blooms exploding days
fireflies flashing streak the nights~
silent cracker bliss
My stubborn foe
Mind the bomb's kaboom
~ Reason it will never sow
Suicide is a phantom
tap dancing on the mind
with a ball-pin hammer.
Looking for and opening
to place a stick of dynamite.
kaboom!
How many of you have done this?
You go into another room
To get something really important
Suddenly your mind goes KABOOM!
In the lightning flash of a instant
You haven't a clue why you're there
You rack your brain for the answer
Just stand there with a vacant stare
So back to the room you came from
Hoping something will click
For sure your mind will recover
You start feeling dizzy and sick
What if you can never remember?
Go to your grave not knowing why
You got up to go there for something
But your brain feels like it's fried
Sometimes it renders man useless
Their existence productive no more
Dribbling and mumbling “what was it?”
This feeling you can't ignore
Then as you're ascending to heaven
Your life is paraded before you
In a flash you scream out, “I've got it!”
“I was headed for the loo!”
© Jack Ellison 2015
Little children running around -
splash went the fish bowl!
Bonk went the table.
All the food went on the floor!
My dog was like a vacuum,
slurping up a storm.
"Run as fast as you can!"
And the children ran ran ran all the way home.
Aunika Alch
Age 11
Kaboom, the ground shakes under my feet. It didn’t happen,
it’s just a feeling from which to retreat. Kaboom, kaboom,
maybe I’m wrong, and something has happened beyond my control.
Windows are broken, there’s blood on the street. There’s no going
back now, because love is at stake. I felt the force of the blast
and the heat, it won’t be the same now, it’s not a mistake.
Break down the door and take up the fight. Run as fast
as you can into the chaotic, shimmering night. Follow your instincts
and shatter your fear, find the horizon and follow the BLUE light.
It’s just the beginning, I’m learning to crawl. The first steps
are the hardest when they follow a fall. But love pulls
me forward, beyond the release and over my cold wall.
She is waiting alone, but holds up the flame. Our hearts
are united, only the time and the distance remain. No more excuses
or dark shadows, I’m riding the BLUE wave I cannot contain.
Now she is sleeping, but I will not rest. This time I
will endeavor to put our dreams to the test. I cannot go back,
it doesn’t exist, I have started the journey with love to my quest.
How many of you have done this?
You go into another room
To get something really important
Suddenly your mind goes KABOOM!
In the lightning flash of a instant
You haven't a clue why you're there
You rack your brain for the answer
Just stand there with a vacant stare
So back to the room you came from
Hoping something will click
For sure your mind will recover
You start feeling dizzy and sick
What if you can never remember?
Go to your grave not knowing why
You got up to go there for something
But your brain feels like it's fried
Sometimes it renders man useless
Their existence productive no more
Dribbling and mumbling “what was it?”
This feeling you can't ignore
Then as you're ascending to heaven
Your life is paraded before you
In a flash you scream out, “I've got it!”
“I was headed for the loo!”
©Jack Ellison 2012
If I could throw a grenade what do you suppose would blow up
Will it scatter our fears into heavy debris
Is this poem possibly spoken blasphemy
Look at what has erupted;heavy airport security, diffrent terror color levels,what luck
Kingdom people
Abide in the Word of God
By treating our neighbors as
Ourselves and helping in each
Other oftern and having a strong desire and drive for
Massive enhancement and advancement of God's kingdom!
1-30-11
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