A Child Of Light
...Light I see so dim
My eyes blur as they humour my sin
I watch and wait while they teach
And nod and annoy my eye and throat
My write scratches and marks
I smile when I remember my stupidity
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Categories:
watch and wait, art,
Form: Free verse
Ode to Him
...Ruffles of sand that flash before my eyes in every waking moment
Oceans of blue that briefly lift and meet mine
My plain, brown eyes, that would blend in the mud
And my clothes that never lose the...
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Categories:
watch and wait, anxiety, crush, for him,
Form: Ballad
The Fall of the Chosen Star
...—A Prophecy by the Last Watcher—
Beneath the veil of sacred land,
Where prophets walked on golden sand,
The iron winds begin to blow—
Saturn speaks, and Rahu glows.
A land once blessed, now ...
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Categories:
watch and wait, birthday,
Form: Free verse
DORMANT DESIRES
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Seeds of desires were sown as our glances met.
Emotive urge started to flow though hidden yet.
Wobbled heart got confused to manifest.
No way ! Shy silent love to hesitate.
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Categories:
watch and wait, desire,
Form: Rhyme
Thanks To God
...We live our lives not for this world but for the world to come.
So follow not your worldly ways but the paths of Christ, the Son.
What seems so long, our days on earth, a blink of the Father’s eye....
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Categories:
watch and wait, christian, thanks, thanksgiving,
Form: Rhyme
Clouds Talking To Me
..."Pretty clouds filled with water, then it rains down." By Poet
I love to sit and watch the clouds,
as they dance across the big blue sky.
If I watch and wait what will I see,
an...
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Categories:
watch and wait, animal, blue, fun, sky,
Form: Personification
Norman
...There was a man I once knew.
His name was Norman.
You know how there’s a first for everything?
Well, he was my first.
Despite my visits to the nursing homes with my grandma,
I really didn’t kn...
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Categories:
watch and wait, art, faith, life,
Form: Free verse
Thoughts of a Border Collie While Pondering a Bone
...Thoughts of a Border Collie While
Pondering a Bone
Mine, mine, mine, I think
as I drip drool on the floor.
Bloody meat clings
tenaciously to the hard bone.
White fat, like veins of gold,
mar...
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Categories:
watch and wait, dog, humorous,
Form: Free verse
The Gate
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(A lone voice whispers)
With reflection
In this
The midnight hour
I light a white candle
For the one
Who once had me
Under her power
Driven by loves
Powerful desires
For us,...
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Categories:
watch and wait, break up,
Form: Rhyme
CHASING RAINBOWS
...The rain had stopped…the sun was about to set…
It was the perfect time for a rainbow chaser such as I…
to watch and wait for that multi-colored arch to form across the sky.
The conditions couldn...
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Categories:
watch and wait, rainbow,
Form: Rhyme
Gluffer
...Watashi Yoku........ Complained about his life. It gave him words often angring him into comparision. His father had left him with his five siblings. His mother raised them. But his father sometimes ...
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Categories:
watch and wait, beautiful,
Form: Ballade
The Watcher
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(A lone voice whispers)
I live in The Great Casum
The in-between place
No one knows me as I watch you all race
Some of the blind call me god
Some don't
But you know
Good for the...
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Categories:
watch and wait, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
As The World Burns
...(“The Cave of Unknowing”, 2012, original oil)
As The World Burns
As the world turns
The morning soap operas play out
In print and film, song and dance
Showing on every screen
A worl...
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Categories:
watch and wait, allegory, change, planet, war,
Form: Narrative
Watching and Waiting
...I think one of life's hardest tasks
is to watch and wait while a loved one basks
in something that is harmful
while praying for them to become grateful
for helping them survive
while wanting th...
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Categories:
watch and wait, addiction,
Form: Rhyme
The Trails of Sanity
...The Trails of Sanity
Why do I care if the disturber carries on
Why is it I cannot just wait it out, bide my time
Be more mindful, try and bond
Embrace what I don’t understand
Welcome the s...
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Categories:
watch and wait, change, character, endurance,
Form: Free verse
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