Piloting My Own Corpse
...The world is quiet here
Yet growing louder by the day
Renting paradise from vultures
Split amongst two flavors of instability
I clamored and dreamed for that golden armor
That title that would...
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Categories:
piloting, allegory, change, death, religion,
Form: Free verse
Marching For Freedom
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Medals on frames stood upright and straight,
Like guns marching on bloody road to Death March
At eighteen, he bore the pellets of war’s cause
Fingers wounded by splinters from a grenade
S...
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Categories:
piloting, courage, war,
Form: Dramatic Verse
When Thrust in the Center of the Storm
...Thrust in the centre of the storm’s wild roar,
Oh Lord, my Heavenly Father, you were near.
I relied on you and it was your kind face which I saw,
That you mended my torn spirit when fe...
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Categories:
piloting, angst, confusion, storm,
Form: Rhyme
Sea of Roses
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I walked past ancient tombs and graves
past swaying green trees
and birds singing a symphony
to where they buried you
under a sea of roses
I find the scent both glorious
and sickening at ...
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Categories:
piloting, love,
Form: Free verse
Crying Mercy
...In the wild confusion of my life, I saw your face,
A kind countenance making bright my days.
Through rugged tracks when I stumbled along,
I felt an unseen hand holding me strong.
When...
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Categories:
piloting, angst, devotion, god, inspirational
Form: Rhyme
The battle of a day along the railway
...It was not early in the morning,
Didn't turn off the headlights even then,
All night long, piloting the freight train,
Both crews are on the verge of strain.
Eyes now blinking like a low-batter...
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Categories:
piloting, grandparents, metaphor, mother, social,
Form: Free verse
The dull mean I sit in
...Considering the finale
Piloting my survival.
Anxious thoughts prevent deadly decisions
But these decisions have made themselves well-situated.
Still, prayers haven’t been answered
So I search an...
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Categories:
piloting, anxiety, depression, imagination, lonely,
Form: Free verse
The Traffic At Sea
...I throw my hands up in the air
And wonder what was going on over there
The ship has just dock at sea
And the coast guards were running after thee
And tugs boats were standing by
To send an urg...
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Categories:
piloting, adventure, africa, america, best
Form: Free verse
Soft Landing
...Sometimes get stuck on a solo mission
As the only ticketed passenger in sight
But alternative routes are available
We just need to book our return flight
Begins by checking in with ourselve...
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Categories:
piloting, encouraging, inspiration, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Lost
...Its only and me alone,
Piloting the ship called hard-ship.
No crew, no stowaway, it’s just me.
Can it get any easier; navigating the waters, the straits and sea?
I am in the blink of giving up, m...
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Categories:
piloting, analogy, bereavement, heartbroken, life,
Form: Free verse
In My Poems Colorants and Deodorants
...In my poems would be found colorants,
For the foul-smelling deodorants:
An advance interception of rants;
I’m dealing with human beings, not plants!
With Poetry busy like The Ants,
To deodorants...
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Categories:
piloting, imagination, inspiration, poetry, words,
Form: Rhyme
Lord God, You Are My Enduring Goodness
...May 31 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 52-56
Key Verses – Psalm 52:1 … Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
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Categories:
piloting, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Violets Are Blue
...
“Violets are Blue”
In this new space
you came in fast
like a meteor
I hesitate to say
you were smooth
in this new space
no one can hear
the sound bite,
but they ...
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Categories:
piloting, blue, humor, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Missed
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"Missed"
if you wanted me
to write about
rainbows and unicorns,
I would have to say
romance was never
on the menu of
the grinning soul,
in the days
when war came.
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Categories:
piloting, dark, muse, romance,
Form: Narrative
Wild and Wonderful West Virginia - Repost
...I stand on the edge of a spectacular canyon
A river in the distance far, far below
With mountains rising above each side
Reflecting in the rushing tide, as though
One might miss the v...
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Categories:
piloting, beautiful, nature, travel,
Form: Rhyme
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