A couple of ruins leave the cathedrals
nave and portico;
it is always molting season,
mice and beetles help
they nibble and gnaw,
wind-laborer’s, labor,
their whiplash backs bent,
to lever slates and all things loosened.
The sanctified, they guard their stony hearts
but the edges were made to crumble,
made to be returned to rubble.
The two twined ruins
exiting these ancient piles
were created to be spans and transits
for the upliftment of saintly figures,
no one will miss them, yet their
plinths, their buttresses
their embossments
until recently
held a small alcove heavenwards
a niche, that will probably
lose its faith soon,
toppling one year at a time
into an agnostic downfall.
The two ruins are so disfigured
as to be nothing at all,
but they are moving in mysterious ways
to where a tireless worker
will help them rise again,
but of course dust will stir up dust,
the mice and the beetles
will continue
to nibble and gnaw, however
the Maker will be ready
once more
to return dust to cathedrals.
Categories:
embossments, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Wandering across this satiated beach
Occasionally lit by the ruddiness of moon
Softly lashed by a brackish winter wind
Flavored with the hint of winters first snow
Uneven staggered imprints upon the waters edge
Carving my pathway through faces in the sand
Marking instances of this clarity ridden trekking
Across this rough faceted cacophonic seashore
Embossments of my greatest creations sounds
Nothing more than a drop in this art filled ocean
Overlooked or misunderstood by searching eyes
While once many voices fade out to near silence
Beyond the sandcastles written past many twilights
The waves filled with new voices upon tides rolling in
Washing away his thoughts and the last of his essence
Cleansing all impressions of vaguely recalled verses
Smoothed over and lost his footprints in the sand
Gone the previously heard verses of a friend
Just an instant in remembrance of an almost existed
Withdrawn from the silence of this crowded beach sand
Categories:
embossments, introspection,
Form: Free verse