Short Eye Of The Hurricane Poems

There is the eye of the hurricane
and there is the storm itself
As our eyes meet,
I am almost swept off the ground...

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In chaos set sail
where pain barbs assail,
yet retaining poise,
in life's fearsome noise.

To become as such,
we must feel God's touch,
moment to moment;
then no fears torment.

18-October-2022...

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observing mindfully
upswings and downturns
from the void of perfect stillness 
we witness with nonchalance 
Ferris wheel movement
for our soul’s delight

the eye of the hurricane
hums in blissful silence
as this dream unfolds

08-February-2023...

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      Like the eye of a hurricane
         the epicenter of the storm

      Every day in some way
        at risk for harm

      A face like granite
        commanding the planet

      Squeezed into the middle
        ~ it’s hot on the griddle

...

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Shuddering on the hallway steps 
smoking far too many cigarettes
drug deprivied
withdrawling all sleep back under the bed
entering slowly the eye of the hurricane
still cursed
         with the agonizing after effects 
      that inescsapable 
sick shadow of a man reaching for a perpetualy 
shifting end...

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I pissed off my spiritual advisor
Just how precious are the lessons
Ghosted by the spirits
Echos—it’s not me it’s you
Everything green and golden
Is this the eye of a hurricane
Darkness whispers—
Extinguish all hope
I think I am in love
Ever startle awake to knocking 
No matter what they say
If you happen not to wake
Never ever answer that knock...

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I had no idea it was love I was falling in,
But through the freefall I saw his eyes,
And from the eye of the hurricane we stood within,
He saw through my every disguise.

He bent my will and lit up my sky;
His thunder silenced my fear.
Coppery clouds have me wondering why
His violent storm makes my eyes see so clear.

Broke me and fixed me, he promised to carry
My burdens tattooed on his veins;
He was the thunderstorm in the valley
And I was the girl who smelled like rain....

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Listen to poem:

stuck in the eye of the hurricane
in eerie slow motion
while at helter skelter speed
unforgivingly relentless
deliberate its devastation


overnight
the shock sinks in
a silence shuddering
seeping to every depths
of days numbered
uttering its new reality
left shaken to its very core
the aftermath inconceivable
global extermination averted
or likely just delayed



AP: 1st place 2021

Submitted on February 11, 2021 for contest ALL YOURS (FEB 12) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND...

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