Short Absents Poems

GOOD NIGHT

tonight I see you
by greeting you with goodbyes
the sun falls and rests

in passing I verbalize
with absents of day
fair thee well goodnight


05/15/18
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2018©...

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to lose yourself in poetry

  in image vibrant reverently

responsibility absents thee

  thoughts sprout wings
                      ~ magically





             August 31, 2020
 Completely Your Choice Poetry Contest
           Sponsor: Brian Strand...

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When the right occasion comes,
I'll undress the tailcoats and suits
I will dissolve the illusions and
I will sleep awake
in another world and
I will aim from afar
this world that never
 was mine...
I will cry for the absents
and  absent from them I will be...
So I'll start living again
in the world that never actually
I left......

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victimised 
ridiculed 
bullied 
ignored 
targeted 
mocked 
silenced 
war 
isolated 
violated 
slandered 
false 
rumours 
belittled 
bullied 
ignored 
liar 
joke 
pathetic 
sacked 
rejected 
nothing
small 
unknown 
disclaimed 
forgotten 
unsure
silenced 
slandered 
recluse 
avoid 
absents
silence 
mystery
lies 
mystery
lies 
alone 
unknown...

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In silence, time is astir,
Gathering footprints
From the hourglass of life, taking its toll;
Meanwhile, as if in jubilation,
A large church bell speaks,
Publishing the age of another passed soul;
Tallying each strike,
I'm reminded, that life,
Isn't analogous to the timing of eggs;
Whose timer we flip and restart.
Our sand, once through, completes life,
And absents hope to be rid of dregs.


I remember as a child that
This church bell was rang once for each year of life....

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