Best Enters Poems
When winter enters the heart,
snowflakes gather in rosy chambers.
Like ghosts of crows-every breath throbbing.
Sluggish songs of longing and loneliness.
Over time the crows pile on,
my, my, how they live to pile on.
Like frost on the bones
bones of long-ago loves...
Suffocating songs, leaving an avalanched refrain.
While the soul is still flowing and howling.
Like an early winter stream-nobody dares to cross...
Those icy blue-eyed thinning veins.
There is a flock of warmth in every winter heart.
Buried beneath the dead songs of crow and time.
They just need a pinch of flint and pine.
To release the warmth from the glowing.
My, how they beat to release rose-budded songs...
from a million springs ago.
Each night when looking into the night sky
there faraway it remains always that star sparkling
Breathless echoes enchanting whispers escape
Back over moonbeams floating within the cradle held
Inside the mirrored reflections dancing upon waves
starry eyed pearls colour from the rainbow out love
(Double sonnets- Part Two)
Death First Knocks, Fear Then Enters, Plea Given
Double sonnets, Part Two
Death thy bladed hand, I gladly let pierce
That my end be grand, and my faith be fierce
Hollow words you spoke, what good few days more
For tho' life is brief, beyond lies joy's shore.
Thy guile cunning dark, thy cleverness deep
In life made my mark, thy price far too steep
My faith my haven, thy path a dark room
Raven was feared, that was Poe's great doom.
I bid you welcome, Fate has wrote that hour
Fear not sad outcome, death holds no power
Please set thy fangs deep, man's end but a sleep
Faith's vows I will keep, dying- no tears weep.
~ May blessings gift leaving in sweetest dreams. ~
~ Gone the vagaries and sad human schemes. ~
Death may be - black darkness, seas a-churnin'
Amidst soil rot and high flames a-burnin'
Or other realms, welcoming our returning
Or fantasy of more, our deep yearning.
Shall my loss, grieve greatly those I cherish
As this mortal coil is doomed to perish
I pray, this Fate, that of human demise
Is but change to our soul thereby revise.
A slow sink in seas of imagination
A sad parting from our close relations
Or perhaps, just a step into the Light
Needed sleep away from dread, dark of night.
~ May blessings gift leaving in sweetest dreams. ~
~ Gone the vagaries and sad human schemes. ~
Robert J. Lindley, 12-02-2018
Sonnet(s)- Part Two
Note: Tale of Life, Fate And Death , written in four sonnets
Part Two, Double sonnets- Will faith hold power or temptation of having longer life rule. Continued from Part One, previously presented here(double sonnets).
A total of four connecting sonnets..
Second Note- I have decided to not change my usual way of presenting my poetry. I will continue as I have from the start adding notes and dates and presenting as I think best. Sharing more information to the readers, seems to me to be a net positive and in no way a negative.
That so many great poets here expressed that wisdom, in my blog convinced me .
And reveals how many great and truly dedicated poets/artists we have at this fine poetry site.
My washing will not dry laid on the hedge
But I stay here nurturing a grudge
I rarely feel one so I must retain
The nasty feeling and the horrid pain
Yet since it hurts me,I must be a fool
The errant friend will turn into a ghoul
I’ll hear her footsteps from my ancient bed
Till she enters carrying her head
Oh God lift up my ruminating curse
Let me have your grace or I’ll get worse
I do not wish to have a bitter heart
Grudges turn to dread; it’s hatred’s art
For if I learn destruction and its ways
Cruelty will have the final say
inspired by theme of MR contest
A smile shy across the room,
A frisson tingles as our glances mingle.
Words of warmth in whispers close,
As love enters my eyes.
Lips in passion pulsate,
Co-join,entwine as one.
Thoughts we shared,with souls unbared,
Then,commitment ties
Love launched by your eyes.
When death enters the
realm,
all else is forgotten
it brings everything into perspective
somehow the little things
seems so irrelevant
their importance almost become void
the significance of wrong doing and
past mishaps are stripped of their
power
to control our emotions of anger and
hate -
all we are left with are if only,
sadness and
so many questions---
*inspired by someone’s sudden
passing*
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Coming quietly,
into the darken room.
Moving though the shadows,
as does a cat
in the night.
Sliding bemeath cool sheets,
and touching,
as though each act
had been rehearsed
a thousand times.
When the daylight enters,
and you have gone.
Leaving only rumpled sheets
where you had laid.
When desires meet and emotions convulse
Fixation unties that inner impulse.
An American doublet
when selfishness enters love begins to quit its home gradually
I gotta be honest I didn't think we'd go good together
From disliking each other to standing in sub-zero weather
Little did I know I was forever in the prescence of my future wifey
I messed up multiple times, I bet you wanted to fight
I cheated on you because of your past and that wasn't right
Sublimenal corrections are in order
You promised to have my daughter
Or yet my son
Thousands of hours passed since our love begun
Now karma has the audacity to step to my front door
I felt what you felt and I beg you boo no more
I'm not gonna pretend that I'm irreplacable
The love that we have for each other is impeccable
The house I built for you in my heart is unwreckable
You and I bouncing back from this BREAK is inevitable
The BREAK...
A Bad Relationship Enters A Koma
Encased in doubt we are, I can't smell the aroma
Of your lip gloss when we lock lips
Of your breath when I pull your panties below your hips
But back to the BREAK, I feel like it is my blunder
If you hear my heart cry for you, it'll sound like a roar of thunder
The only thing I am trying to prove is I can't let you move
That is...on without me
Don't ever doubt me
Face your fears
I'm here to wipe your tears
I've always been in your shadow
Getting you back will be like winning the lotto
I don't have a car or a job, to take you on dates
But I bet a bus and a SS check will get us our dates
This ain't materialistic
Let's be realistic
I'm the only man alive you should be with
If not then take your pick
Me or Him
Other girls? Forget them
Deprived of attention is how I left you
Ignoring what we had was in fact special
Scared I was of being did bogus
I cheated on you what a hocus pocus
Love her I did, in love WITH her I wasn't
Laying in my bed thinking about it was not pleasant
Then it came out and I felt like a baby with a bottle
Then you forgave me so I pushed it to full throttle
Things went smooth for a while...
.
wet fog enters trees
clings upon dry dead leaves
droplets water earth
Until I had a nightmare and things got vile
It was you running from me on our wedding day
I yelled out baby please come back this way
For weeks that scene bothered me
Then my trust for you started living in poverty
I'll never forget that faceless man whose arms you ran to
Richard said I want her, Chris said I'm through
I had to figure out a way to not get hurt
Because behind my back I felt you being a jerk
You'd ask me about coming around
But I hated seeing your family memebers frown
Something told me to quit acting like a clown
Or this relationship will plunge to the ground
The gut feelings I was getting stopped me from wanting to eat
It was a sign I needed stomach room to digest defeat
He got his cake, my girl, your dates, ya'll hearts, and sex
I don't know what I'd do if you got his last name next
Your love I crave
Or my heart gets a grave
I'm on thin ice with you I see it in your face
Shall I fall through, it'll be a cold case
Now we must rebond, our relationship rectified
Together you and I must strategize
Multiple times I apologize
You see the sincerity in my eyes
Take care of your business then come back home
With me is where you belong
There will be signs under your nose
Of me about to propose
And then we see just how far our love goes
There is a reasonable explanation
Of our love taking a vacation
Coming back to me soon is a strong contemplation
Infinite infactuation
With this situation
No longer your mind has investigations
We evolve around each other like circumnavigation
We migrated from friendship our destiny's manifestation
A flower you completed fertilization and pollination
On a love cruise we ride to an unknown destination
You are my mother
I am your brother
You are my sister
Love off the scale of Richter
Death to the attitude
Baby
Love longer than longitude
When desires meet and emotions convulse
Fixation unties that inner impulse.
If you struggle to understand me
You are not alone with this thought
Need a moment to confirm and agree
A questioned mind steals what can't be bought
Friend is the name for those you always trust
I'm not saying that you do or you don't
Sailing on winds of relationship of rust
Right behind an old sinking ship of won't
Behind such reasons, the answers you seek
Like two rivers once branched to the sea
A current we travel both believe weak
Bridge the gaps between doubt or breaks free
Over the years we have decided our fate
Troubled not by the decisions we've made
Water flows freely when feelings stagnate
I came to the conclusion emotions fade
Will we ever know if truth was found
Ease pain from a continued troubled past
Your life and mine soon buried in the ground
Mind that our lives were always miscast
Bridge over Troubled Water Word Acrostic contest
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(Double sonnets- Part One)
Death First Knocks, Fear Then Enters, Plea Given
(Double sonnets- Part One)
Cold hand of death, thy touch arrives too soon
Weakens my breath, sorrows my tragic tune
Thy blow that hits hard, thy strike will deny
More years to this bard, yet gift saddest skies
Alas! Will not thy deed, be a great waste
Thy kiss, I have no need, its bitter taste
Deep bite of thy fangs, this heart fails to awe
Bittersweet death pangs, where true love recalls
Life was oft honey-sweet, days pure and true
Pray dawn we meet, rather than I curse you
Stay thy hand one hour, tis but a small plea
Let me greet faith's power, then finish me
Now friend, your silence speaks, I shed no tears
Moment I was weak, faith now allays fears
~ Death comes with a hiss, to give its reply ~
~ Where came such bliss, that soul ceases to cry~
Fear me the more, I hold thy mortal coil
Life has no soft shore, man sprang from earth's soil
Thy spirit rebels, this fate thy wrongs bring
Death offers its hells, dare thee to now sing
Thy request I grant, gifting thee a week
If vows thee recant, and curse as you speak
Bow to my power, I death ruleth all
I gift thee more hours, walk in my dark halls
One week I return, more time thee may earn
My deadly flame burns, thy love I so spurn
Then you must submit, curse thy day of birth
I have thus seen fit, to measure thy worth
Giveth me your praise, bow to my great strength
Life is a maze, thine I can give more length.
~ Away Death has flown, human spirit asks ~
~ Have I been shown, glimpse behind death's black-mask ~
Robert J. Lindley, 11-21-2018
Sonnet(s)- Part One
Note: Tale of Life, Fate And Death , written in four sonnets
Part One- Double Sonnets
Part Two, Double sonnets- Will faith hold power or temptation of having longer life rule. To be written, in due time...