Long Unseal Poems

Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain,
they wound me so, through my heart keen.

Unless your words heal me hastily,
my heart's wound will remain...

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Passion in waves, intense they pummel

Rolling me over & over & over.

Crushed. Help me grow; 

Go on, depart, now - a head start

With all this crap stuck in these spokes

Might slow me down, but watch...

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At the last supper He declared,
"One of you is my betrayer".
They questioned Him and each  denied
Then all joined in song and prayer.
Mount Olive was the next stop
They could see He was distressed,
But they fell...

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And you oh Father judge of all mens hearts
have examined the core of our secret parts
for each mans conscience knows what is True
and has his choice of what he listens to

Those whose works are harmful...

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Fresh home from therapy,
     and resonate with zeal
tush air cerebral cogs a turn'n
     analogous to and pinion wheel

hence attempt made to bare soul,
    ...

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You asked me to write about 
Family
You unleashed the love I always carry in me
My own flesh and blood
My endearment within but an ocean not a flood
My being and centre of gravity
That's who I am 
That's my...

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 Written: June 19, 2023 


Existence abides, an eternal flame,
With the need for divine guides to claim
Through space, it wanders, unbound and free.
A cosmic dance, a vast mystery

The universe, a canvas of vast
Where existence finds its...

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Milk and honey are under your tongue.  Your teeth are like a flock of 
sheep just shorn, coming up from the washing.  Each has its twin, and none is 
alone.  Your voice...

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Oh, mythical fairy, how bashfully you woo me tonight
Attuning love’s lyrics to music of the passionate night
Alluring astral delight, the moon and stars you invite
Dazzling passions emanating from your enticing eyes
Twinkling celestial heights in scintillating...

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My gym house was the long distanced river 
My rivermate is the bush birds' sounds 
My way to the river is so staggering each day 
Except some lucky days I partner you by chance 

Your...

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I saw it in a vision 
the day of my own death
in your arms you held me
until released     my own last breath

I've been waiting for the moment
where you'll finally  ...

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Thrown apart MY trust in the thirst of this 
land,
be withered without ME like dust and sand,

Prostrated nor you felt the fragrance of 
Right, 
Such a fool art thou to long for respite, 

Such a...

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We often believe that our own truth is ..
The only truth..

A belief system of which we have embraced..
A belief system is the only way to our truth..
Distortions upon distortions..

We believe..
Our truth is written in stone
We...

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When I question you,*                               ...

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How does one define
great poetry? The best
rhyme in time? A musical
phrase that stays, reverberates
within the catacombs of a Devotee's
celestial sign, lubricating his every thought
as a priest's wine, sipping while he prays, 
saturating his blood with...

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He took her inside the shelter
Of his heart where he could melt her
With the warmth of his romance
Hoping she would take the chance
To live freely and secure
Not afraid and so unsure
That her mind won't make...

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Outside, a table awaits idle: I join as though it was my companion
Pondering about life as if it were water appeasable to the deepest canyon
Trees and scattered leaves waving alongside the lake facing the north;...

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My lips are sealed
I will not say
I long for you
Till night meets day

My lips are sealed
No, not a breath
Till I lie still
In arms of death

My lips are sealed
I will not speak
Of how you move
And make...

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I just bought a kitchen timer
Sealed inside a plastic shell.
When I tried to get it open,
I did not fare very well.

First I slit it with a steak knife
But I didn’t get too far.
If I sliced...

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Sounds of inaudible shadows fleeing for cover
They're on my trail; one path has led to another

The faint noises of their traffic rouse those nearby
Summer's night seems to be serene, but it is a lie

in the...

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There is something we all have
Inside us, both good and bad
That can cause A splotchy stain
Of despair, sorrow and pain
Revenge and payback can unseal
Things that shouldn't be revealed
Trusted to be locked away
Where it should forever...

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There is something we all have
Inside us, both good and bad
That can cause A splotchy stain
Of despair, sorrow and pain
Revenge and payback can unseal
Things that shouldn't be revealed
Trusted to be locked away
Where it should forever...

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Sometimes we break people
Sometimes people break us
If they can be fixed, so can we
If they can mend, so can we

Every bad experience in our life
Is a mental chain on our backs
So much fake skins we've...

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There is a kind of silence I seek
Some quiet resolve near impossible to find
An inner soul perhaps in dire needs
With simply the outer layer forgotten behind

Almost everyone is to awake similarly
Beginning the day with without...

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Who am I? A seeker, within I set sail,
Beyond the horizon where stories pale.
Golden threads of twilight unravel in my grasp,
A penumbra of half-truths, a breath to clasp.

Waters rise from twin springs of insight,
A call...

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