Long Relights Poems

"The core of knowledge is love"
Satha Sai Baba

This dark November night
in New England
has come but midway

I, not so bright,
have given in
without a fight
to insomnia.

Above the small round yellow light
on my factory 48-pane window ledge
overpowering my...

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She said...
I only told you half of the truth,
I've been around the block but no one can compare to you,
Some were better but you're my heart,
Jealous?
You know I am,
When you tell who and when I...

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I drive the night because of open road.
My retreads are sounding strong.
Hauling cars up from New Orleans
Where I'm not sure that I belonged.

Traded whiskey for a woman
At a bar in Abilene.
Then a long haul up...

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A sky of gray dances before me
Endless and angry
Blanketing this dirt road
In impenetrable fog

We're all lost, enthralled
With our delusions
Clinging to our convictions
Tightening the ropes around our necks

And everywhere I look
All of my friends are dying
Trapped...

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What kind of God gives a man hope.
Pulls him from the abyss with golden rope.
Stokes the coals, relights the fire.
Give the man a new desire.
	
The wanderer no longer lost.
He no longer bears the albatross.
His purpose...

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Snatched to the second heaven the Son of man..
Son of man stands before the congregation of angels
and the accuser says... You only gave glory to your Name
go back the verdict is read.. and live amongst...

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“Where are you?” she cries to sleep,

though prays she won’t to blurred stars

lingering in the past


Arms of little strength

reach for weakening moments

in dark rooms with plaster feelings


The cold slips beneath doorways

collecting at her feet,

crippling thoughts...

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“Where are you,” she cries in her sleep,
though pray she won’t to blurred stars
lingering in the past

Arms of little strength
reach for weakening moments
in dark rooms with plaster feelings

The cold slips beneath doorways
collecting at her feet,
crippling...

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Dancing amid the fire hastily; gracefully.
for this long-awaited moment.
Now the time has finally come 
and have a ticket for the ride.
This dance has come to an end 
and a new one begins.
The ring of fire...

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The wind strokes 
softly the face 
Ablaze in dreams passion 
silently echoes return

Love my tender light 
Flickering shadows of beauty 
In the ashes 
the embers speaking glow

The dark side of our makeup 
Broken wings of...

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A gentle tap upon heart’s window beats
an invitation to an open mind.
Yet deep within, a distant soul retreats,
so hiding light behind an aspect blind.

In pools of misplaced loyalty she basks
by light of candle, blending with...

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Pour into my cup 
the elixir of decadence
and add a grain of truth
to my harvest and the essence of my virility
and to make a toast to my inbred agility
to raise a crop from earth rich...

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