Beyond Poems

Beyond the Portrait

In the pattern, she hides,  
A woman with many sides.  
Strength is her ornament,  
And wisdom is her fragrance.

Gaze into the checkered portrait,  
With your eyes fixed straight,  
You’ll see a woman who battles  
Against the tendrils of night,  
A woman who vehemently subdues darkness.

She speaks through her

Beyond the Horizon

The sky and sea intermingled as a mist evolved.
Soon a moon appeared surrounded by tiny stars.
From the beach, a whisper of awe arose, all wondered
Onlooking the misty phenomenon of a beauty rarely seen.

Night fell and some bathers rested on the sandy beach.
Could the sky kiss the sea, most wondered musing a lot.
It was a sensation

Beyond the Masquerade

In shadows cast by false pretense,  
A friend once close, now lost to sense.  
With whispered lies, they played their part,  
A dagger aimed straight at my heart.  
You sent your words, so vile, so crude,  
Yet wore a mask, concealing the rude.  

You spun your tales, so sweet,

Beyond the moat

Though it is rare in everyday's sail
It does happen quite unexpectedly
Sea arrives in the shape of a vessel
Pulls the existence beyond the moat

5 September 2025

The Hierarchy of Needs

(“The Mothership”, 2024, photo collage of original encaustics)

The Hierarchy of Needs

In this world there is a hierarchy of need.
Of course it’s different for each of us.
Some just want to get ahead,
Some to get laid,
Or to score.
Some just want to be left alone.

I’m kind of in that last group
But I also have other priorities
And those are

Beyond the Blackbox

Attention:
This one is the problem child.

Mom and dad deny autonomy
take authority over a diary
supervised at all times; no privacy
door hinge wide open
so why are the walls closing in?

This home is an emotion free zone
Mom says save it for therapy
but stops taking me
says my borderline personality is burdening this family’s budget
believes I’ll be cured if she

At the Edge of the Storm Called: Beyond Understanding

There are those who believe this Age is ending
They mark time by fractures, not by firelight sending.

While I... have watched another map unfold: a hidden one, a tree in hymns
Drawn in the quiet hands of those remembering… you, being one of its limbs.

You were never meant to flee the storm
Sadly, into it… being born.

So, you

In This Life And Beyond

I will live through every single moment of life with you.
I will always have this willingness to help you on through.
I will love you through every single moment beyond this life too.

JEALOUS

Jealous is my God, who wants me in submission, only giving our love and attention to his plan. 
Jealous is my God, who told us of the punishment to us and our descendants. 
Jealous is my God, that leads me through this life, with signs from above that light my path. 
Jealous is my God,

beyond the shackles

Once I was starling voice at dawn, 
A flock of chimed echoes on my tongue,
Wheezing whistles on choralled lawn,
Each verse a mimic so sweetly sung.

Now I’m a lyrebird lost in the brush,
Framing my solos in shadowed boughs,
With heart unfolding in trembling rush,
A lonesome lilting with hidden vows.

With cheeslets and flummox in my beak,
I sift the

beyond ''in love''

.

                      thump
                      pump
          

Beyond the fading light

Counting three , two, one, and closing those eye's
My last breath is shaky and smile is wrinkled,
The dried rose in my book has crumbled,
What a peaceful day to sleep, I still wonder,
The light infront of me is fading as the darkness wants to hug me tight,
It's arm's are on my shoulder giving me a soft

HANDS OF TIME

As I close the last window and draw the blinds shut;
 The mountains once viewed and cool crisp air no longer a must.
                As I dim the lights and close my eyes to rest
      

Impartial

I don't take one side or two
In disputes about who’s right
And who’s wrong – it could be you
Or it could be me tonight
But the next day it may turn
The other way round, the pendulum 
Swings and all I had to learn
Will be lost in setting sun
Now the nightmares get too real
Heroes drop their marble masks

HeartBreak And Beyond That

HeartBreak And Beyond That

Oh Yeah, I Get It!

Past Those Dreams
And Passions, All
That Need For Purpose,
Defined Importance,
Relative Value…
Beyond That.

Runs Perfection,
Still In Motion,
This Creation,
Unique And Beautiful,
Loud Bizarre!

I Believe 
We're
Allowed To
Appreciate A
Miracle In Motion,
Anyway…

Stand Back And
LOOK! To See
How Good It Is!

How Beautiful, Though!

THAT 
Kind Of 
GOOD.

Before…
We Sever
Ties, And Move On.

-Gray Squirrel

07-29-2025

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