Day has taken light
Children muster on rivers edge
Priest spread the words of God
Her love for me has feathered and flew
Sounds of thunder roar like lions
Thoughts of fame have come and passed
Never before have I ever wonder
Through the eyes of evil worship
Far out lands become islands
Love to all that matters
Sacrifice has come to pass
Ancient warriors die by sword
Pyramids shadow desert sands
Once again we walk in sync
Follow paths of Gods before us
Fire burns the surface of man
Walk with me let life begin
My lust for you turns into sin
We took the Vow let Love begin
Ocean breaks the gusty winds
For you I perish will bliss set in
My lust for you turns into sin
This poem is ending I start to grin
For you I perish will bliss set in
One more time I'll say it again
This poem is ending
A message I send....
Obtuse abuse..rude platitudes shout..
About alternative attitudes..generations..
Scream at different altitudes & latitudes..
Venerate mandarins sins..
Generate pernicious vicissitudes
Vicious avaricious machinations..
Celebrate nations chagrin…
Pander to propaganda spin..
AI garlanded reputations..
Cohorts in suits cavort in cahoots..
Kiss or diss..the abyss
Hiss of mis-information bliss..
Arrests..capitalist corporate conquests...detests protest..
Well got egregious prior & previous..
SO
Whatever your hue or world view..
We know what's wrong..doesn't belong
Deliriously daring to dream of derring do..
The meme..prime time you probably knew..
The Force..of course..
Is also seriously strong in you..
Regan did command
always in air sea and land
should show a strong hand
we had called muster
were afraid in a fluster
a traffic cluster
so simple and plain
Walker always crashed the plane
insane will remain
She could not get away from her abuser
When it was only her
But when her baby came along
She developed courage she could not muster for herself
She and the baby left without baggage
She did not want anything to slow down their escape
Muster courage, resurrect love
All else but thought constructs
When head and heart be hand in glove
Then ego self-destructs
Enliven soul presence
Shake inner sentience
Know we are God essence
Turn a new page
Muster courage
14-January-2022
Quietus
There once lived a general named Custer,
Well-known for his arrogance and bluster.
He met his Waterloo,
By bands of wrathful Sioux.
Could be said this was his final muster!
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
Weaving through
the gum trees
the ghosts
of aboriginal stockmen
cut through
the dust
and years.
When the sun is in the west
You will safely go to rest
At the setting of the sun
With your soldiers duties done
You will feel your God is nigh
As you ascend up to the sky
And in earths fading light
Where tears diminish sight
Where loved ones question why
A new star will grace the sky
Gleaming bright in the firmament
Proudly amongst the regiment
To mark the passing of a soldier son
Who died not seeing victory won
Now the time that moves us most
The plaintive lament of the last post
For those falling fighting foes
Heads bow as the bugle blows
His name was Mutt
'cause he was the runt
of a family of giants you see
and at only five foot three,
everyone called him Mutt.
Mutt wore glasses very thick
but unlike Magoo, Mutt Muster was quick
at all kinds of games
when you would think he couldn't see.
Well, he even played golf
and a real pool shark was he.
We all loved old Mutt
and were sad when he had to go.
He got a cold one day
and it didn't go away
so it took Mutt Muster
to the other side
where we think he's a giant today.
for Matt Caliri's "Fictitious Name" contest
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