wintry desolate
an aquatic, white snail craws
betrayed by the lake
5/6/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©
The Man in the White House
Watches with a cautious eye
Aware his term of office
Is swiftly flowing by.
The man in Number 10
Still thinks his country Great
As he creeps and craws to
His trans Atlantic mate
The Man in the Kremlin
Wanting territorial gain
Wreaks havoc and despair
On the defiant Ukraine
The man in Pyongyang
Just doesn’t care
How his irrationality
Drive nations to despair.
The Quiet Man of Beijing
Very seldom seen
Flexes his muscles
There behind the scene.
The working man in general
No matter what his location
Labours long and hard just
To maintain his situation.
It's cock; it's coffee
It's not your cup
It's hard to swallow
It's kept you up
You cough; you turn
You wonder why
You've just been burned
and haven't die
You sip; you swallow
You say; I'm me
And then you wallow
prepped and snee
To see I'm me
and less for hallow
And dirty, dumb
and not to allow
So see me off
Please do my dear
But remember bye
means 3 guys seer
To hold you in
a passion's rate
of paid for now
despite your hate
And you will come
to me again
Not one day soon
but lost and then
I will take you
to a cause
That coffee made
is YOU and CRAWS!
Moon sleeps long wrapped in cozy quilt of chilly fogs,
Earth is engulfed in thick black carbon-canopy;
Trees ghosts-like; birds black-hole shaded; loud growl of dogs,
The scene is as silent as a dream fantasy...
Grow-caws cooled; cock-craws chocked; cattle clemently calm;
Buds of roses and sunflowers snore and sleep still;
Snails and worms shrunk betwixt fallen leaves and twigs, warm,
Cold seems handicapping even hearts of goodwill...
Bells feebly heard; the village church is very far;
As our bullocks are unwell, we may need to walk;
There's joy, when young and old - all together way-fare,
Merrily walk telling tales and season's talk...
Come, join us, share the happiness, Jesus is born!
Partake in Christmas joy, though we might walk till morn!
21 December 2021
Do lizards have gizzards?
Do wizards have craws?
Are parakeets Paracletes
Exempt from laws?
I need to know how
I kneaded dough now
To disavow middlebrow
Hear the cow bow-a-wow.
Changes happened
The world moves on
The formation of human in-uterus is its reality
Growing up signifies it existence
Five years ago is not twenty years to come
The improvement in humans development and ideas are it testimonies
Nothing is new but nothing is ever the same
The passing years never remembered it origin
Changes are ageless
She was present in the formation of man
Changes are older than histories but yet far younger than results
Things will never be the same
Whether she craws the difference she show makes impacts
Every day brings a new change but life continues
The worse the changes the harder and faster adjustments must be made to suit it existence
The world is a change let's live it.
Unidentified spaceship spotted over Kansas field
One-eyed, antenna-crowned alien at the wheel
Cows stop their grazing to glance its way
ZAP! -- Nothing left in the field but bundles of hay
Wide-eyed farmers swallow the tobacco in their craws
As above crows circle madly, 'midst startled caws
The ship's underside glows orange, white and blue
The President's skin turn greens when it come into view
The pics now go viral, the USA's on high alert
While out in the field, farmers cower in the dirt
Then just as the aliens emerge from their ship
My plane lands-- I wake up: It's the end of my trip
And who am I?
Am just another man with another name
With dreams bigger than his height
Hopping for the best
Trying harder to keep the faith
But fire rains on him
The man who prays for refuge
Come tomorrow, lions still have craws
Earth, doomed
Humanity, cursed
Sin, forbidden
Peace, compromised
Order, reversed
Wealth, defiant
Should I do the right thing?
The world doesn’t favor the good
I will still wake up armed
Tighten my gear, set for the dream
Meagerly, a foot ahead of the other
I will be chasing hopes though in turmoil
I will kiss the face of the sun
If that’s what it takes
Whilst under your feet,
In the drifting scums,
I will honor the man with the master plan?
Darkness spreads his hands over the sea,
His body silhouette men cannot see,
His eyes can't be opened for a fee,
The cock crows to alert men again.
Nocturnal creatures match out like train,
Evil one pretends to be insane,
with his cohorts planning to inflict pain,
All their actions mostly take place at night,
Craws in with his wood ready to fight
any on his path who hinders his right,
An angel that's fearful and mean on sight,
Good or bad, his mission is the same,
Cut off life, and put many to shame,
Sickness and stress area added to his fame,
The poor and rich leave the way they came,
Ego..not being his friend makes him thrill.
Carelessness can lead you yo your peril,
Heart attacks and suicide are for real,
They loom, as death is a bitter pill,
Darkness spreads his hands over the sea.
12-15-2017
In a jungle where the beast rules ,
Lots of animals have gone through
the belly…becoming barbecue
to the beast ;
Feared by both small and great creatures ,
Flesh eater! Carnivora !!.
She has no mercy especially,
If she’s hungry and angry ;
No respect for aves and reptiles
Not to talk of other mammals ,
The territory is forbidden ..no go area .
It’s insane and mysterious for the great
beast to be tamed by a child-a wondering
child in the forest ;
What the strong and mighty cannot do ,
An innocent and fragile juvenile achieved in few hours,
The magnetic attraction between this
Two is strong and unhindered ,
This passion is divine…
and greater than the fruitful vine,
As the beast cuddles the child to
Sleep like a caring mother ;
The warmness of her bosom makes
the child to sleep deep on the forest floor,
As zephyr whistles ,
Hawk hovers ;
Sun moves to set; darkness craws in slowly ,
Hunters search ; police ponders ,
Mummy and daddy look worried ;
But , peace and love reign between this two .
9-26-2017
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He had a dream about the draws ,
Some friends believe there are no flaws ,
To nail it big they thought,
But it all came to not,
As tickets fail ;he runs and craws .
He speeds out of town to save his face ,
His trouser falls from waist for it lacks lace ,
Makes kids to laugh to this scene,
This is painful like a pin ,
As he tries to hide to erase this case .
4-29-2017
Complete silence follows the ways of sand
At dawn the sky cracks open on the dunes
Golden desert light rises hot
Filled with pain along the ridge
By afternoon the world turns rusty brown
Dryness craws along with armored insects
Scorpions are perfect black with anger at their points
A snake takes on the quickness of an arachnid attack
With no witness and for what it is, away from the oasis
A different kind of poison settles into pain
Venom burning through the veins
Systems fall apart with no escape
Under the unforgiving sun by dinner time
The victims bones blend into yellow brown
On an empty landscape baron, scales evaporate
With the aid of nature waiting on the day
Desert returns to quiet once again
My baby has a broken heart,
If I had known I would've done something,
Maybe fix the little broken parts,
She shattered to pieces, into nothing.
They made sure the wrapper was sugary sweet,
Soy you wouldn't believe something so beautiful could be so sad,
There was no way to look through the deceit,
They made her mind go mad.
Her sobs wake me up while I sleep,
Before that I could never even tell,
Now I even hear the sound of her steps, of her feet,
Her voice echoes through the nights, ringing like a church bell.
Tonight she craws into bed with me,
Just how she used to when the storms scared her,
She still wears the dress she was buried in,
And even when the summer wind sings, all I hear is thunder.
I keep visiting her grave, I keep asking her to stop crying,
-Please try, just for daddy-
-I don't like keeping you awake, sorry dad-
-Please try, it will make me happy-
-I'm sorry I never told you I was sad-
Two years have gone by, since I last heard her cry.
My little girl, I miss you so much, your mother does too.
Please make her wish come true.
Now I'm the one who cries every night,
I can't stop...
And I never might...
A tiny light from the chandelier
Made my shadows of sorrow dissapear
In a sudden flash I saw all your men
Singing "I'll be back, but I don't know when"
Santa is here and he wants your kiss
You have never seen him quite like this
And though is story is rather grim
He's got gifts for those who believe in him
Also Jesus said he'll be back some day
Some say he never left here anyway
But he told you once and he told you twice
Be a good girl and he'll treat you nice
Brown leaves crash in my window glass
They used to be green but all things must pass
The third time that the rooster craws
It's bye-bye to the savior and to Santa-Claus
A tiny light from a chandelier
Made my shadows of sorrow dissapear
Then in a dream your men stood in line
Eating your cookies - drinking your wine
Every moment ,and every second am bless for having you by my side,
Holding your hand ,kissing your lips,
Chasing your thoughts inside your mind,
Clearing your tears with my smile,
Creating hope,with your promises,
Finishing your sentence when you run out of words,
Feeling up your lungs when you run out of air,
Carrying your pain from your shoulders,
If God created such beautiful girl,why is she with me?
You deserve better ,someone who will pick you up your feet,
I know I'll never be that guy,
Even if I dream,
How do I hold so much love,it seems so simple,
But I silent with your smile especially with thoes dimples,
A soft pain craws threw my chest,
It only happens when I want to run and hold you so bad,
Every moment and every second I am bless to have you in my life,
One day I hope you can be by my side,
So I can hold you thight when things get tuff,
And cry with you when you are to shy to show it,
Sadly I care a lot about you,
To bad you will never know it
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