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GHOSTS IN THE CLOSET We all have our own ghosts That haunt us from time to time Hidden in small closets in our mind. Fear of the loss of Heaven The pains of Hell Middle Ages in the twenty-first century. Expiation for sin Crucifixion of the Spirit Holy water and confession Deliver us from the demons’... Sign in to see full entry.

OF HUMAN BONDAGE II replaces the former "Ask Job" -- edited and revised. There are no rewards for living No medals for being alive. Each day we do what we need to do To survive. In the scheme of things Moments of happiness for some are few But those are the times they must hold on to. We are a flame... Sign in to see full entry.

OVER THE RAINBOW Over the rainbow we fly Colors red, yellow, blue and green A gift of the mind Fantasy and Imagination Hope and dreams. We survive our reality This unforgiving and imperfect Humanity On wings of how things could be. Opiate for the soul The spirit The heart. The child in us An... Sign in to see full entry.

FIELDS OF LAVENDER A Memory Lavender waves Purple and blue Swaying lazily In the wind of a Summer’s day. I walked alone on that country road The one that led to Avignon. The fire of the Mistral Broke the morning chill As it swept over the lavender hill From across the African sea. Alone I walked... Sign in to see full entry.

TANTALUS An existential or ontological metaphor [Depends on how you read it ] I can taste the sparkling colors Dancing in the stream They tease and tantalize me., One step away and I am there One step away and I am nowhere. I feel phantom waters cool my face And soothe my soul. I suffer for an... Sign in to see full entry.

HOME I want to go back to where I was born End my days In the home where I was raised. But now Only ghosts live there. Lost scenes of yesterdays No love to hold me close No childhood innocence No one left to know Who I am. Where did they all go. How did the present become the past So quickly. How... Sign in to see full entry.

ICY WATERS Icy waters pure and clean rushing down a mountain stream sparkling diamonds in sunlight over rock and stone furious in their fight into Ocean’s deep. swirling into One never to return from where they come. Sign in to see full entry.

APOCALYPSE: A DIVINE FANTASY Horses shining black Indigo Transluscent Raging on the run Across a moonless sky Hooves of steel Striking fire in velvet night. Angels in flight Screaming In Execlso Deo The Four come riding in On the midnight wind As it was told In Revelations. Heaven’s insanity No pity... Sign in to see full entry.

IT AIN’T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS Hold back the Beast That holds you And Understand it is part of who You are now. You have become. We change each day Nature’s way We are an imperfect divinity Feathers in the wind of chance and serendipity. Look to the sun Bathe in its ight Its energy. Rapture... Sign in to see full entry.

THE HUMANITY OF MAN There is So they tell me Beauty and sublimity In pain and suffering Only if It forges the soul To understand The humanity of Man. Heaven’s gift So they say. Yet what I know is wasted time Wasted years To live for others vicariously. No sense of connection. Broken by betrayal and... Sign in to see full entry.