With Faith
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2 Kings 1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire ...
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Categories:
die away, appreciation, christian, faith, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
ALL IT TAKES
...ALL IT TAKES
All it takes is a gentle chord in muted brass
The track does not need to be a tearjerker
But that certain sound always hits the mark
Not just lungs and lips to make the sound
Disc...
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Categories:
die away, age, me, memory,
Form: Free verse
Death's Whisper
...In earth's mournful sigh, the day does fade,
A quietus bow, as light to dark is made.
The sun descends; its fervor now grown still,
As night's embrace, a somber, haunting thrill.
Death's whispe...
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Categories:
die away, death, death of a
Form: Rhyme
Shades of Monday
...He is cranking up the old rusty engine again, but all that work is in vain, sweat is running from his anxious face and grease is spilling all over the place. There he goes again with his tool bag and...
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Categories:
die away, appreciation, business, change, courage,
Form: Narrative
This Storm Brewing Within
...You’ve created this storm inside me
The rainfall that happens to be tears
I shed for you for the sake of feeling empty
I call out to you, sincerely and bitterly throughout the years
Thunderclou...
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Categories:
die away, angst, hope, how i
Form: Rhyme
The Immensities
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"The Immensities"
I shut out the world
and inside me the
deep azurine blue
jumbled pieces
of unread hues
between the
boundaries
of the lost world
within me...
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Categories:
die away, muse,
Form: Narrative
Goodnight
...When I see your fantasy,
My heart is filled with ecstasy;
Roses my eyes do see.
When I set them to lie,
Over night's terrors they can't survive
But in your beauteous light do rely.
Goodnight ...
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Categories:
die away, emotions, inspirational love, love,
Form: Rhyme
Blackened Soul
...I've seen a man
Who lied in bed
His soul was deepest black
I've seen a girl
He wanted dead
She never did come back
Maybe she did die away
Like the man, to a heart attack
Maybe she’s ali...
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Categories:
die away, dark, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
Everyone Is Dropping Dead
...Everyone Is dropping dead
but the dead no longer care,
they have left this fatal life to be truly living
while other’s are being buried
as they emerge from a womb.
It’s all good, all ordained b...
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Categories:
die away, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Rambling
..."Rambling is a mood enhancer and it is during my ramblings that Nature talks to me in inaudible whispers and I am struck by the silent beauty around me"
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Categories:
die away, appreciation, ocean, universe,
Form: Free verse
Dilapidated
...Fall at your own feet
as subsided as you wanted to push me
Choke on your breath
as mine was to be taken
You cannot control Me
Fall at your own feet
live as obscure as you tried to ...
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Categories:
die away, abuse, betrayal, judgement,
Form: Free verse
The Forest of Generations
...For Professor Shea’s Class On Cultural Globalization
“The Forest of Generations”
The forest of generations
Each tree with a tale to tell
Upon the rings of their foundations
Where each histor...
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Categories:
die away, allegory, class, education, life,
Form: Rhyme
That Ghost-Eyed Dog
...Do you remember that ghost-eyed dog
on the beach who always came so close
to hunt us with her love?
She became one with the waves now,
washing away our hues and shades,
blessing the wet san...
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Categories:
die away, dog, lost love, love,
Form: Free verse
0,000,000
...The last time, I looked at my checking account,
I saw a colossal bunch of zeroes, six figures,
With a zero in front of the other numbers;
I had zero interest credited to my account.
I started lau...
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Categories:
die away, fun, games, giggle, humor,
Form: Rhyme
The Blackest Day: Revisited
...as the Towers die away
alone on a beach where thunderheads Roll
where I stood far from
shards of glass fire, horror, disaster
they televised only elemental chaos
cold rains passed through a n...
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Categories:
die away, allegory, america, angst, change,
Form: Free verse
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