Short Belying Poems

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she enters the room gracefully
belying the heartache inside
her tale of loss floats through the air
like a windblown kite

a mother, child, and death 
reduced to silhouettes

her vision rips a hole
where there should be love 
from this pulpit 
with its congregation of one...

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Battles we wage, an ego urge
A dream life, make belief
Belying delight of bliss surge
Soul lost; our thoughts the thief

Play earth role, as assigned
With pulse of love aligned
Desires, to bin consigned 

Actor on stage
Battles we wage

29-September-2021
Quietus...

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Upon the asphalt sidewalk he lay 
this lonesome drizzly evening
knotted fingers outstretched imploring
for that extra bit of coin
the deep crevices in his face
belying his true age
black beseeching eyes
mirroring darkness and despair
it was not hard to see his plight
what brought him here I wondered 
this bitter October night...

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Within my core, obsidian black
No earthly sounds resonating
To still that wandering wave
Lost…
When my spirit ascended
From the living trap
To dance with the dark spectre
Through the depth of shadow
I fell…
Cowering at Hades approach
I stilled my heart 
Belying my fears
As the world halted to watch
Blindly…
With the very last bit gathered
I called your name from misery
And you...
Whispering strength
Kissing my eyes clear
You breathed my life
And brought me home...

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