rendition

Unspoken words
Rend the heart
Locks the mind
Only wrath remain

Unsheathen swords
Pierce the hearts
Robs the mind
Only joy is slain

Thoughts untoward
Blind the heart
Veil the minds
Only leaves a strain

Leave the card
Bind the hearts
Crippled mind
Only left with pain

Smile again
Never mind
Mended hearts
A brand new start.

graveless

Measured footfalls
Step by step
Past the stairwell
The widow wept

On to remains
The empty husk
In hand a spade
For morbid task

Vacant stares
Almost indignant
All the same
Yet each one different

Grab the ankle
Heave and raise
A mindless job
Devoid of praise

Up and over
The rising heap
Almost silent
The final sleep

Pour the oil
Light the fire
Put to flame
The mangled spire

Burn. Burn.
Burn away.
Mayhaps in time
We find our way.

cut

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blade at the throat
darkness seeps
purchased soul
in frailty weeps

 

twice glazed over
an empty stare
one departed
conscience rare

 

twenty one grams
no more no less
dipped in blood
a pagan crest

 

a line thus drawn
heaven to core
gradual sinking
since ancient lore

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departed

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dearly departed
have you known that today is the day
i planned tomorrow

 

dearly departed
i remember that i
forgot about you

 

dearly departed
you found that you
lost me

 

dearly departed
till we see each other again

 

never.

 

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j & h

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Uninspired
Just a pain
I conspired
I’m insane

 

Jekyll hides
Hyde jackals
Schizophied
By my double

 

Inner scream
Outer smile
Home it seems
Quite a while

 

Stand on skin
Purple veins
The end begins
A twisted skein

 

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life’s a gamble

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A roll of the bones
The Lady Luck
A spin of the wheel
The Jackpot struck

 

Ring the bell
For whom it tolls
Mind the stars
As fate unfolds

 

Take the risk
Cross the line
Make that jump
You’ll be fine

 

Double triple
Bet after bet
Deal by deal
No looking back.

 

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lily & the rose

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Petals blossom
Evening breeze
Set upon the sparrows free

 

Dewdrop crystals
Patient trees
Wait upon the tranquil sea

 

Lithe are the steps
Of lovely souls

 

All they sing of
Lily and rose

 

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dance of passing shower

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The dance of the passing shower
Lives for a moment, a fragile flower
Happy birthdays come and gone
Remember not, save for the song

The flit and flutter of fickle fire
Twirl and twist till life expire
Then all is silent, all is dead
Words like days, slowly fade.

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night. hide.

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Night.

Tread lightly my child
Even in the gentle garden
The beast awaits

Stay, even for a while
From the sunlight glisten
Breathing abates

Watch the luring lull
Resonate sounds olden
Aural baits

Quiet. Not a sound
Hush and intently listen
The monster’s gait

Hide.

 

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eyes open, soul closed

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Eyes open, soul closed
Falling petals from a rose
Seconds, hours, night after night
Darkness fades to shade of white

 

Palms open, heart closed
Falling tears for what was chose
Trickle, trickle, an aural blight
The courage fades, out of sight

 

Eyes close, soul freed
Beauty as was love decreed

 

Palms close, heart freed
Love was there from destiny’s seed

 

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