Like a remote yet lucid picture in a dream,
The strange scene of some sequence set
Runs in patches, pictures and linked to fret;
And anxiety squezes itself through to scream,
At the unknown dreary source of the unease;
The oft cherished homely thoughts so dear,
Need no more space nor moments to spare
When the journey past ,or still ahead to dare,
Carry with them hope and the purpose clear-
As to what is to be done and what is to come;
A little thing that ensues from neglect or pride
Leads but to crevices or breaks in a neat finish;
Well thought, honest prompts never diminish
The vigour and vita to float even in ebbing tide ;
The fear hid in the soul's corner may rupture:
For, there the devil in diplicity awaits to capture!
Cowboy Oh-boy
Combat Kit Kat
Rapid Salad
Baseball pitfall
Soldier Dozier
5/20/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2024
I did not know what I did not know
Though I thought I knew it all
So I went where the wise don’t go
And pride came before my fall
Headlong down into a pit
Bleeding, bruised, heartbroken
Now in a darkened stupor sit
My future fears unspoken
Far too feeble to escape
Despair has left me numb
I find myself in need of grace
Waiting for rescuers to come
My self mutated behavior
Resides over me
A disturbing dark form
Drifts there permanently
The sadistic hovering mass
Forces torrential downpours
Which rain decaying acidities
Sweeping over me instantly
As an infectious disease
Running ramped through my blood
I have yet to catch my breath
And still it pushes forward
I have damned the innocent
Or is it with my self loathing
Grudge seeking, spiraling pitfall of insanity
I have damned myself
M. Lyn Church
February 15, 2013
Mouth puts you
Judges you
You
Love
Lord
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