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Death Is Written On Every Page

Death is written on every page


Black sun on a sea of ash.
Darkness falls; light is not coming back.
The raven calls in the midnight hour.
All that is left in the garden are uprooted flowers.


Summer is dead like the corpse of time.
Frozen in place; bound to ground within twine.
The little lights no longer shine.
All is darkness in the land of the blind.


Tears mark the route he took,
To a place without any good luck.
The tricks are played like a funeral dirge.
All is dirt.
All around are the widows in white.
The only black dresses are saved for the brides.
This is another day of eternal night.
City of angels who have lost their lives.


Broken dreams lay in the gutter and doorways.
The only lights left are the fires that rage.
Death is written on every page.


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Form:


B Flat Scale

In every blues is the melody of the crying man,
touching the sacred sphere of promised land, because he can.
Those harmonies are the answer from the divine will,
feelings in which union of motions arise from the still.
Familiarity to the sense of deepening rhythm,
duality in unity become the catalyst in great souls bosom.
Stirred by the chords coming from heart,
gently tuning in the vault of this all language art.
Motions become the sound with its meaning,
melodious storms become the breathing.
Utter divine and ardent ecstasy without fear,
chemistry and soul to hear.
Sounds bridging the journey among themselves,
echoing the extended harmony from where it delves.
Where the souls can sail the ocean waves of bliss,
facing those vile base and sense, not a note to miss.
Natures orchestra in virtues conduct,
revealing the intimate rhythm by love construct.
Form: Ballade

Ancient Time Collapse

Ancient Time Collapse 

Ancient time collapsed on mirrored distances
Taking history, its ripples, down in the sand
Lost in the reflected wide eyes of children looking up
They will never know what time it is

Archeologists use the suns surveillance guidance system 

Sextants by sea employed, sojourning to history
Compass by land, to point the way more solidly 
Tools help them seek the depths to find their level
To shed light on missing times and parts gone dark

Sun fills the void once opened on the past
Apparently there is not enough light in the sky
Clearly there is not enough sight in the universe
To find what they are looking for

Exposing oceans of rocks and sand 
Not much more

Mysteries undertaken in the making of the dig
Scientists unearth, burn, work, bake under sun
Nothing found underground can live forever buried
Mixed together, former human parts with sand, comingling there
Winds grind and blow the bones around about the rocks
Exposed on surface, air turns remnants to powder, so everything is fine

Mirrored in the distances are facts and fiction
Hollow words that fell through cracks 
Collapsed with long gone columns
Not so solid at this hour

What stories history could tell us if we reassembled ancient artifacts
Separated them, along with sand and stone and bones 
Still on the most wanted list of history 
Forgotten and unknown

Ye Sailors

When you learn that your heroes are demons 
And nothing lives up to its promise 
And that all this time, you were only dreaming 
And there never was such a thing as ‘honest’

Disappointment 
Deflation 
It’s a saddening situation 
So screw up the compass
Fire the brand 
Keep setting the course for sturdy land 
But don’t look to me for navigation,
Ye sailors of the drowning heart 

When that whale of your loss outwits you 
And you’re hobbled and crippled, not a leg to stand on 
May your friends be there when it suddenly hits you 
There's at least one post you can abandon 
(Called life)

Disappointment 
Deflation 
It’s a maddening situation 
So screw up the compass
Fire the brand 
Keep setting the course for sturdy land 
But don’t look to me for navigation,
Ye sailors of the drowning heart 

When the sails of clarity cease to guide you 
Or protect you from the swirls of Sirens,
There’s this stubborn and strange little fire inside you 
With the patience of saints and the pride of lions 

Set your moral compass
And fire the brand 
Keep setting the course for sturdier land 
But don’t look at me for navigation, 
Ye sailors of the drowning heart
Form: Lyric

Mama

Mama
Free Verse

The parasol was broken by nature
The old leaf had fallen off from the tree
Rain flooded our bed
Sadness overwhelmed every one

When we looked at each other 
Tears roll down from our eyes
If we have problems, who are we going to consult
Who will give us pieces of advice we needed most

We love you so much mom
No one could replace you in our  heart
But we promise we will live by your words 
We will be strong, intrepid, courageous as we must

In the " Eternal Garden " where you laid to rest
Is just temporary resting place
Someday we will see you in the promised land
Where hardship, tears and death will never be experienced.

!!!!!!!!  We love you so much mom !!!!!!


Premium Member I Live In a Magical Garden

I live in a magical forest
Tall ferns greet me on the east
Along with frothy Queen Anne’s lace
And a purple lilac tree with dainty blossoms

I live in a beautiful forest
With a snowball bush and an apple tree.
Walnuts drop onto my driveway
Trees hiding me from the neighbors

I live in a mystical forest
Deer come nearly to the house to eat my flowers
Foxes and wolves merrily prance around,
Raccoons and opossums are on my porch nightly

I live in an amazing forest
Cardinals, robins, and wrens fly in 
Overhead I see hawks and eagles.
There is a marsh to the east of me.

I live in a wonderful forest
Fifty years ago this land was known as Indian Village
The Wyandotte tribes pitched their tents here in the summer
And planted wild iris that still grows with wild daisies and wild strawberries.

I live in a magical forest.
Form: Imagism

Was It Worth It

Was It Worth It?

Where did it go?
I knew so many that had the passion
Protests against government abuse
Refusing to live without questions
Why do men have to die in a war to conquer others?
Guns, bullets and death for an extra acre of land
All coming from the desire of one man
A man who plays God
Sending the young to fight for him
Dying for him in fields a half a world away
Did he have a choice whether to fight or not?
Why did the government send him that piece of paper?
Who decided that he was the one to go?
Did he even know that Vietnam was a country?
He left right after school
Never able to find out about life or love
Now, his blood stains a small patch of land
Worthless land on the edge of a rice paddy
What did the man in Washington gain from his death?
Did he even know the young man died?
He doesn’t care
He got his small piece of land
The five inches where the boy died
Was it worth it?
Was it worth a young man losing his life?
Ask the man in Washington
Ask the government the people elected
Ask the family who buried their son on a Tuesday
Everyone should ask of every young man killed to fight a war
Was it worth it?

Premium Member First Men To Land On Moon

FIRST MEN TO LAND ON MOON

We were returning from space
To colonise would become a race

Over population is bound to come
Moon or mars would become home for some

Tension was mounting high
I didn’t hear my companion sigh

History was been recorded
Would we survive to be rewarded

Almost a fait accompli
We were hurtling towards the sea

Our mission must not now fail
I nervously adjusted my mask to inhale

First men to land on moon
Reporters would write, very soon

But first the big splash
Let’s not be rash

Neil and I were alert
Politeness was trivial, we were curt

Stand by for countdown, copy me
Minutes later we were in the sea

Men helped us out
Proud of us not doubt

Some could only gape
Astounded we’d arrived ship shape

The people began to cheer
Not having lived our fear

We thought of our future fame
And revelled in it once again!
Form: Couplet

Africa

Ive seen Skies light up my mind with interludes of lightning so breathtaking
that the aftershock of the Thunder served as a reminded to breath
Its power and beauty danced along the background of a shadowy mountain horizon
While the lightning rods glowed with anticipation in the distance enticing the Sky to join the 
earth
and the deluge of an afternoon storm set to the time of nature  

Woken and slept beside the land twith its wide open Veld
Sat under a warm sun and day dreamed of a childhood i could scarcely remember
Ive seen a mountain fire into light , turn night into day
and thanked the lord to wake the next day
Built a fire so bright it did the heavens ignite 
Stood beneath a frozen waterfall glistening at midway point
surrounded by sunshine rays through canopy roof and thick undergrowth

Ive listened to the sound of the natives scurrying beneath the twigs and betwixt the rocks 
patiently praying upon there next bounty and pondering whence to pounce
The roar of the night so positively piercing the dim overcame my inhibitions 
and the hairs on the back of my neck let me know tonight my heart was alive and that sleep 
would fail

Ive scattered ashes to prosperity on a view so panoramic God himself would have blushed
Lived my fathers dream and boy the things we as a family have seen
and to the best friends i have met who i will never forget,   
All of these things i have seen and have sensed under African Sunset Skies !!!  .

Before the Gates of Alahsar - Original Version - 6

6.

Arlaghs, once more ready to advance,
this could be their final chance,
to turn, for them, the battle fought,
to destroy the mortal, they had sought.
yet now, know this would not be.
mortals would this day be free,
from the darkness across the plain,
blood was shed away, by tears of pain.

The Dark Man helped upon his feet,
this battle scene is now complete,
Turvehr, he is now by his side,
now, there is no place to hide,
Dark Man helped on back of friend,
now he'll fight until the end,
Arlagh's see the Dark Man near,
once again, their Dark hearts no fear,

One final push, once more into the fray,
tears are falling, human's calling,
as the fight runs too its end,
at Alahsar, that fateful day.
The Tigress, tears fall from her eyes,
she softly says her last goodbyes,
for she knows, at the end of this day,
the Dark Man shall have passed away.

Every eye shall have a tear,
the Arlagh's shaking now with fear,
"Walk In The Light,"
final cry, the Dark Man's call,
repeated now by one and all.
Forward for the final time,
Blood does flow, life's sweetest wine,
Utamol, now in final storm,
slashing, hacking, stabbing home.

Arlagh, now hanging his head,
His fate is written, on blade so red,
still, creatures of night battle on,
as they hear Death's mighty horn.
Life is gone, within battle's storm,
yet still, the Arlaghs battle on,
it is the only way they know,
death facing the foe, the way they must go.

The Tigress, fighting on with such skill,
her sword is thirsty for the kill,
her dance is the dance of Death,
those facing her, take their last breath.
Anger burns deep in her soul,
destroying the dark, her only goal,
She does all a warrior can,
she stays near to her Dark man.

The mists of time can't take away,
the horror felt upon this day,
at this time there is no glorious sight,
Arlagh's dispatched to their land of night.
battle over now, all mortals cheer,
except for the one crying sorrow's tear,
no more shall they be together,
Dark Man's dead body sits on Turvehr.

Cheers of victory are slowly muted,
agony of the heart, is better suited,
mortals fall upon their knees,
the Joy within their hearts, does freeze.
Many times the saviour of this dreamland,
he has made his final stand,
the tears of all begin to fall,
the Carynx has blown, one last, mighty call.

To Be Continued..........
Form: Epic

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