Monopolising Youth and Sorrow
...Monopolising Youth And Sorrow
Elevations of my soul soar toward the remnants of a dream
Revelations on growing old pour out from behind a stifled scream
Contemplations on what is sold ...
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Categories:
crusading, life,
Form: Rhyme
Wrongful Life Claim Against My Father
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They filed his blood beneath a numbered case—
the marrow went to war without a call.
The VA counted cells, not what took place
in basements where his stare could split the wall.
The cancer kn...
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Categories:
crusading, america, death, family, war,
Form: Sonnet
The Anchor of my soul
...I anchor my soul in the middle of the sea
And big ships come chasing after me
It is the place where you don’t want to be
when big waves are riding on the sea and
You are boxed into the four corne...
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Categories:
crusading, america, appreciation, boat, city,
Form: Narrative
Hire a Key
...The queen has all the power
while foot soldiers goad the king
though he maybe important
the church ahead of hymn
as too crusading bishops
diagonally move to sing
the knights gallant in battle...
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Categories:
crusading, conflict, courage, games, power,
Form: Rhyme
Woven Wonders
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Crimson carnations create chords of casual charm,
Happy hyacinths harmonise in their psychedelic hues,
Bright bubbles of hope in crusading sunset,
Soft sepia smiles sent down from the She...
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Categories:
crusading, beautiful, flower, song, sunset,
Form: Free verse
The Ladder of Hope
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I am burning in the sweltering heat
And it is just over a hundred degree
The sun is burning in my head
And a terrible pain is writhing in my neck
And water is springing up in my face
But I am ...
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Categories:
crusading, america, beauty, books, business,
Form: Narrative
In the Light of My Soul
...If I tell you the story of old, of how one tiny dream come into being and changed the race forever with just a silent whisper, would you believe me? If I tell you the story of how the sun and the moo...
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Categories:
crusading, america, beautiful, career, courage,
Form: Narrative
Is It Spring
...Is it Spring? How long has it been? Is it Spring? I don’t see the grass growing, the lawns are dry, the leaves are falling off the trees and the temperature is burning at a hundred and thirty degrees...
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Categories:
crusading, age, america, beautiful, body,
Form: Narrative
Ascending In Light
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Ascending In Light Towards Mountainous Peaks
Within Reach, Zion Bound By The Quickening
Pressing High With Fire Power
On Holy Ground My Soul Towers,
Solar Empowered, Sun Born By The Prowes...
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Categories:
crusading, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Iron Might Affirmations
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I AM Powerful, I AM Resilient, Iron Ox Fortified
Steel Built, Rigid and Upright
I Am Earth, Air, Wind and Fire, Most High in Sterling Light
I got that Samson Might,
No Mountain Too High, M...
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Categories:
crusading, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme
Light Knight
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Coruscating Fire, Wielding Shields Of Knights
Brandishing Spears Sacred as Light,
Crusading Upright St.George Like
Into Fields Of Destiny with Steeds Of Epic Flight,
Chasing Legends
Dici...
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Categories:
crusading, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
The last hula hoop
...Let me have the last look at you before you do the final “hula hoop.”
Let me have the final look at you before try on your new shoes. Some sizes just don't fit; you have got to hold on to the grit. ...
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Categories:
crusading, appreciation, best friend, creation,
Form: Narrative
From Ultra Right to Ultra Wrong
...The thrust of salvation's revelation;
Straight from the buckle of the Bible Belt -
Crusading on a plan of what they felt:
"The World for Christ in One Generation."
Their causes - all so speciou...
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Categories:
crusading, america, betrayal, faith, political,
Form: Rhyme
I Dub Thee
...Being self-titled
aristocrat pure
Heraldry solemn
liege a du jour
Knighted in fealty
loyalty’s throne
Crusading triumphant
—honor atoned
(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)...
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Categories:
crusading, truth,
Form: Rhyme
A Crime They'D See More Of, Part Iii
...“If you are reading this note then I have
succeeded in trying to kill myself,
which means that I have killed the people who
did this to me, so my story I’ll tell.
“You’re wondering how I got to...
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Categories:
crusading, abuse, dark, gender, murder,
Form: Narrative
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