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Bruce Mahnken Poem
I am a war
I hold the friend and the enemy
The people who want to be there and the ones who do not
Yes these too are mine
I am war.
I keep the wounded, the dead, and the healthy
I am the letters from family wondering when loved ones will return
I control the souls as well,
I am war.
The bombs, missiles, and other weapons are released upon my command
I do not discriminate between the innocent and the guilty
I am war.
My only enemy is peace is unity
And that is what makes me war
I am compassionate and also callous
I am war.
I crave the beginning and pray it never ends
I am war.
I am ruthless and unforgiving
I am war.
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Ride a comet in a downward spiral across the solar sysstem
Catch a lift on a shooting star and go where it takes you
Feel the heat of Mercury briefly then teleport to Pluto and cool off
Spend a night in Neptune enjoy the darkness then travel toward the sun
Voyage to Uranus see the seventeen moons proceed to Mars and swim the empy rivers
Stop in Venus soak in the showers of acid rain now leave the goddess and visit her sister
Make your way home to Earth and enjoy life for it exists nowhere else in our universe
It would take lifetimes to complete this journey but not one second would be wasted
What an exhilirating ride to image if only it were possible
By: Bruce Mahnken
Copyright © Bruce Mahnken | Year Posted 2010
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Fire Goddess
My angel of darkness
She breathed fire into my heart
I feel awakened from the dead
Her auro surrounds me though she's gone
She feels like a shot of whiskey
Giving me a slow burn that hurts so good
I haven't known her long
But somehow I am a moon orbiting around her planet
She crashed onto me like a wave on shore
Our bond is lava forming new earth
It happened quickly like a sudden eruption no time to run
I hear her voice it comforts me like a blanket
I wrap up in her fire and embrace the ambers of her energy
I can"t wait to feel her heat up close and personal
The anticipation stokes the coals
I can only imagine the sparks that will fly when we finally touch
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A shadow in the night
A whisper in the wind
The calm of the ocean
An imaginary friend
A strike of lightning
A grain of salt in the sea
The making of a diamond
A ring of a tree
Just a few things remain unseen
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I tell myself to forget but the dreams keep reoccurring
The funny thing is I am awake
Haunting thoughts seep in my pores like a sponge
Entering my bloodstream swinging my mood like a seesaw
I sturdy myself both hands against the wall through this emotional earthquake
My body may sleep but my mind is in a state of permanent insomnia
I yearn for complete hibernation
When will it come?
The waiting is torture
Soon I will find peace then my mind can finally rest
by: Bruce Mahnken
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Will they miss me when I am gone
Will they sing of me in words of a song
Could I be forgotten in only a day
Could I be remembered everytime they pray
Will my future remind them of the past
Will my first days be like the last
Could they recall on rights instead of wrongs
Will they remember me when I am gone
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