Our words seethe like fire;
Crackling as we watch them blaze
Into a burning smoke of anger
Till the quiet of midnight cools,
Extinguishing what we had fed.
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autumn cooling tides
sun rarely shines but shines smooth
bright cooling breeze
~
cooling tides autumns
at dusk of new dawn comes cool
breeze dropping leaves down
autumn cooling tides-
10/28/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
New day spring has sprung
prequel before cleansing
Father so cleanses the air
evaporated wet air rain
With raindrops of cooling rain
this thing falls we thank Him
Advance for sunshine as
Within as cooling new day rain
we praise Him in the rain
beautiful promised rainbow
colorful promise to us from
Allah we thank Him for His breath
within as cooling new day rain
~
the cooling breeds light rain
bright falling on us so
we felt cool breeze light raindrops
as did He places inside of us
within as cooling new day rain
~
His breath of life
what a beautiful spring rainy day
praise and inhale His aroma
Within as cooling new day rain
5/19/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2024
As lightning brights the meadow
And thunder dulls the air;
I feel it still,
A stormy chill,
An aura everywhere.
I wander o'er the pathway
And paddle through the rain;
My bootheels squash
The squelchy wash
Along the puddled lane.
My face refreshed with teardrops
The clouds have wept from high;
They gently wet
My eyes, and yet,
They barely seem to cry.
I dance on midst the moisture
The hail sends down to earth;
I sense the beat
Beneath my feet
And sing for all I'm worth.
But then the fulgid sunlight
Warms the land once more;
I'm home to you
As I step through
A rainbow's archwayed door.
If I’m in a desert hell and the Son has set His feet on the blazed earth, this worlds on fire and I thirst, would it be better for me to drink the cooling waters or be delivered and lifted UP?
10/10/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©
cat cooling in hollow log-
bird pecks tail
cooling tang
upon my palate-
eucalyptus leaves
sleep comes-
a one-track mind’s
exhausting
nature’s way
is the best-
fine dining
6/17/17
I'm just cooling
And musing
Below the flooring and above the roofing
Still manuevering and moving
Working hard towards improving
Live a life of your choosing
Focused on what I'm doing
Got to get it, can't continue snoozing
While there is and isn't booming
Whether win draw or losing
Before and after what is ensuing
Regardless of if it may be confusing
Quickly fuming
Often stooping
To such a low level, then snooping
People feuding
And dueling
Over petty things, continually adding fueling
To the fire, while ridiculing
Among objects that may or may not be protruding
Near and far from lifeforms and items by themselves or in a tight-knit grouping
At a rapid pace, spewing
It's all bad when it comes to polluting
Always stirring up the pot, and tooting
Your own horn, while assuming
Because you want to see another's undoing
Shame on those that continue spoofing
And fooling
As well as those that did or are planning a mass shooting
There's just no excusing
Such horrendous actions, regardless of it involved drug abusing
And heavy duty boozing
A beautiful and warm sunny day
She is relaxing in her hammock
In her hand a glass of lemonade with ice cubes
Takes up an ice cube
holding it up against the sun
The sun shines through so beautifully
Cold drops dripping between her breast
Keeps the ice cube against the sun until it disappears
Around her belly button a small cooling pond
Looking up at the sun, smiling and thinking
there are still five months to King Winter will come
Oh how life is lovely in the sunshine and her hammock
17.07.2013
A-L Andresen :)
morning brought with it
a cooling dawn, one which
seemed to flush away all the
heat accumulated during the
night before,
what with the haze of humidity &
the global warming deep fry
bringing his blood to boil &
the sweat streaming down
lost calories & a sticky, salty,
slime,
which had dripped in a
stubborn pattern of droplets
one after the other,
in a campaign of annoyance,
almost as if nature itself
was trying to keep him
awake---
but alas,
the mind wins out in the struggle &
as his years had brought him to
this place where a hot day would
inevitably demand complete
exhaustion in the night,
so did the night take him into a
dreamy oasis &
he found himself knee deep in the
cerulean Mediterranean
whose waves gently tickle his legs
blazing from the heat
but soon chilled like a glass
left in the fridge for a bit
to cool that drink in the
blistering Mississippi
afternoon in
July.
A massager's relax
Unburdened on the table
Hands plead and mellow
You slip into breath
As all tissues unfissure
i sweat alot
it was so hot
my
shirt was wet
it had a bad taste
running and
comeing down my face
am not lying
i had to fine a
COOLING PLACE
i sweat when ite hot
feel like am in box
need time to waste
fine somewhere of taste
a
COOLING PLACE
by Michael J Falotico
On a warm summer night..
Two hands woven in each other..
The ocean is painted by the moonlight..
The glow follows our steps along the beach..
We lie on the warm dry sand as the sea rides in..
Our toes curl as the water plays with our bare feet..
Ankles entwined as baby shells tickle our toes..
Two bodies melted in a moonlight heat under the stars..
The scent of the sea and the crashing waves are the flow..
An evening of bliss from just the start of cooling toes..
my sis & her man
falling from the kissing tree
after 5 s0me' years
how blind love can be
you are all up off in it
news sure blinded me
the mixing of oil
and water can only float
for just so long, eh?
not be taking sides
for there is no 1 to blame
she's lost her Viking
lost his Texas belle
matches sometimes made in hell
sad the cooling flame
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