Short Lungful Poems

each lungful of air 
a reminder of God’s love
depict love and care  
promote and embrace His will
every moment you get


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I hold my breath this night
a burning lungful 
of the green and dying sea 

that leaps then sinks 
in the minor key 
of sorrow’s deep and distant light

a lowly note 
against my chest
foam and fury whisper

into black and godless sleep    
where the fall of petals in silence draws  
the impulse of solitude

like a poison through skin
pulling into life 
a mad and violent beauty
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I inhaled a lungful of cigarette smoke,
While waiting for the number nine,
I coughed so much I thought I’d choke.
The woman ignored the no smoking sign;
It served her right if she got a heavy fine.

Another man asked her to stop
And said his lungs deserved fresh air,
He raged so much I feared he’d drop;
But she chatted to someone who wasn’t there,
And looked at the man with a vacant stare.

For Cyndi’s You Do Understand contest...

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you could see
it in her eyes
the night before
was lingering
into late morning
the pain of one
too many
bad choices
pounding
her young body
with each step
each burning
lungful of cold air

she passed me
on the footpath
while the city
screams
scratched
at her soul
&
bashed
bashed
bashed
at her brain

with her handbag
bigger than the dress
she had on
she was one
hell
of a mess

just another
party wreck...

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