Best Trembled Poems
The old wood framed home stood stark and abandoned, a
shell of herself, where now new homes were standing..
Rotted roped windows wept with the rains and rattled and
trembled with each passing train..
The once solid foundation now unmoored by silt causing the
aged house to lean, a precarious tilt..
Yet inside her ancient bones still chiseled and grand with her
high molded ceilings and oak floor plans.
For over a hundred years she was home, haven, shelter, thru
cold winter storms and hot summer swelters.
Many years had passed and her families moved on.
She stands out of place where she once so belonged.
'Twas a mystifying shiver,
made her insides quivery liquid
a flight of fancy such as none other,
they were like two ships passing
midst a steamy night's rendezvous,
whenever the poetry of a drab life
appears to be stagnant & oppressive,
she reminisces an endearing epoch
whence earth vehemently shook &
in the way he made every last nuance
of devoured flesh fiercely tremble to
the core of her reawakened existence
The earth trembled and all felt fear,
Some murmured a prayer.
Most ran out. oft tumbling the stair.
Faithless led to despair.
Apathy led to bars,
Others caused some crashed cars,
Most escaped to watch stars.
Sin dissembled.
The earth trembled.
15 September 2021
Quietus
The earth trembled that day,
The clattering sounds fused
With crying sounds
Could be heard from miles away,
The fear etched on the faces of many
The screams of pain resounding
While they scramble to safety
Tramping each other in the process
It is impossible to escape
Without being traumatized
Left with visible and invisible scars
Those lucky enough to be alive
Relay tales of horror
With loved ones missing
And many still ensnared beneath buildings and debris…
He sat before a twisted wooden cross
whispering to an empty wind:
“It’s gone.” Dad
“the dream”
“it’s gone.”
“The earth is tired”
“tired as you used to get”
“and the sun”….
“even the sun
seems less forgiving.”
An old barn door rattled
its scrawny cat stalking
a passing noise.
A dust cloud drove
up the dirt road.
As he turned to leave
the scarecrow trembled
in an unknown darkness.
John G. Lawless
©9/26/2022
The eyes from war swell from memory's mist
Of trees without limbs to hold up the sky
When serenity trembled to exist
Between crumbled bodies and death's moans cry
The sounds of hell and warm wind's stench of war
In the broken mind dark when the screams weigh
And dead faces lag on forevermore
To leave vacant the eyes from yesterday
When fear so primal was to hear death call
And it all seemed so pointless evil insane
With demons that came to make my soul crawl
In war's bloody realm my soul will remain
To cry from guilt, those who died in my sight
To visit the dead how long my respite
12/31/18
By: Khomotso Makitla
Dear loved one, It’s me your UNREQUITED LOVER.
In hope I hoped that this day never unveil.
As your WHISPERS still roam free in brain, whispers
and hisses of broken promises.
I nearly fumbled to open my heart once more,
But I once trembled on your mountain of lies.
Stone by stone I was there but there I was not,
Piles of those stones turned into a mountain and far i was pushed.
That mountain’s shadow tinted my heart,
For my heart is dark still, and I thought I was tough like steel.
But you’ve shown how easy it is to steal, once vital organ,
And turn it into a hard and cold object.
But I watched as your mountain of lies Mounts and the colder you become.
The shoulder to cry on, turned into the shoulder that made me cry on,
Never believed in cruelty, but that was my reality.
Surely I didn’t believe that rubbles of stones can incline into this shade of,
Darkness, that blind folded me from seeing the majestic hill up front.
That why I like to say fool me once, and like ancient Artifacts you will,
Be the thing of the past. ©?
Weak I became
Wrapped in a heavy cloak of guilt and shame
Lost and unable to reclaim
My feet were once firm
now trembled with fear
Afraid to stand before the Lord, my heart unclear
But God, in his mercy, sent me angels of grace
Who listened to my story and showed a gentle face
They helped me rise reminding me of God's love
And whispering to me, "You are not alone, God loves you, and he'll receive you with open arms."
He will embrace you and dress you in nice clothes
Like the father did for the prodigal son
"Welcome, welcome, welcome home" " he'll say to you
With no judgment, no condemnation, just pure love
I was blessed with words of affirmation and encouragement,
With their tender love and support,
I felt peace, and my heart renewed.
These are the people we all need
A blessing to the soul
A reminder we're not alone, making us whole
Let's help people with ears that hear and words that heal
And pray for one another, that love and hope may appear
A-S B