Short Cavalcades Poems

At the end of the day
  Cavalcades of color play
a majestic organ in the sky
  ~ Earthly audiences sigh

Fire-orange blazes on top
  of the chord-cloud's deep gray
As the Heavens' Grand Finale
  drum-rolls your way



          August 04, 2020
Strand Completely New (18) Contest
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The cries,

nurture,
 
innocence, 

restricted by affection, 

instructors,

finding paths in obscurity,  

trapped in bonds, 

used or misused, 

made or damaged. 

ambition, 

among friends and foes, 

the pitfalls, 

cavalcades, 

torrents mars the visage,

on the hill, 

and too soon in the valley, 

the body aches, 

worn and diseased, 

reflections, 

regrets, 

or remorse, 

so soon, 

as vapor, 

we pass....

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