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Diana's Fire

long have I wandered through waxes and wanes, fire cast of love's primal seduction
     songs from afar bearing storms of white stars forming only to seek new construction.
     while long are incisions among stolen visions cutting through all my rest and my sorrows
     lying deep in the heart bleeding quiet apart search the scarring of slain vain tomorrows
     so weary with time I can never afford clustered heartbreaks that rend sad affection
     born to quell all but truth I still sadly achieve lessened horror insane desecration
     it withers my hide from this quest far and wide as the grains of feign life slip away
     still I feel I must know what remains in my soul as I sample true beauty today
     fair innocent love warms cold ill gotten breath as my mind fills with pure adulation
     unwittingly casting out strength from a god dressed as frustrated wanton privation
     just to say that I want her forever to miss her are deeds saved replete with desire
     drowned alone in love's purest and cruelest division dethroned as I stoke  this old fire

Copyright © John Mollo | Year Posted 2020



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The Old Tower

wind strives to rumble throughout my four walls blasting harder as day becomes night
knowing not the resolve now possessed by all forces driven forth upon earthly delight
unkempt admonitions grueling weathered conditions still fester a natural heyday
see my history shows hear that everyone knows I once feted a vast stronger foreplay
royal dreams filled my rooms like a torrent awash softly veiled plating pharaohs reprise
feigned ideals formed and went few were left to relent the metropolites gotham of lies
I was grand I was famous my spires commanded a tenurial coursed bright cognition
crowds would wildly applaud or calmly ignored vaulted structure it's nuanced ommisions
all the world of renown sought to bask round the crown in this portal good fortune fey fame
yet as all things become the one not to be seen I stumbled through time lost and lame
while fine frescos fumbled and all murals crumbled speak defiance to bare open admission
for remaining a vision this staid old commission looks a new sutured close bar all shame

Copyright © John Mollo | Year Posted 2022

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My Muse Blew a Fuse

my muse blew a fuse and ran far away fast
                I'm guessing to happen figured here now at last
                yet it's kind of beguiling the way I'm still smiling
                cause I should be upset at the rift that's declining
                all the space I need swiftly to help me be thrifty
                moving on with my life as it's no longer nifty
                to be lost at the top of your game and you're blasted
                from losing all sense of things thought to be mastered
                but I'll still try to better the things that are past
                my muse blew a fuse and ran far away fast

Copyright © John Mollo | Year Posted 2020

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Sorry

I'm sorry I saw you down here in this valley
         Of tears and great fears like a garbage strewn alley.
          You struck me as someone of great worth and joy
              I'm beginning to think now it's all been a ploy.
           So how many more were enticed with great pride
          And reduced fore to drown in your sea of black tide.
          Just don't worry bout me cause I'm real good to go
               I'll ne'er see you again is my tribute to know.

Copyright © John Mollo | Year Posted 2020


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