Settles Poems

The Light that Settles

L-ight's
U-plifting
I-nspiration
S-oothes
A-ll

L-ives
O-nce
U-nderstanding
I-s
S-piritually
E-stablished,

A-s
R-eflection
R-ises
I-n
O-verflowing 
L-ove
A-new

©bfa061925
Monocrostic (Birthday of Luisa Louise Arriola)

Night Settles In

      A woman is burned to death on a NY subway train
          Yawn
      Murderer Mangione raises $200k on Go-Fund-Me
          Yawn
      Homeowner is jailed for ousting a squatter
           Yawn
       POTUS commutes 37 of 40 death row executions
           Yawn
                          Night settles in ~
                          No sightings of dawn

Where Silence Settles

If I was to speak, would my words pierce the thick silence surrounding me, or would they disappear within it? Not every sound carries through this stasis, which feels thick with something hidden.

I watch crowds of people go by, untouched, as if my pulse were floating, lightly, my whisper a soft murmur, always just out of range, never quite loud enough to matter.

What are the quiet aches you shoulder, my love? Does guilt wash over you when you pay no mind to the fragile things that are out of sight, or do they quickly lose their charge in your heart?

But in the dust I breathe beneath this wooden floor, I trace lines through the cracks, a sanctuary for all that is not seen, an asylum race of cobwebs and shadows, where everything that disappears still tries to approach its place.

The dust settles

Kenya changes forever
Not in transition but out of pressure 
Built and passed on through the bloodline 
Until it sufficed to stiffen a generation’s spine
The gloaters are deflated of their dares
And will never again conceal the affairs 
For they tried on us the bait and hook
But now all shall be an open book 

But we must endeavor to be civil
Keep our tongues and hands from evil
No rage warrants taunting your elder
No reason rhymes with ousting order
Pay your honor to whom it is due
And in days to come it will be paid you 
Strive to sidestep curse and to clinch blessing 
In light of all offense most hard pressing 

The passage of time will usher you out of youth
Bear with you always righteousness and truth 
Guard your hearts with all diligence 
Choose your demeanor without negligence 
Be honest and clear cut
And let not the land revert to the rut
Place not aside your God in your fights
For it is He who crowns with privilege your rights

K. Muitherero

When the Dust Settles

Leave them off the tombstone,
carve my verse into a tree;
Write my words beneath the pier;
Maybe fold them in a bottle 
and toss it out to sea;

When the dust is all that’s left of me;

Brand them with a lighter 
somewhere along the railroad tracks;
Hold my prose and recall every word; 
Reread them when it’s quiet,
you can pull them from the stacks;

When the dust is all that’s left of me;

Speak my intention 
into a cutting edge microphone;
Convey the unspoken
to the ears of a new generation;
Feast on that piece of my soul;

When the dust is all that s left of me 
Immortalize my energy share my poetry.

Twilight Settles In

Twilight settles in
     after the wind drops off
   when the lightning bugs
     flash on and off
   and the crickets
     ratchet up their screeching

   later, still as a cemetary
     ~ dead of the night

When the Dust Settles

The tears fall freely,
caught up in lifes' grip.
The blood-kin drama,
from whose cup we sip.

The free-love sixties,
fell to dis-favor.
With love abanded,
and gold as savior.

The great destruction,
like a lightning burst.
If technology,
proves to be our curse.

For mans' survival,
will find a return.
To the natural,
and moral discern.

Finding the shining,
of simple virtue.
Avoiding the things,
so good they hurt you.

The great revival,
of a mans falling.
With open arms,
the end is calling!

date:4/3/22

When the Dust Settles

Just beneath the surface
We feel the unease
There's a moment of awareness; it's cognitive dissonance
It hard to acknowledge a personal disease

So we scream loudly with our first emotional impulse
We quickly shame the opinions that don't coincide 
It's easier to focus on the “privileged”
Rather than discerning the truth about the realities in life

Guilt becomes an overwhelming emotion
Revealing our thoughts about the past
We’re troubled by the thought of inequities
All the while worshiping the wealth we've amassed 

When the dust begins to settle
And the emotional fog begins to rise
We see the damage done
We rationalize

We make a desperate attempt to change the topic
By using an ambiguous point of view
However, linguistics can be a problem
When trying to ignore the bitter truth

So when the emotions catch fire
Take a deep breath, stop, and look around
Lets come together and provide a solution
There's no doubt were lost, but there's hope we can be found

Settles Little Sparrow Resting-

little sparrow in
the tree tweeting twilighting
nesting on a  limb
~
meandering so
methodically glows bright
settles lit sparrow
~
sitting on the tree
morning light shines light
on sparrow broad chest

4/12/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr ©2021

A New Sunshine

This day takes off, refreshingly
Drifting in umber humility 
Mewling riotously, in cheer 
While, reap colors squint near
Shockingly in shades of pink clear
Evening advances in bliss upon 
From that point on 
The night moon 
Sparkles in splendid, yellow radiate 
As dusk settles over sky precipitate
The metaphorical night fell upon us 
She was loaded up with adoration fuss
Warm emotions gushed inside me 
I spilled out my kind gestures free
On her excellence aplenty
She sparkled like the sun guarantee 
A most moving entry
Of energy and intensity 
To fill the part
Of affection in my heart

Winter Settles In

Once winter comes
  it settles in
Hugs the ground
  a second skin

Thick blanket of snow
  uncovered 'til Spring
Puddles iced over
  biting wind on the wing

Chilled to the bone
  we head wearily home
A crackling fire indoors
  ~ Autumn's no more

Earth Settles

earth settles
baby settles down
we settle our estate

settlers were risk takers
taking few belongings 
wives taken from comfort of parents’ homes

risk everything
risk nothing
risk a game in the sixties

everything granted
grant’s tomb visited
grant me a wish

wishing love toward our planet
wishing pandemic would settle down
earth settles

Until the Dust Settles

It's all a lie, never truly settling. 
In the stark sun's rays
it floats weightless,
landing of its own accord -
disturbed to drift by
something as simple as a sigh,
then lingering/taunting
in its pseudo innocence. 
No duration of stillness 
could ever appease
memories so easily stirred.

Happiness Never Settles

happiness never settles
she comes slowly smiling
but vanishes in thin air
as you begin to harness it
under your warm blanket

Dust Settles

Dust settles 

Vibrations loosen
the dust on my piano,
releasing tiny particles
into a rectangle sunbeam
dancing about the glass,
as I play compositions
on freeform keys,
fingered imagination
frantically moving
levers in never before
heard melodies
with a locked
sustain pedal
holding each note
to gradually evanesce
into the silence
awaiting your return
as the dust
once again
settles


3/22/17
For the "Dust" poetry contest
Sponsored by: Shadow Hamilton

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