Ballad Heart Poems

You Promised Me 
                     ...

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The heart is a harp with strings to pluck,
A melody within, an intricate luck.
Each string, a feeling, a vibrant chord,
In the symphony of life, where...

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I am wounded

I looked out the window
The light, streaming down
Amongst the trees
Reflecting on me
 
To walk amongst the trees,
A simple pleasure
Fresh scent of pine
Mind, at...

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Lorca Translations I

Gacela of the Dark Death
by Federico Garcia Lorca
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

I want to sleep the dreamless sleep of apples
far from the...

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This is such a bad idea, right?
Listening to music, day and night.
I'm told my ears will eventually explode,
Just because I listen to Muse a load?

21...

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Though nightmares often haunt my sleep,
and trouble me until I weep,
Theres other times I think of you,
where sun is bright and skies are blue
You fill...

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When equality becomes too technical
Too complicated, too severe
When this concept needs scrutinizing
Lord, please help us to see clear
That no law that is made by humans
Can...

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So the night wakes
 Our Father places you asleep

Sleep heavenly "beloved"
I'll see you in the new day dawning


As you're sleeping this very moment 
May our...

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Oh dear Artist, wield your brush upon my canvas,
Paint me naked, bared to the core of my essence,
Strip away the veils of societal pretense,
Reveal the...

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There once was a girl, so proud and so fair,
 Whose arrogance I couldn't help but compare,
 I longed for her love,
 But she looked...

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We are and where essence 
Ever present energy
Holy fire drifting through space 
Destiny in the likeness of our Father 
But we don't know if...

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I find in prayer a balm for my worn soul,
A soothing salve to ease my aching heart,
A solace when life's storms beyond my control,
A way...

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There was once a man, so fair and so bold
He lived in a castle, with treasures untold
He had wealth beyond measure, and power to spare
But...

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Oh, the ballad of love and loss
A tale that's oft been told
Of hearts that break and love that's lost
Leaves a heavy weight on one's soul

Once,...

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*Image of Music Heart by Pixabay.

A Heart's Melody

Harmony palpitates...conducts the abandoned chamber, 
albeit, interludes providently...kept in tune with themselves.
The metered winks...influencing oneness to soothe and...

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