Long Suit of armor Poems

'Twas long ago in a castle on a hill, I lay abed on my lavender pillow.
A soft breeze stirred my thoughts as it whispered through yon willow.
Deep in purple twilight moments, on the verge of...

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He needed rest he knew, yet was disturbed by compelling thoughts
If only the war will end, if only another battle will not be fought
He held his amulet, in seeming gesture to absorb strength he needs
And...

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Kyoko walks alone in the morning tide, 
comforted for a fleeting moment by salty air.
She feels the same sand between her toes 
as when she was a barefoot little girl, in a time
she felt safe,...

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I desperately want to fall apart
Yet something keeps me going
And the role of a martyring heart
Is not something I wanted knowing.

To me you opened up infinity of topics,
The bowl of pleasure you filled up.
I didn't...

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Therewithal, profluent life ettles it's while.
Thitherward, from Death's bleak campanile
Grim antiphonals serenade.

A capriccio, the slashing swipe of the reaper's scythe
 will serenade.
Stringent Death forthwith anoints the mithridate to
Life's cantankerous and rankling ado

Hither now come, anon...

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  Nehemiah 8:10 
"He said to them, go, eat the choice things and drink what is sweet, and send portions of food to those who have nothing prepared, for this day is holy to...

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Joan of Arc – For God and Country

On the feast of the Three Kings was born,
a baby girl, in 1412, under the sign of Capricorn. 
Destined to accomplish great deeds and achieve fame,
Joan d’Arc was...

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So again you say
what it is you say
same  different
day
because that’s all
there ever was
whenever you’d play
the minimum chips
you barely waged
and yet I stupidly
played and played
at this gambling
you staged.

You want to cut
you want to
maim so now
I’m...

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I’ve died many times over. Every night when I lay down my weary self to rest, my consciousness is extinguished.  I experience nothing until I wake up inside my sleeping body—in dreams disconnected from...

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What is really happening and what is the actual honest truth in our ever-evolving world today?
The media broadcast only information of doom and gloom with clouds of gray.
Telecasting the news which simply means never ever...

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Hope


Sometimes it takes just one to help another
Then at times, a whole village can help someone's sister or brother
Believe that no one is better than,
And that it is always important to lend a hand

At the...

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I go in for chemo session #2 tomorrow.  I sure hope my blood platelets are 
somewhat back to normal or at least healthy enough so that we can get this next 
session under our...

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Of all things sentimental.
She came through the door wearing a suit of armor.
The door closed behind her with a rattle and tick of swaying arms.
With rust around her eyes she longed to be melted down.
A...

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She wore a whole suit of armor around her heart and soul that nobody could come through to cause her fear, suffering, and pain, she wouldn't have it let alone permit it to happen so...

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Swept away by thoughts 
of child abuse long ago and today
details fade, emotions are buried
deep under ice, soil, rock
a house of cards always ready to cave in
secrets residing inside the walls
fear, all young victims know
bodies...

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I was raised on stories of heroes…in Fairy Tales, in books, at the movies and on TV
Heroes slayed the dragons, fought the enemies and helped to keep us safe, happy and free.

Heroes had a special...

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Like our smartphone powers us through our day
We have to learn to put God into play
In the most powerful way
He is in our hearts to stay
So we must start our day
Asking God for his protection...

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Look in the mirror and see what I see

To look at and dissect the very part of me

Put on the complete suit of armor in place

So you will be a  part of the new...

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Out in the midst of a deep dark forest the soothsayers silently sat. 
As they tried to make out either heads or tails from the entrails of a cat. 

“What think ye?” said the first...

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God looked and saw evil looming on the horizon—
    so much evil and no sign of Justice.
He couldn’t believe what he saw,
    not a soul around to correct this...

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I am a slave who has always done what my master says.  Between me and my 
freedom stands the dragon, FEAR.  Fear clouds my purpose, severs my ties, and 
usurps all my effort,...

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I caught my breath tonight
When my soul spun into oblivion
I reached out to catch it
But the wind whipped it away
I wondered what if felt like to be a suit of armor
Standing at attention shining and...

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Intricate are the patterns
that Dream weaves in the
darkest realm of my mind;
I once saw myself walking
along the seashore of
gleaming golden sands
strewn with sparkling gems.

There were women -
Fair, bald and beautiful -
sprawled naked on the beach
groveling...

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Why Didn’t the Armadillo Cross the Road?

By Elton Camp

We see them on the highway dead as a doornail
Despite a suit or armor over all but head & tail
Is it because they’re stupid or are they...

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Have u ever been in love? 
                   makes u vulnerable, like the kites above.
open ur chest and...

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