Short Salvos Poems

the war is waged,
around me and within me,
the flavor filtered in the air, lilac,
battle lines drawn, us and them,
no middle ground,
in bloom at the fringe of a field of wild flowers, lilac,
salvos cease, aggressions abate,
as the priority of meadow usurps the importance of upheaval,
the flowers bloom....

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Those are scary things that hide in the shadows
I hope they fall off the edge, to the gallows
When they rise from deep; haunting skills with salvos
I hope they drown before reaching the shallows
Frightened; minds tear so easily, at the seam
Fears unchecked; fast turn, from whispers to a scream
Oh yes, I'm afraid of the darkness, my loves
But I'm comforted; that our souls will rise like doves...

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Music was his passion
from his yearly years,
his voice, his weapon - 
the signature of his life.

In his compositions
there is freedom for all Nations,
freedom for everyone, 
in his astounding sounds.

In his uplifting melodies,
he can transfigure
the man for better being,
be it homeless man 

or the corrupt ruler king
and so noble  is his music
as Paderewski only could be
in the salvos of his tones....

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