It comes again That instinctual feeling Lifting me up While tearing me apart It tells me to move To stop drifting And I listen with one ear Striving not to hear The beast within The voices speak Deep inside my head In those dulcet tones That make me dream Vivid and dynamic Kaleidoscope visions In … Continue reading The Sound of Conscience
A solitary streetlamp shines Illuminating an idyllic scene Highlighted by snow angels In place of autumn green A lonely man sits vigil near Possessed of more than melancholy With his head between his hands Hiding what he cannot see A drifting snowflake descends On its way to meet the ground Perfectly proportioned in every way … Continue reading Street Scene
Complacent knight Waiting for checkmate His black marble gleams As he contemplates the queen Her position fixed Yet transitory Depending on his next move Her king impotently near Head bowed in defeat She sparkles in white Like on her wedding day And every day in-between So tired of the games But no one hears And … Continue reading White Queen
Tell tomorrow it can’t have today Not without fear of penalty Or a promise to behave Even when it has no reason to In the milky twilight glow But today stole yesterday When it meekly looked aside While stars painted the deep And the line did not divide Never to be seen again But tomorrow … Continue reading Tomorrow Can’t Have Today
Sleep is death A sloughing off And a rebirth From swirling ashes Into a new day Filled with hope It takes wing And flies. Sam Continue reading Sleep is Death
The man in the moon is just like me With an argyle sweater sewn to fit And an excuse on opposite Thursdays For why he never seems happy He looks into a crystal ball To see his future But it reflects only his past One we shared oh so long ago He sees his lack … Continue reading Nocturnal
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