Haiku (Give and Take)

tide ebbs to the east

the sun climbs towards the west

life is give and take

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Lost then Found

Raven

(Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem ‘The Raven’)

Nevermore!
Shall my lips again be parted
And from my depths that name
Restated.
Since she left me tired and broken
With a mind that’s weak and darken’d
And beyond the will to utter.
Yet, as visions begin to stutter
From my lips it slips –
Helena!

Evermore!
Silence is the sound I’m seeking
From a mind that always thinking,
And a heart that stays a flutter.
Yet as my soul descends I mutter,
While myself I keep berating
Impossibly my voice keeps grating
Just one word, my love-
Helena!

Peace No More!
To see a bright and vivid sunset
without my thoughts again beset –
Of the times together shared
When I often thought and dared
To join our lives – to be as one,
But then happiness became undone, and
Pointless life persists, without –
Helena!

Departure!
Let this life that’s lone and saddened
Terminate the grief that’s maddened.
By drawing breath and just once more
Screaming at the heavens, I’ll implore –
Banish breath from this ashen heart
And have for me a brand new life to start.
A chance to whisper once again –
Helena.

Me, for fun, you see

Micro-Tale (The Hobo)

Mountains

I climbed a mountain once –

Not to prove myself

Nor demean its grandeur,

But simply to enjoy the view.

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I climbed a mountain recently –

Emotional rather than literal

Not because I wanted to,

But because I needed to.

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I look at mountains often –

Without them a scene feels plain.

It’s not just their beauty,

But the things they hide.

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I like to imagine,

What’s beyond the mountain –

Another path, a quiet respite,

Something I need to find…

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me?

Communication – Love Poem for Lyne (2)

Make eye contact and say the words,

Let me see them fall from your lips.

Don’t send them along the copper cords

Or wirelessly send your sweetest quips –

Yours eyes say more than simple speech

Distance and time make the feeling leech.

 

Hold my hand and say you care.

Tell me again that I’m all you need.

I love the warmth you often share

And know this time my heart won’t bleed.

It’s when we touch, our spirits soar –

I feel it at my deepest core.

 

To keep our love that’s set in stone –

Let’s hold hands, not use the phone.