Abandoned
...Such love that has imprisoned me to many hells,
Neglected nights navigate the pernicious smells…
With fiendish fury left flagitious and forsaken,
Amidst cold caves of ice the demons ha...
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Categories:
desertions, absence, abuse, conflict, loneliness,
Form: Sonnet
Whistling Dixie Signs
...I recall similar signs and notices
of ironic appeal:
"We have a zero-tolerance policy against bullying"
ripped and torn,
and is that a dried yellow yolk stain?
"This is a NO GUNS neighborhoo...
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Categories:
desertions, anti bullying, corruption, hate,
Form: Political Verse
Life
...Life...
On the wake of a new morning...
With countless hopes ascending...
And endless dreams ever knocking...
In excitement of a new beginning...
By persuasions smoothly rolling...
Sometimes wi...
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Categories:
desertions, life,
Form: Blank verse
Mystery of Pine Barrens
...Mystery Of Pine Barrens
Pine Barrens hide the cabin by mirrored lake
Years pass as green grass grows slower under trees
Something is missing that no one knows
Rolled hills keep mysteries up the...
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Categories:
desertions, absence, animal, confusion, deep,
Form: Free verse
Queen of the Desert
...All bow low unto Pharaoh,
Queen of all upper, and lower Egypt.
Hollowed halls echo thy name,
Nefertiti.
Cast red sails towards infinity's,
Swift currents.
Nile waters part steadily
Anubis guardia...
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Categories:
desertions, art, beauty, history, imagination,
Form: Free verse
She's Marrying Again
...She's marrying again,
and the promises flying
when her lips were mine -
they're now dying.
I broke near all
'til she couldn't take
what I'd become, and left
in truth for my own sake.
Pain...
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Categories:
desertions, introspection, lost love, recovery
Form: Rhyme
Pain- the Destiny of Man
...Pain, excruciating pain
Gripping spine, disabling
Till vigor and strength drain
Prayers you chant and Hymns sing
Hospital, Doctors, MRI’s and X-rays
Cash, Debit Cards, depleting bank account
Money...
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Categories:
desertions, death, life, sad, death,
Form: Rhyme
Disciple's Calculus
...Count it all joy,
Counting is not sentimental,
But cold unerring calculation,
As we press on,
we c...
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Categories:
desertions, devotion, faith, hope, inspirational,
Form: Pastoral