You’re only given one little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it –Robin Williams When I was born A Candle was lit inside of me It will burn for as long as I live or until I extinguish it My body is the shadow it casts Dancing wildly when it flickers And it flickers whenever …
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The Lonely Banner
What happened Here? Here on this hilltop Why does the flag stand Alone? Imagine a War A thousand soldiers locked in Battle and the Victor Spikes a flag in the Ground around his foes. Imagine a Boat A ship of starving sailors run aground finding the sandy shore beneath their feet. They kiss the Earth, …
The Other Oven Bird
There is a dinner of which all have heard Loud, a mid-autumn, and mid-wood bird Who makes the thinning families fat again I says the year grows old, and that for feeding Mid summer is to autumn one to ten. I says the best food has not yet come to pass When grandma’s not brought …
Midnight
The ethereal quiet that fills a house at night That simple state of stillness The quiet sound that is not quite silence but the steady sound of your own breath and beating heart The rushing of air and chirp of insects of life, when all is asleep And the soft blue glow of the night …
Smokey Seas
Skin stretched too thin, over too much bone. With long sinewy fingers, and nails to match. Calloused padding that knew hard work But also knew the contour of the pen, the brush, or the musicians string One reached into a denim pocket, Searching, Finding a small box and beating it against the others palm, opening …
Fish
Have you ever looked out at the glassy surface of your backyard pond and seen the little fish swimming there and imagined that they were painted there in excellent but not quite perfect perspective
Clouds
Have you ever looked up at the clouds And remembered what it was like to be five years old When everything was so big, and you were small And you still felt a sense of wonder at it all Reading the stories that the great sky told Uninhibited imagination running wherever you allowed And you …