With lank longish hair, of virtue most spare
Hollow cheeked, with joints that creak..An elderly evil proponent of deaths i see there is a reek a pungence of cadavers in such abundance, he knows not where he has buried children a'plenty Grandfathers their
Wives, but then for satan he strives.' He must at least rank as a liutennant skull and
Cross bones on his pennant, a trace of accord..He has trodden the boards floors he is invisible on the black squares.' And will never give up his share.' He mooted for
Guvenor of Gaza, no other i dare could
Show such brass neck.' Of tony blair, who will
Be, no doubt? flexing his ropey old pecs.'
GAMES
parents
played with us
memories were made
with games as Mom and Dad
wished us to share smarts and fun
"play stays family bonds for life"
I kneel by the ash heap of my country,
pulling out the charred bones of laws
once tender with purpose. A womb,
a book, a vote—each gutted clean
by men in ties who grin as they light
the match, who quote scripture
as forests burn and children cry
in cages built from policy.
My daughter will not inherit
a peace I once believed in.
She will patch what I could not protect—
clean air, clean water, a truth
without spin, a touch without price.
Her hands will be calloused,
her hope hard-earned.
It is not that we lost something.
It is that they took it and smiled.
We bare of human; sic-ning'
Planned these decade long schemes?
Some mad-sters of eugenics
In bid to cap our dynamics.'
All based on their (spatial distancing)
And murder as ever
Of conscious never
With extremisam
Of which I am no fan forever.!
In English I would say
I've lost it once again ,
In poetry le' me say,
Bricks and stones
Break my bones
But words have destroyed
What can never be restored .
I swear.. I never thought this
concrete wall of confidence
I have created against every
negative word would ever
fall apart as I spent decades of hours
moulding and moulding
my precious mountain made of
affirmations and motivations,
in hope of one-day
I could hide behind it
everytime I'm attacked by
words that breaks& destroys
mine from within.
So...you tell me what do I do in-this dilemma.
War a
very easy to begin
Many decades to fight
Blood on the dance floor
Bullets tar tar tar, just like instruments
Bomb bom bom bom, like music
Bang Bang a speaker
Fire fire fire
Louder the leader
Commander
Army
Furiously avenging
At a sight
Of an
Enemy
Firing weapon
Weapon of
Hate and
Destruction
Destroying
To survive
Just to breath
in
Another
As
Sacrifice
for pain
Input
In you for
Your
quest
For
Power
Audacity
Do as
I say
Kill as
Much as
You can
Is that
A legacy
For the
Next Generation?
Generation
You claims
To protect
Just for
Selfish
Goals
How many more?
Lives to go
Refusal to
Go their way
Commander
without order?
Ordering without
Resolution
For healing?
Pains
Terrors
anguish
Bruises
Disaster
Hollering
Beasts
And more?
How dare you
Vibrate war
When you
Know
It cost
Sometime
Eternity
Ages
Generations
Passed
Does anything
Function
Absolutely
Amidst war?
God bless
Peacemakers?
Courageous
Without fear
Fear of dogs
Barking at
The wolf
afar
Coast
In the
Jungle
A sick
Lion
Goats
Can't
Match
Undisputed
Attributes
Roaring
In silence.
Mausoleum and graves extremely old
They have not withstood test of endless time
Human love and tragedy long grown cold
Lay under protection of pure divine.
Weathered decades obliterated names
So many graves in decrepitude lay
Impetuous nature has claimed domain
Humanities spirit ever holds sway.
Listen carefully restless spirits sigh
Mournful whispers in ancient cedar tree
Seems they are reluctant to say goodbye
Bright future awaits they cannot foresee.
Spirits one day will arise and move on
Gentle Shephard takes charge his flock has gone.
Pixabay image by: MrsBrown
Thank You Lord for Decades Passed
By Franklin Price
03/21/2021
Thank you Lord for decades passed
Love between my wife and me
When we wed the die was cast
Now's over half a century
Vows we said were set in stone
Rings on fingers stayed in place
One together, not alone
We met through your good grace
Our love grew deeper day by day
To provide, you made us able
We always had a place to stay
Always food upon the table
Family was always there
Friends were not in short supply
The life you gave us more than fair
I praise you now, don't ask you why?
You took my Barb to be with you
Her time on Earth came to an end
Her pain and strife are gone too
On that, I know I may depend
On the cross you gave your son
He paved her way to Heaven's door
She believed, He was the one
She'll be there forevermore
When my time on Earth is done
I will hold her once again
Thank you Lord for Jesus
Who has saved me from my sin
Amen
every new decade
..one of...
seven 'teen-wonder'
...questions...
was answered
...then...
it decayed to a
...wise-dome...
overhead reflecting
...time as...
simply a topology
...of...
wishing and doing
...and fates...
become 'reality-thoughts'
...inevitably as...
time is a type of mobius strip
...that...
is as self-supporting
...and we...
are part of the order
...of elements...
reflecting the whole set
...as...
the being of change
...nothing 'fixed'...
but mathematical constants
...lending form....
via irrational and transcendetal
...counts...
that reflect time being as
...change patterns...
of no permanent reality
...just randomness...
and a wise-dome called mind
stans sand
In Time with Autumn
—————————————-
Autumn rushed ahead
without me,
Leaving me to chase
After its perfect
violet skylight.
My running feet crack
The silence of
the earlier dusk, with
My mashing of
the dry death
Of the discarded
Brown and golden leaves
Covering the ground
I course,
Trying to catch up.
It seems
Time has become
A fleeing antelope, so
Much faster than my sprinting…
And my aging has left me
With neither the wisdom
Nor any proverbs
To reconcile my long decades
With these quickening years,
This skirting of seasons
And their shortened breath…
I remain a turn and a length behind
In this — my present calendar’s —
Unreasonable race
In sight of autumn’s
beautiful sunset.
The rush, beyond me,
Calls for a delighting stroll,
As my soul whispers,
“This human measure
Of time forgets:
Every second may be ever-lasting.”
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(c) sally young Eslinger art & poem 10/31/21
Thanks be to God
Two Decades In Afghanistan
Haiku
By: Miracle Man
8-28-2021
In call to duty,
Many gave some, some gave all.
Mission accomplished.
Changes immanent a key
Voices lost in puberty
Flounders all in uniform
Fearful of the social norm
You had no choice
You paid the price
What fell on your body
Like water and ice
Thrown from the channel
You struggle in air
Mind racing nowhere
You stand up and stare
Now decades later you pause and concede
All memories are phantom all money is greed
The child that you lost the only one true
In a spasm of fate youth was stolen from you
Abounding thrill elates me, blown away
By beauty accessible, the chances
To make tomorrow my ultimate day
Road split with intricacy of branches
Confronted with unexpected crest
Summit draped under silver mystery
Steep climb denotes scope will become accessed
War torn heart grabs gradient gingerly
Hands surrounded in shroud mount the challenge
Pulled pebbles scatter below while I'm held
Mist bliss invades injured brain's imagine
Pinnacle opportunes suppressed dreams' meld
Love for another bolsters oxygen
With delve into mountain peak porcelain
5th October 2020
Written for Contest : Love Sonnet
Sponsor : John Hamilton
It seemed like yesterday
We deemed new hope in play.
Rare New Year did appear-
Its Two-Thousand premier!
Decade, times two, flew by-
We prayed peace would comply.
Aplenty letdowns massed-
by Twenty-Twenty's blast!
July 2, 2020
Contest: Verses in Essence - 8 Lines
Sponsor: Joseph May
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