Open Words

The light is on
I want no more darkness

The music plays
I stray from ambient sounds

The ringing won’t leave my head
I tread quietly for a sense of silence

The wave, the wave ebbs again
I regain the still water

The storm clouds gather over the hills
I chill out for fair weather

The sinking sands are shifting
I drift for lighter landings

The newsprint scatters on the street
I repeat the words of wisdom

The spiritual civic leaders are bare and broken
My token words are here; summarily spoken

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Path

Filling spaces
Leaving traces
Leave a path behind

In case someone kind
Some refined soul
Wants to rock and roll

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Too many times of parting

Void, devoid of direction
Not even a misconception
Vacuous universes galore

Lay in that churchyard there
Summer Sunday afternoon
Heartache, charting scores

Starting over
Again restarting
All spent; to spend yet more

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Zoo Zombie

Just avoid the hurt
Pain held at bay
A zombie for a day
Days & nights to flirt

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Hollow Score

All that went before
Is gone
Gone before

Creation crept along
Slipped the sand
From beneath the core

Chapel and church
All that went before
Is gone before

Familiarity swept along
A carpet ride
Over an hollow floor

Mother and Father
All that went before
Gone; is gone before

A poem from Rising Shoots & Falling Stars Love Caught in the Crossfire - Available from iTunes - see details by clicking on this text