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A FAMILIAR ENTITY At times I think I see A shadow next to me A familiar entity Long gone And lonely At times I think I hear A voice whisper in my ear A familiar tonality I know from long ago At times I think I recognize A haunting melody A song sung to me Many years before At times I wonder If The... Sign in to see full entry.

Fading into history There are those loving And Gentle hearts Never To know the tenderness Of Someone to cherish Someone to miss Them When they are far away Or gone Forever. No one’s memory. Shadows passing through Lost and wandering In This their time and space A cold and soulless place Fading into... Sign in to see full entry.

NOT OF MY CHOOSING revised The stench of hell lingers long Lurching in dark corners After you have gone Ripping at my flesh Feeding on my fear The Beast Waiting Always near. Stunned b y your sting My mind My heart My soul Fall slowly day by day Despair. God's' betrayal ito Sin The Devil's win. Why... Sign in to see full entry.

THE SILENCE OF MADNESS: IN MEMORIAM [Dementia] Twisted and torn Anguish Of a stolen mind Fear Swept you Into The depths Of hell. A soul lost Wandering in silent screams. Tortured by The dark side Of the imagination Fantasies Visions Too horrible to tell. Your eyes begged for an end Longing to go... Sign in to see full entry.

THE STORAGE ROOM--revised In a small space Just outside The place I used to be I stored moments Of times before. Boxes filled with memoires Old photos faded and torn Past and useless things. I thought I had written my soul On the walls Where I was born. But Dreams and wishes were not My reality I... Sign in to see full entry.

CHILDREN'S FEARS Children's fears And Children's tears Are much the same as ours. Suffering and pain Know no age Cruelty knows no bounds. An end to joy A slaughter of Innocence What children feel is true and real Seconds of sadness An eternity. Listen to what their eyes say Hear the words of a look... Sign in to see full entry.

FLYING BUTTRESSES Wings Mortar and stone Flying high Reaching Heaven’s sky Cathedrals Standing still Alone On a holy hill Gothic beauty Blessèd be Medieval foolery Sign in to see full entry.

BURNING EMBERS Once I was a shooting star Electricity Fire Energy Burning the skies Of silver sparks and midnnight blue As I passed by. A thousand times I died Leaving behind A thousand or more Of who I was before A wake of death and resurrection In space and time Growing into someone new Crashing... Sign in to see full entry.

Auto da fe I recognize My individual and unique Humanity Forged to steel By years of fire Some brutal Some kind Most of them dire. Genetically planned obsolescence. Failure of Creation. I recognize My strengths and virtues Progeny of original sin I survive That stain I carry within My soul... Sign in to see full entry.

A COVENANT OF ONE I used to hear the children play Down the street The "Americans" Grandpa used to say A place that seemed so far away Another land Another country. A foregn place I was told never to go It was then and we werent welcomed you know I would sit on the curb alone elbows on knees under... Sign in to see full entry.