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Life passage

Glimpses of our mortality come too often these days Aching joints and muscles betray the youth we still feel sheltered here inside It is sobering this knowledge of the inevitability of decay All these little ambitions at our feet amount … Continue reading

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Storm clouds

Storm clouds overhead promise rain in tempest Food for a parched ground Death to new life bursting forth Moments too soon The nourisher and the ghoul Raging wind and electricity Surging through roiling mist Covering an aching sky Watching from … Continue reading

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Meteorite

You crashed into me Like a meteorite Destroying my world Your impact was like A thunderous force A deathly design The scars that you left Are deep in my bone A tempest unfurled A crater, a gulf The death of … Continue reading

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The Coming

She is coming Born of ravens Psychopomp descending To the terrain Breath is icy Eyes are fire Bleak and lost Are her domain Ancient creature Youthful beauty Brings despair And scarring flame Few will know her Few can view her … Continue reading

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Requiem

Sweet eyelids shut Weep no more Breathe your last No moment more Softly raise now On angel’s wing Hear the very Heavens sing Light your passage Find your way Be where only True hearts stray Sleep so soft In Heaven’s … Continue reading

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Conviction

Judge and jury here preside Truth and justice stand beside See the verdict reached with pride Wisdom deep and dark and wide Call him guilty to his face All your fears and doubts replace Of this journey leave no trace … Continue reading

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Splinter

This cuts my eye Deep within A splinter of knowledge Remembering Digging deep the more I try to draw it out Belief’s a poor player Cuckolded by doubt Tiny rivulets Tearing precious eyes Lethal as a sword But not by … Continue reading

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Dead Zone

Here we bleed Without fluidity The cuts are deep But leave no scars All secrets kept Beneath this canopy All dying light Like ancient stars Here we touch With no true intimacy A kiss is papery On drying lips Here … Continue reading

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Last Rites

Whispering over me Something that I heard In their rush of misery Cloying, clammy hands All these dreams and plans Spilling like rose petals on this bed Someone giving last rites Repeating in my head The shadows lengthen every hour … Continue reading

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Dominion

What is your dominion? Your ravaged terrain is bleeding Your soldiers fallen, leaving Like ghosts floating across A broken sky What is your dominion? This grasp for power petty A childhood dream gone sour And at this appointed hour You … Continue reading

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