Short Cliffside Poems

Vast Cliffside, soaring
Cold sea mist dilutes my past
A bird’s life ... present...

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The dreamer
Lies buried in the hemisphere
Like hominids nested in calcium
Upon outstretched shovel
Vermillion corridors pounce in theatrical unfolding
Its all shadows and graves say
Those cliffside with buckets of fear

While I clawed suddenly the dichotomy came clear
Now I'm hijacking lotuses from the other side...

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Written: November 21, 2023
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racing with the breeze
strength, streaming supple beauty~
stellar vividness

freewill upon earth
scampering strides of surprise~
cliffside, now silent

majestic splendor
glorious ocean vista~
fierce, sanctity reign...

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what candle pressed against the wind
a winding trail unfolds 
down the cliffside 
into the storm
where a treasure lies to behold
a thousand jagged teeth
Peirce the roiling spew
a promise of paradise 
the desperate never knew
and down the cliff should you falter
lose your balance and fall
in hopes of happy ever after
soon never after all...

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Ash
It falls
And lay still 
Burning city
But it’s still my home 
Smoke clouds inhabit skies 
And skyscrapers crumble down
We watch from the cliffside and mourn 
A disaster soundtrack lacking sound 

We only hear the ashes falling 
Everything we loved, now debris 
The sun charred over with greed 
Memories in piles 
The darkness warns me
Suffocation 
We lay still 
And breathe
Dross 
...

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Raging black waters
Deadly upon us
Cliffside now crumbling
I’m helplessly tumbling

Forethought depression
Forgot aggression
I still remember
The chill of december

An ocean forever
Darkness the weather
Dead stars are burning
My heart once more turning

The life in me yearning
An instinct returning
Death is a lifetime
Alone without sunshine

Raging upon us
Deadly black waters
But love forged from danger
Keeps hatred a stranger...

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