Dead Reckoning Poems - Poems about Dead Reckoning

An ancient mariner in the seamless sea, I’m sailing for ages in the intuited undefined course in sparkling sunshine and tormenting tempest, on the rolling timeless teal waves, rising high to sanguine sky, falling low to onyx depression, as my boat pitches, I toil to float in journey uncertain. The moonless opaque nights descend with the debris of...

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"God sent neither a philosopher or a general, but a savior with the power to forgive." ...

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Why did I have to silence my brain Thinking it would alleviate the pain, If only that hair trigger had paused ... Now look at all the troubles I caused Forget the moment the last breath drew The people who cared more than I knew, Tomorrow is nothing but grass and grave Six feet from all the love that I crave ... Alone...

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DEAD RECKONING That stain of guilt, it haunts me still And it will live with me until The end of days, when that arrives As we account for all our lives In that moment one pays the bill A veil of black, no tuck or frill When ink has dried upon the quill And rust has blunted all the knives That stain of guilt When...

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The devil in the details —hell the final sum (Dreamsleep: February, 2020)...

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I can close my eyes and see it again Caribbean blue of the ocean at dawn Sailor old sailor, follow your dreams Tears in your eyes as you keep moving on As a wild young man I set out to sea Lured by its' mysteries and charms Hands on the helm, run with the wind In search of a young woman's arms She...

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