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The lost Gem

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The lost Gem

With a sunken heart	
l uttered a wail
one that sings 
of a direful loss
ravaging the heart 
with rhythms of soulless beats  

far sighting a scene  
fuddled by a murky sig...

Whenever The Soldiers Go

...These thoughts will follow
whenever the soldiers go...
to be with them into the battlefield,
reciting the shortest prayer
to protect them as a shield
in moments of uncertainty and fear!

A hea...

Gloomy Lagoon On A Foggy Day

...No gondolas are gliding under bridges, 
it's a lagoon without classic songs;
pigeons are huddled and do not coo, 
they're frightened by the murky blue!  

Carlo sings some lovely Neapolitan song...

Russia Attacks Ukraine - Revised

...It does not fit in these now modern times-
the news that's dominating our TVs.
With some gains made in world diplomacy-
these scenes of war are too hard to believe.

The Afghan war went on some ...

Affliction

...AFFLICTION?
It is said of young physicians when they first set out to learn
All the symptoms and conditions that known illnesses convey
They perceive these indications each one causing more concer...

In Very Direful Times

...In very direful times,
I'll wipe off every tear
and resurrect the faded smile
buried beneath a book pile...
where letters are hidden from dust,
or from surly days that are long gone!  
Can anyb...

Coming Back Reincarnated

...A stifling calm hung over the enlivened eve,
Across the gulf of years and time,
Ambitions and aspirations shivered into solids and dust,
I must have existed here before now.

It's hard to cry, c...

I Failed I Fear

...It is all my fault, for I am in command,
We sped into space with aspirations grand.

As we neared lightspeed, we saw pulsars,
And twinkling stars, deep space memoirs.

The cosmic sights were da...

A Husband's Nightmare

...‘Twere a foolish youth indeed
that ne’er his parents’ voice would heed.
“We hear you’re courting Mary Lue.
Dump that flirt, what e’er you do!
Once you’re wed, she’ll run you down.
Her name is kn...

Have You Ever Tried

...How dare you say you understand me
Have you swam in the same ocean
That drowned me? -- freezing, macabre

Have you ever encountered
The direful monsters lurking
Under my creaking, rusty bed?

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For Gaia

...Hold my heart
Let me bleed into your veins
Let my breath be your breath
Until your lungs breathe again

Let my tears quench your direful thirst
And quell the fires raging within
Use my skin to...

Thou Precious and Guiltless Nigerian Blood

...The whips of smoke was thickly spiraled all over my face,
 I stood at the shrine, rather the church,
 The eerie and somber silence within the cave scourged me,
 As the nocturnal owls spoke cabalis...

Your Brief and Our Shiny Days

...Like Abraham Maslow's highest Hierarchy of needs theory,
You are a ruler, self actualized and need not to worry.
You look down to downgrade the poor from your mansion,
That has been your passion.
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King

...But what is man, but an insignificant insect in my dominant domain?
A wasteful clan, pernicious and prejudicious roaming the open plain…
Using a destructive plan, a killing machine building their f...

The Mark and My Scars

...Right here on my chest,
Lies a mark I didn’t intend to make but it’s visible like a crest,
A cut made so deep to torture my body for entangling in a mess,
A great soul smitten and scourged, nothin...

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