Long Alesia Poems

Pay heed to those deeds from whence the heart must confess...
You're far from Rome Proconsul Caesar...
As they say, "All roads lead to Rome" Ariovistus
and all tresspasses are treated as threats of war...
My recent conquest of...

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Wandering through the bayou,
wrapped in its eerie embrace.
Mysterious and strange--
a magical place.
Never seeming to change,
even as seasons come and go,
swampy waters ebb to and fro.

Like long-lost daughters,
gnarled courtly cypress trees
rise from black, murky waters.
Draped lovingly...

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Is that a shadow, hiding at the edge of darkness?
Frightened, your senses sharpen.
Is that a movement near the cold, gray headstones?
Groaning--you realize this was not the best way home.

Then, the mist starts to thicken,
and your...

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She sails where the bayou kisses the tide,
a phantom queen with a mournful glide.
The paddle churns, though no hands steer,
and jazz floats faint on a breeze unclear.

Her lanterns burn with a ghostly hue,
casting gold on...

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I should be leaving tonight,
but still I sit, wound up tight.
Then I hear your music play--
your hands stroke the keys just right.
And something stirs inside of me,
a pull, a spark, a need to be
entwined with...

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Would you like to go to a land
where stories never end?
It rests on golden banks of sand,
just where the river bends.

The sky turns pale with whispered grace
as you pass the veil's embrace--
what a magical, wondrous...

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In winter’s mist, the magic swirled,
as darkness wrapped around the world.
Reflected in water--a dragon’s birth.

His scales aglow in red and gold,
his eyes burned bright--green and bold.
His beauty stirred something deep in my soul.

Wings like thunder...

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Now that you have found me,
the thought of your touch does things to me.
Your warm embrace… to feel you loving me--
boy, what are you doing to me?

And I hear your whisper, “Loving you…
the storm in...

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I lift my eyes to the endless sky,
whispering questions to the wind--
why did He call you home so soon,
when your journey had just begun?

But I believe, I truly know,
at Victory Baptist, you found rest,
a place...

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Under a starless sky,
the sails billow in the wind.
Across the deck, surges the tide,
while the ship’s wheel spins.

The wind carries a hypnotic melody,
luring sailors with a passionate plea--
eyes captivated by seductive beauty,
blind to ships broken...

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On this dreadful, stormy night,
beneath a moon hung low,
the wind whispers through the pines,
sending chills down to your soul.

The leaves have all but withered,
the birds have long since flown.
The snakes begin to slither,
the spider’s web...

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She sits in silence upon the bed,
hands folded neatly, but with drooping head.
Her gossamer chords, silvery and fair,
float gently through the winter's evening air.

Slowly, his music fills her hollow form
as she waits for him to...

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I don’t know why we ever started--
except that it was what you wanted.
But now it is time that I departed,
on a road that I have charted.

I tried to fight and make a stand,
but it’s time...

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In this garden,
the roses have all withered,
the sparrows no longer twitter,
the day is dark and bitter.

In this garden,
a rusty gate swings in the wind,
a faded pinwheel gently spins,
a sad little girl swings within.

In this garden,
the...

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My God,
You call us to be faithful--
though we stumble, though I fall short,
do not turn a deaf ear to my prayer.

They came into our country cloaked in deceit,
striking down the innocent.
They took lives not theirs...

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Apple Pie, Apple Pie--
such a wondrous thing,
in the winter or in the spring.
So doggone sweet,
and a yummy treat.

Apple Pie, Apple Pie--
pluck the sweetest from the tree.
One, two, three--laughing with glee!
A flaky crust and sweet center,
eaten...

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The wind howls through a shattered heart,
broken, shredded, and torn apart.

Innocence never had a chance,
not when evil cast its first glance.

Scarred deep within the soul,
burdened with dreams beyond control.

Skin still quivers from memories dark,
overshadowing even...

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Yellow represents happiness and fun--
yellow brightens your day with the sun.

Yellow can reverse a sad day’s melody,
yellow can zap away your melancholy.

Yellow ribbons hope for a warrior’s return,
yellow heat from the fire where it burns.

Yellow...

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starvation starts with a body 
to fill the cavernous
hollows formed by
out-jutting ribs and Ethiopian
belly:
      thin but distended

a body to warm the concussed
and frightened;
the
meadow lark lying still
on the dew soaked morn
grass
...

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The corn is tall, the sky is wide,
golden fields on every side.
Apple-sweet, the morning air--
cool and crisp, beyond compare.

A hush beneath the harvest moon,
the rustling leaves a twilight tune.
The sun still lingers, soft and slow,
but...

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Beyond this door,
and in this house--
if walls could speak,
these would weep.

There is no laughter,
there is no love.
There are only tears
and a young girl's fears.

She escapes to her room
and tries to stay quiet.
If there is no...

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Sleep, my love, sleep.
Rest your head on my breasts,
and place yourself into my keep.
Then, dream us on a mighty quest.

To a land where dragons exist--
where we run through mystical forests,
and chase unicorns through the mist.
Then...

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He knocks, but you do not answer.
He waits, wondering why--
why you turn away,
why you silence His voice,
why you forget His name.

All He asks is that you believe,
to open your heart,
to call upon Him,
to walk beside...

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Bravery is saying what you believe--
not seeking to deceive.

Bravery is getting past your fear,
listening, afraid of what you’ll hear.

Bravery is staying true to yourself,
not living life upon the shelf.

Bravery is following in the right footsteps,
not...

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Essence of the dragon’s breath
into the harbor creeps--
gray, silent, with the chill of death--
blankets the meadow while sunbeams sleep.

Wandering, lost within its drifting folds,
isolated from the world.
Cries of fears untold
echo through its depths unfurled.

Distorted visions,...

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