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My Last Nerve

No sleep

One revision after
another

Publisher
demands-too
demanding

TIRED

My last nail broke

My last pen ran out
of ink

My last pad - my
last sheet!

My keyboard sucks

My monitor's dim

Can't see for
yawning

Words, 

words, 

words in my head

I'm done I said

My last nerve!

Going to
bed

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Tired

Second Wind
- where are you?

If I slow down, will
you catch up?

Can't stop 

Afraid to stop

Must go on

Find me - before I
drop!

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A Poet's Heart

Deep within the cavity chest
You’ll find its striding place
Safely tucked away
To live once more – each day:

to note the passing seasons
autumn’s rise and fall of spring
the winter’s beast that howls
the summer’s hot, hot winds.

where there is love and fantasy
where kisses never end
where tangled sheets breathe fire
as lovers twist and bend.

in scraped knees
a howling dog at moonlight
where catfights cringe the skin.

when letters from a long, lost friend
bring tears, and sniffles, and grins.

when words fail others
when feelings are lost
where communication ends . . .
a poet’s words begin.

a poet’s heart beats fire
it beats of truth, aspires
in every face, on every land . . . 
it beats fierce – with Ayer!

*Ayer (Spainsh for yesterday)

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The Look Back Is Longer

Look not too long - the past is clear

Each step revealed 

Each wake revered

Longer is the backward glance

But not with joy - perchance

If Only - comes to mind the eye - of memory

Whose sake is dry

The beating heart that knows no fear -

Has not looked long into the rear

If only we could guard our steps

Avoid the pitfalls at a glance

But no - our vision in the forward - stayed

The backward glance holds its prey!

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What Wisdom Remains

The lines on my face draw deep the history -
within the broken walls of my heart.

How it crumbles.

So weary am I!

Hold me now - what wisdom remains of sanity - 
that I too may know the peace of truth.

If only you were here to comfort me; but like 
so many - you have fled the wasteland of my mind.

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The Wolf Cries

The

Eagle soars 

 
With somber eyes

The Wolf Watches

And cries

 
The winds find her voice

Lifts it from the shadowy forest

On warm, pine scented breezes

Far above despair

She listens

No reply.


The Owl

and Buffalo join her

Sending their voices on high

Together they wait - listening

In the strange quiet

Still

No reply.

 
The Deer

and Fox soon join them

Their voices spiraling up and up

Carried by heather scented winds

Unseen

To places they once roamed

Freely

Forgotten days

Silenced 

No

Reply.

 
The air

Grows quiet

As the ground hardens

Winter's chill is upon them now

The rivers and valleys

Seem vague

Not friendly

So

Still.

 
Separately

They take their leave - pausing

Looking back as if to say

Will we see you tomorrow

How many winters

How many springs

How many falls

Will summer bring?

The Wolf Cries

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Surrender

Walk with me
Wander through the fields
The pathways
Beside the calm water
Listen to nature sing

Lay with me
Lie in the cool green grass
Breathe in the heather
Sigh at sunset
Drift through the stars

Sleep with me
My head on your chest
Listening to your heart beat
Listening to you breathe
Take me in your arms

Surrender

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The Watcher

Languid eyes surf the horizon     

Bites hot the suntanned light

Drowning the parched azure ocean

Beyond the withered shore

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On My Mind

I cannot sleep for thoughts of you

You invade my senses - breathless

You sweep through me - unseen, yet there

Gentle upon my soul - are you

Where were you last night?

My soul aches in the ashes of memory

Every breath I breathe is yours

Take it - and let me rest 

My love

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Celluloid Dreams

Ubiquitous beauty - the ageless
Carnivorous fantasies
Devouring mortal man
Stealing his desires
Cruel impossible liar
Timeless Celluloid Dreams