Salvaging the Past
Many nights there were no new dreams,
so I borrowed from the old
Resurrecting the scaffolding
of what lay unbuilt—untold
(Dreamsleep: November, 2020)
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Categories:
salvaging, silence,
Form: Rhyme
Salvaging Remains of Muse
“My muse died at 2 a.m.
she hadn't been well in weeks,
writing drab, soulless poetry
without alluring alliteration,
any references to the Greeks.
Too pooped to savor the flavors
of a good, old fashioned write,
she chose in her frustration,
to abandon her life station,
to just give up the fight.”
So left to draw from memories
of her great creative essence,
I’ll paste together bits
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Categories:
salvaging, art, muse, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Salvaging the Heart
When your heart is broken and your spirit down cast
Remember the Words He's Spoken and forget your past
Fear is a liar and is trying to lure away your very soul
In many problems he'll mire knowing they'll take their toll
He's trying to get you alone so he can take you from His Side
And where there is
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Categories:
salvaging, jesus,
Form: Rhyme
Salvaging
1
The reluctant thereness
I want to embrace.
The spiritualism without a god ?
This whispering darkness –
always becomes an incensed flesh.
I unwrap myself.
2
Please let me touch
the multistrands of understanding.
After all what was a religion ?
You were always seeking an exit.
The betrayal, godliness and
fog hours. I always remained obsessed
with the
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Categories:
salvaging, art,
Form: ABC
Salvaging a Future
He bobs his head as he offers a plate
Only the best that fell out of the crate
His morsels of trash still serve to entice
Grilled chicken and rice without all the price
Once that flesh has been shredded from the bone
He'll boil those bits down to steep for his own
There's nary an item he won't reuse
To save
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Categories:
salvaging, dedication, food, life
Form: Ballad