.

The church I mean
not Pearly Gate,
it’s...

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Allotted Time
Miracle Man
4/6/2024

Audible days have become as whispers,
and nights often resemble marathons.
Where once his days seemed to be etched in gold,
time’s ravenous appetite rendered bronze.

Like fruit, from a bud man starts to ripen,
taking life for granted his days descend.
Viewing hinder he encounters “what if’s,”
but his...

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