Blog,A Menagerie Of Verse, Rhyme, And Meandering Thoughts
(1.)
And From Within, A Flow Of Ink Seeks Eager Paper
soft sifting into soft
castles old and hearts afire
hungry eyes
and towering skyscrapers
concrete stairways
echoes from bellowing steel
whispers and mysteries
from meandering alleyways
and a world seeding darkness
into the shadows of mankind
time's furies splurge
universe pays no heed
earth rotates and dreams
begging sun and moon to drop
into turbulent seas
to quench a raging thirst
a desire as yet unknown
for deep within
gathering fleeting swirls
ancient men ponder
morn's breath, life and hidden cries
far, far into the scurrying mist
broken chains announce
a split, a release
of spasms of fear
and the final act
the dreaded end
to loving, dreaming
and the final footsteps
across time
another
star
shines.
Robert J. Lindley 4-10-2021
Free verse
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(2.)
A Dismay And Dark Dying Look At Life
Disillusionment, disenchantment, disconnected thought
O the decaying of life-cast embers, sorrows sad world has wrought
Despair assaulting senses, pale and peaked the cracks in broken heart
Only path to now be chosen, repair of falling soul's overturned cart.
Robert J. Lindley 4-10-2021
Quatrain
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(3.)
Dismay And Dark Dying Look At The World
Cascade of light emitting from glow of new morn
Baskets of splinters, love from sweeter life thus torn
Once was love's nectar from a maiden's hand sipped
Now the hope, from a mind, a heart, a soul ripped.
Robert J. Lindley 4-10-2021
Quatrain
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(4.)
A Dismay And Dark Dying Look At Pain
O deepest of pains, from decaying marrows seeps
Crumbling rocks line the lanes, nightmares pave needed sleep
Fathoms beyond, universe laughs and softly cries
Lonely surrounds, fallen eagles from dark-set skies.
Robert J. Lindley 4-10-2021
Quatrain
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(5.)
And From Within, A Bounty Of Words Flow Forth
sailing into waters swirling towards the abyss
heedless of the consequence, the coming hurts
within, a soul crying without any tears
a spirit existing as fragments of broken chain
rain falling in splatterings of faded gray
from afar, echoes
from beyond this realm
a soft cry
see, see the rainbows that await
live
thrive
walk from the decaying woods
swim the clear river
into the eddies of love
and know
life
its treasures, fear not fate
land ashore
explore
dare
to accept the colors
the glow
the joy
of rainbows, love, memories and promise
dream again
see again, live again
kiss sadness and sorrows goodbye
stay
pray
and ask no more the why.
Robert J. Lindley 4-10-2021
Free verse
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Note: 4-10- 2022,
Again found, the healing power of poetic ink
the sword that cuts away dark and opens avenues of light
yet reality says, the battle rages on,
for the foe is no weakling
and to live, to thrive, to find joy -vigilance is the call of the day.