Another 5 steps
...I'm so tired.
The machinery of my body feels like it's failing,
I'm grasping at the air praying there's something to hang onto,
I'm gritting my teeth and squinting my eyes in the struggle to see...
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Categories:
centerline, abuse, dark, heartbreak, strength,
Form: Free verse
My Life In Sevens - Part Three
...I am twenty-one.
It’s a hot, summer day in 1963.
I’m in Lubbock, Texas, at Reese Air Force Base
And I’m climbing the ladder into a supersonic T-38 jet.
The parachute strapped to my back is cumber...
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Categories:
centerline, life,
Form: Free verse
Illusion Is Fading
...My illusion is fading as life slips away
Like a snake sheds its skin that gets lost though each day
Still begins with a sunrise, of course! I awake,
Life's past lessons less certain, though I may ...
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Categories:
centerline, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Eternity To Enjoy It
...I barely notice the horse as he walks,
his gait is so incredibly smooth,
we’ve been riding all morning on this ridge,
and have settled down into a nice groove.
My friend Joshua rides just behin...
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Categories:
centerline, death, god, heaven, hope,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Touch Earth Grapes
...Tonight I raise my chalice
to the scent of this old cabin
to a mourning dove’s
pleasant sorrow
to the common touch
of all people
to the world’s heart
where all dwells
Tonight I drink to ...
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Categories:
centerline, earth,
Form: Free verse
Mind Altering
...Want to excite you inside out
By the time you realize
you're turned on, you'll
already be turned out.
Slide my finger
down your mind's centerline,
then zigzag between
creativity...
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Categories:
centerline, desire,
Form: Free verse
The Beautiful Game
...The Beautiful Game
Stepping on the field
This belongs to me
It is where
I am in control.
Long before I came here
I have prepared for this day
I reach down
Pluck the grass from the earth
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Categories:
centerline, soccer, sports,
Form: Epic
Free Land
...Beyond the paved two-lane with its solid centerline,
and bounded by NO TRESPASS signs;
beyond the turn-off onto gravel and the last barking dog
who keeps pace with my hubcap;
to a landing wh...
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Categories:
centerline, nature
Form: Free verse
Origami Lips
...Let us play a game
With my bamboo lips!
My wet-folded,
Scarlet colored mouth.
There’s no math
Required, just the
Essence of your French kiss.
Don’t you worry,
I won’t give you any paper cuts...
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Categories:
centerline, loveheart, heart,
Form: Free verse
Last Ride
...Eighteen wheels roll down a highway
on the other side of time
where a dark and ghostly shadow moves
along the centerline
As he rolls across tomorrow
through that final border town
hear the dist...
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Categories:
centerline, life, on work and
Form: ABC
Goin Home
...Eighteen wheels roll down a highway
on the other side of time
where a dark and ghostly shadow moves
along the centerline
As he rolls across tomorrow
through that final border town
hear the dist...
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Categories:
centerline, loss, on work and
Form: I do not know?