Long Master(a) Poems

Final Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch

for my mother, Christine Ena Burch

Sleep peacefully—for now your suffering’s over.

Sleep peacefully—immune to all distress,
like pebbles unaware of raging waves.

Sleep peacefully—like fields of fragrant clover
unmoved by any motion of the wind.

Sleep...

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Beyond the wispy, secretive slick and silent faerie wonderland
Forthwith and within, and among the angels, are mindful mountains,
Protecting the delicate,feeling-forth creatures, who slumber amongst the roses.
Roses of colors not experienced on this planet, because these...

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Poet, Hush!
The world says, "Hush"! I say no to the world.
Yes, I hear the poets.  Yes, I feel and sense 
the pain and anguish. The tears for the 
world agenda.
Power, greed from all walks...

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Enter this palace of pleasure and pain,open your mind to sexual gain.
I am the Master of this domain ,give me your trust, for im here to train.
You are my pet ,im in control ,trust in...

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Solitude

Solitude
Also a life
My life

Solitude
Existence
It’s my life

Solitude, Suffering
Lost life, Death
My life is death

Master: No. You aren’t the Death
Vilmos: Why do you say this, my dear Master,
          ...

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THE HOUSE OF MIRRORS

Come one, come all to the fabulous House of Mirrors,
Souls and the soulless, all are Welcome here in these
Reflective cell prisms.
Enticements glass thunder dome, clear crystalline panes,
Shimmering in the well-lit maze of...

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Deep within the realms of my inquisitive mind is burdened a thought. Given birth 
by silent amazement as I pondered upon nature, its beauty eternal.

Ages bloom and fade like flowers, yet remains this burden, this...

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Life in Africa was full; years in the bush, a treat.
Music made us happy; drums sounded for dancing feet.
A loving life with family always made us smile.
Living together freely, we never knew defeat.

Greedy slave hunters...

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She could leave at any time. She really could. She didn't know her own reasons for staying. Called herself a coward, told herself she was just like everyone else. She wasn't broken enough for tape...

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Dear Son,

As you read this letter
I believe you are fully fledged
And perhaps you have already selected
A straight soulmate among your flying flock
I know my absence's had your heart brimming with rage
May your rage wither as...

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little red fox on the demon box...she devours the grapes of wrath
i follow her down straight into hell...on perditions winding warpath
greed like gas pouring fuel to the fire...living the nightmare dream
her screams are erotic and...

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She could leave at any time. She really could. She didn't know her own reasons for staying. Called herself a coward, told herself she was just like everyone else. She wasn't broken enough for tape...

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To be true to God and Self,
One must master a few important skills.

Know yourself
To know yourself, develop introspection.
Look inside yourself for likes and dislikes.
Recognize your abilities and limitations.

Accept yourself
To accept yourself, you must take the...

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Grandpa breathed his last  when
My father was still in my grandma’s womb
For me it’s a distant dream to recall
What he looked like or what he was.
But what the people of the town said
That he...

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silent invisible needles and threads keep sowing and reaping my soul into death
i open my my eyes and i can't catch my breath...
suffocated and strangled...hellbound and hexed
seductions construction still building those lies...
hypnotized and held by...

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He Was A True Master, A True Master Of His Destiny

I am a sailor, a wanderer, a sailor born to be.
I have sailed mighty oceans, all the seven wide seas.

There is not a soil tiller,...

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Poor Ba-ba Sheep

Oh the new year resolution,
That us weak brained types can’t keep:}
To think for ourselves hereafter,
Not be brainwashed like Bo Peep,
Ba ba poor bloody sheep,

Intelligence is subtle,
The thoughts upon ya creep,
I hate to burst...

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LOVE
The most powerful force in the universe and not just
 	for the normal reasons people think of.
Love will make a mother, five feet zero pick a three
	thousand pound car off of her child,
Love will allow...

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I am as invisible as I am indivisible:
And as cunning as they come!
The Jedi think us mere mythical-
The Dark Side long undone...

Lo! we now at last emerge,
My Master and myself!
And upon the Republic we converge-
Lightsabers...

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Life is a dance.
Sometimes we fall.
Sometimes we land wrong. 
Sometimes we do the wrong move completely
and sometimes we twist our ankles. 
Sometimes it seems we can’t master a move
no matter what we do.
We just want...

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Last name here, First step there, only one allay...
Vestige sagacity, flaxen ochroid genes skitter down, 
Diddle drizzled dints to acquiesce an ugly axis,
Whet of whiled grime, tips on me thus to dawn,
In hands of lonely...

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I feel terrible for not believing in the one you call "Christian God".
I go by church after church,
feeling worse and worse.
I did believe, and went to church every Sunday.
Until l realized that their is so...

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Solitude, blissful, happiness we can't buy
Attitude lacadescal, as we attempt to master a skill
An emotion , A gift 
A scientist's potion without an  hypothesis 
Mother nature never takes from the poor my friend
But i...

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Not a cruel master; a humble assistant;
To visit or not, cannot be done by his choice.

Always carries a portfolio under his arm,
A pre designed schedule saying when and where to attend.
He comes not, though invited;...

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Fire is the master of change
But also of being untamed
None of us its master; a mage
It burns so hot, don't get maimed

It changes with the air
Using fuel to burn bright
Whats in its path it does...

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