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Death Doth Cry

The life beneath but skin and bone,Too soon gone, souls scream home,Jump rare beauty upon the dash,Iron clad hooves their rearing clash,Against the steel of Rome.War hammers render armor shine,Mail impaled with pikes and flail,To bludgeon flesh of sinewed flanks,Corrupt in pools of fear filled ranks.Splashing soup of blooded water,Drink for kings and royal daughters,WhoContinue reading “Death Doth Cry”

New Passions

What colleges have you attended? I spent my “working life” in finance and banking. My first job was door-to-door, collecting late mortgage payments while getting spit on and cussed out. It became clear that more education was important. The problem was that I already had a young family with all the accompanying bills and obligations.Continue reading “New Passions”

Island Night

The island glows on carefreenights of youthful moons,storm winds swaying palmsand rousing white tippedwaves in an orchestra ofocean blue. The island sings the gentlerhythm of Pahu drums,tanned girls musically swishtheir lauhala skirts ofhumming hips and tell storieswith mudra hands. The island hears sharedwhispers ‘tween loversunder leaky thatched roofsof amber straw as they sipcoconut milk andContinue reading “Island Night”

Broken Bridge

“So, what did he say?Brother! What did he say?”No answer; only an empty stare fromtransfixed eyes, through a sealedwindow, streaked by desperate fingersthrough fog of wet hot breath.Your head lists like a sinking ship.I feel titillating waves of risingwater, its cold hands slowly crawlingever higher on my back, whilebodies desperate, splash around us.Vehicles eerily floatContinue reading “Broken Bridge”

Resolute

I live the unending questfor purpose in my life,The more years that go by,The more earnest the pursuit,But my growing wisdomteaches me the search is futile,Like the source of the wind;It is unfindable. Yet, I continue like the albatross,As hope picks me upand sends me on my way,Escorted by the Holy Spirit,Beyond waning disappointment,Past theContinue reading “Resolute”

Night of Visages

The Ballerina Black eyes stared from the darkness,Slowly, almost imperceptibly,She emerged as her shaking handsstretched toward me, an invitationto meet halfway. A strange calm cameupon us as our fingertips touched.Smiling broadly, her throat was deepand dark like her black eyes.A ballerina’s red tulle of nainsookfloated at her hips. A single shake,A slight rustle invited meContinue reading “Night of Visages”

Ice Block

Dimming Firelight

A gift of red heat dozing,A waterfall from eyes closing,Images of light disappear,Their passionate grip once dear. Gray memories behind me leave,Their testimony but a tease,Destined together we were,Entwined in a twirling blur. Honey toned sirens declare,From tangled weeds full flared,Songs erased by their thirst,My heart from bosom to burst. Spoken stories eternal beware,My libraryContinue reading “Dimming Firelight”

Imaginary Woman

Bring your face a little closer,Let me whisper in your ears,Feel the soft rain falling,Trace your fingers through my tears. Because my love is still growing,My dream laughs loudly at me,Your smell, intoxicating,My joyful tears, love’s guarantee. Hurricanes blow meekly away,Phantoms bow down upon sight,Of us like children playing,Let’s celebrate our love tonight. For soonContinue reading “Imaginary Woman”

New Heavens and A New Earth

As your people cry and children wail,Of hunger, death, and life’s dark tales,For their rescue now, we ask you go,Relieve their storms of grief and woe. Protect them in the midst of war,Shield them from foul nature’s roar,If thirst or illness test their faith,Give them hope in spirit safe. We lift them up in thankfulContinue reading “New Heavens and A New Earth”