Best Bresee Poems

I paused today
Put cares away
And finally let
The moment stay

Saw feathered skies
Through children’s eyes
Let time stand still
And realized

This life of gain
And gathering in
Pursuits of gold
Desires to...

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Describe the way life was meant to be

Cuz every day just melts away

To anything

 

It’s been a while since I think I’ve seen

The way I...

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What lies beneath a sea of numb
Where ships of heart were taken down
Sunk to the bottom with the one
I hated and I meant to drown

For...

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Dim lit, damp and distant corner

Torn from dream of vapor’s fold

Slow descent to worlds divided

Nothing hot and nothing cold

 

Long ago, this soul forgotten

Cast off...

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A life sustained by water pure
Yet marred by memory of the wine
Like fragrant waft of soft allure
Diminished not by hands of time

Forever clear the water...

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I can’t stand another year of this
With the sales that start after summer’s bliss

And the songs that play round the clock each day
And the cock-eyed...

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For the calm of new fallen snow lies in silent peace and stillness
Gently covering the loneliness of midnight city streets

And walking in the cold of...

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It seems so very long ago and yet like yesterday
We stood as one and made the vow to love and to obey

Then sealed this vow...

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Midst fear and doubt 
When prayers have ceased
Unannounced 
Without a sound
Returns the clouds
And falls the rain
Again on barren ground


…Jeff Bresee...

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It’s different now
All the world around
Grey, yet cool in the shadow
Void of sound, yet quiet
Reliable
Predictable
Sure
Yes, things are different
On the day after
You give up on your...

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So tired of fighting
Don’t feel like writing
Here in the cold of the night
As I sit here and sit 
With my head full of ****
That comes...

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Run…
As fast as you can
Red shades of dismal
Flowing fear
Melt to the glass of sand

Hide…
In the hollow hidden dry
Drink down the spell 
Of earth and hell
Indifferent...

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I had to trade another jot
I had to sell a tittle

I had to cuz they told me that
I had to give a little

I had to...

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"Write me a poem", she once said from her chair
And tell the dark secret that lies under there
 
Dig it up from the deepest and...

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I’ve heard it too many times to ignore it
There’s something that I’m supposed to be

But despite this the years have slipped slowly away
While I’ve purposely...

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