poems of 07

1.

Undesired anonymity
perpetuates shadowed lives unlit
in obscurity
Dowtrodden hopes unfought for
linger amidst miles of uncertainty
claim again ray of unexpected
hope
Climb upward beyond expected
dreams
upstep future conquest unfurl your cry
Beyond this city to the place of
the shining sea

2.

Slammed shut
Solid door of insecure vanity
Hope not in self’s
shallow drawer of vainglory
Close cupboards lined with
self-deceit
Ruminate your musty
soul - let not mold grow
UP
between cracks -
chipped away not into the
fine dust of chaos
But fling wide warehouse
doors stocked full of security

3.

Swallowing the Summer
Whole
Contemplating the great
DIVIDE
She steps out of the workaday
world
atop a grassy knoll
to
seek
The Boundless or the Infinite
BIG Plans will she
Devise

4.

Fleetingly Erudite
Longing for the up and
the far away
Places
Atop
my mind’s highest Aspirations
Amidst
The Midst and Muckery of
Bygone Consternations.
Aglow Around thoughts
Ethereal constellations

5.

My melancholy musings
moved aside
As spring’s forgotten sparrow of hope
alighted upon my chest
The souls radiance cracked open-
A glimmer of light’s chorus
peeked through
Note by note
The spirit began to sing
-and my Soul Soared
above and beyond- far and away
Lifted up
To greet the eternal anthem’s
Ring.

6.

Would you deny me the
Simplicity of a flower
In favor of something
more solid- like concrete
Weighing down my feather
soft vanities
With the solemnity
of brick
Desiring flight, short bursts of
upward movement flutter earthward
tethered to undefined Red ties of
responsibility

7.

Sigh not Strong Heart
Your burden is not too much to bear
Tremble not you Solid Soul
this struggle is meant
to Shake you free
of all the fetters of the earth
So you can soar Above
unhindered and unafraid

Wouldn’t you like to come with
me in my hot air balloon
We could sail near the sunset learning
to be brave while singing a tune?

8.

Settle not thy contentment
with the Poultry things
Disturb not thy steady gaze
for trivialities
Trade not thy taste for glory
in sweet enchantments
OR
Your soul will be deaf to the
Summons
The whisper of Glory
Calling you home

9.

Stifle not your Singing
if it’s all of you
you’re bringing
Muffle not
one single note
Know ye not the blessing
of hibition-free melody
To set your soul free
and let the Adoration
be for thee
Unobstructed by me.

10.

Juxtaposed veils of joy
and pain
Curtains swaying in the wind
waving whispers of memory
residue
across the mind’s inspection
Humor and Hurt
combine and intertwine in one
afternoon’s breeze Reminding
the heart that it is not Too
shallow of a vessel to hold
Another lifetime’s worth of
weighty Feeling
For I am not yet old.