The clarion call

The river rows the oarsman Like the mountain moves the climb The sunrise heats the day Like the lectern stands and cries;   I stand before you all, beholden To convey, what promised, I doth say Deliverance be sent ahead of time And the sunshine rules the waves   The lake lends its ears to […]

The hall of darkness

He walked the hall of darkness Toward where the light had shone But the headlamp of the coming train – Was on   He strolled with tunnel vision His eyes deceived by rain It was only a short shower – Umbrella’s sweet refrain   He dawdled down the road less travelled He heard thunder – […]

Bart Simpson and the little girl

Her feet didn’t touch the ground Hard when in the air Dummy was her parents’ new best friend Brought silence, to be shared   Bart Simpson kept her company Twisties fell to floor She smiled as she turned her head Inquisition knocked on door   Movement, ever, oh so fast Tablet entertaining Attentive of the […]

My garden’s seed

A smile’s what you see in summer When the sunshine stays awhile Happiness follows suit – Dressed to impress, in fashion’s latest style Where is undue wariness? Where have despair and illness gone? Could they not stand the heat that day – The day that sunshine shone? I’ve been down in the valley Where despair […]

Asunder

Oh ye, what is left when hope is gone? Do belief, faith and charity, follow along? Devoid of sunlight, leaving only rain Like child, sole experience being pain   Doth we never see or hear again Feelings thought to be with us anon Pleasantly, enjoyment stolen from A world devoid of sunshine whence it came […]

Moral Absolution

I felt a pang of enmity In shoulder and in heart A pang that measures friend from foe Who, once loved, now forgot.   But enmity and absolution Couldn’t share the thoughts of one A lover with a dagger drawn Spells irony to some   To heal, to treat, perambulate Attend to task at hand […]