Short Crossing Over Poems

some say the dead are lost souls without vessels ~ life on a doomed dinghy...

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crossing over
to tempting realms
forbidden 



posted on October 4, 2018...

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Crossing over ~ a bittersweet time... a graduation of some sort



posted on June 27, 2019...

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Do we dare,
say a word,
do we care,
what they do,
crossing over,
taking over,
running over,
what is happening here?...

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Memory is a river,
 bound for the sea

One waterfall to cross
  —death’s waters to free

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)...

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rummaging through the memories of time
a world away in the silence of the night

yet merely a dream away



Posted on November 11, 2021...

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he plants his right hind
rocks back onto his haunches
front crossing over
he falls into his pivot
with practiced ease and beauty


October 29, 2012...

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Death
the ultimate
release
Freedom’s
Déjà vu  

Questions
answers
join as one
Prescience
— shining through

(Dreamsleep: September, 2024) 
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Expect good things
the moment breathes
Your fear abandoned
the darkness leaves

When least expected
the current calls
Tomorrow waiting
—beyond the falls

(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)...

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Requesting
forgiveness
from the dead
My will
crossing over
no longer misled
Requesting
forgiveness
my debt was set free
Destiny
reckoned
—atonement complete

(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)...

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Crossing over is fast to last for all eternity.

Let me linger a while longer by the sea of tranquillity, 

until I collect my bio, written in the water.



© Jun 4 2010 For Rick’s Sijo contest...

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anal-retentive 
stick up the ass
over-reactive
over-dramatization
over seemly unimportant 
irrelevant issues seemed to 
always be the response to 
crossing over the pet-peeve line
that had been created over time...

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Crossing over
into the realm 
of non-description
reference and paradigm
sleep alone

Borders falling inward
upon themselves
leaving only what
the mind forgoes
—and the soul forbids

(The New Room: 1-15-2025)
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Appearance
reality
their differences
hide
Within the
perception
that judgment
abides

If once
crossing over
there’s no
going back
The tradeoff
complete
their identity 
— hacked

(Dreamsleep: March, 2025)
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Putting God
into human terms
that we can understand
Obverts the beauty
concepts like the Trinity
command
Within our souls
within our hearts
the key to something more
Crossing over
on Heaven’s light bridge
—Beatific pure

(Dreamsleep: November, 2023) 
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I can feel my dreams collapse
into a single vibrant image--neural blast--
brief synapse--

of you, above,
as I now exhale my life’s last
true love.

My death,
a final gasped
breath--

I can feel my dreams collapse
as I now exhale my life’s last
breath....

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Is identity a reference
to all that I’m not
or something else again
Is what I’m becoming
and what I am
in contrast clearly plain
Or then is it more
and crossing over
to what I’ve not yet been
The border amorphous
where gravity pulls
—to dance beyond the rim

(Rosemont Pennsylvania: February, 2021)...

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Crossing plains
Dressing the part
All in white
Golden halo
Wings spread apart
Flying high now
High now
Flying high

Dressed in style
Ready for the party
Tonight 
Tonight’s toasting me
Resting in peace

Come fly high with me
Come fly high 
High with me

Rest in peace 
Rest in peace
Rest in peace...

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The spirit of memories polluted 
fingerprints crossing over your spine

Ghouls that crawl eerily creeping
from an abyss of the darkest claws scratching 

Consuming with fire aching burns 
scaled by nightmares of the past demons 

From under tombstones they rise cold echoes 
undead souls of bygone nightshades haunt...

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in the midst of four families
coming together
to end a crisis
it begins
paying the toll
for crossing over

1 of each coin
tossed into the streets
this will take everyone
pay the piper
to release
your creator so he can be reborn

whatever happened
to a death we could not afford
walking all over the dirty money
would any angel notice?...

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James Dean junket drive
Up the bend away at Five
Met his end all plaster-fied
The Hollywood pied piper

Hellva lot better Dean
A young-man Diana been
No old man crapping in a diaper

But a trip for the worse
Early turn in a hearse
No fun for fans all screaming

Running at double time
Crossing over the line
Makes an end of your California dreaming...

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Such pleasure you gave 
in the short time we had,
but you were chosen
and though we are sad;
you're away from the dangers
your earthly life had,
away from things ugly
those awful things, bad... .
You brought us peace,
we can't be mad;
for your crossing over -
means an angel they add.
So proud of you,
so very glad;
from loving friends, family;
Mum and Dad 
xxxx...

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outside the norm
but an inside part
over their lines
but inside my heart

not going to let others
decide what's right for me
the books and tapes
discussing thoughts and feelings

gonna live outside the rules
of typical behavior
an aggregate response
a taste I'm gonna savor

outside the norm
but an inside part
crossing over their lines
but listening to my heart...

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crossing over…

her chilled breath
caressed my cheeks

no reddening here
just a darker ebony hue

the color collage 
of  foliage

canvassed my eyes
falling rainbow tears

dripping to nourish
mother earth

matting
her joseph’s coat

reflected by scattered rays
peeping through shuttered  skies

the bridge over the river of change
is indeed a delightful crossing...

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so is autumns dawn
crossing over horizon
deep in it's path dull 
~
lit lights orange bright
dispensing shadows of hues
horizontal views
~
falls autumns trees waves
in the autumn breeze so blown
colors view orange 
~
hues completely  drained
containment of yellows, reds
browns, aqua shades


9/26/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2021...

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