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- AintNoNinny: life at twilight sings a last song before darkness nature’s lullaby
- Tristan: My future is something shining, something flashing way out on the watery horizon. It’s making its way to me faster than I’m floating to it.
- AintNoNinny: DELIVER MY WISHES Deliver my wishes on dishes of gold. Shine them with dust from gilt faery wings. Bring me your gifts from days of old. With blessings, let their potential unfold into...
- Tristan: You can have the fame if you leave me money; Take away the tea, but leave me the honey.
- Tristan: The tree’s arms are tired, outstretched, and still waiting for that hug.
- Mossy: Deeply rooted Friend Hard, strong, sturdy core Arms holding heaven Thump thump, drummer beats warm flowing secret lyrics Treeheart shows blossoms
- deepgreen: Love came as a surprise. I didn’t expect it. But I like it so much, I will never regret it. He is there for me. I’m a lucky girl! He’s so handsome and strong. Gives my...
- SBgiselle: Straight and tall, The mighty tree, For decades it has grown. It reached so high, It spread so far, All on it’s very own. The tree was proud, Of his solid wood, And the quantity of...
- D. Edgar Lamp: A Story In Verse, Part 5: THE OCEAN I clung to his neck with my eyes tightly closed. The beat of his wings like a music composed A tranquil serenity there in the air, An island of...
- D. Edgar Lamp: (151) INSTANT INSIGNIFICANCE My span of life mosquitos past While eons elephant as if Their hulking selves were frozen stiff While I go by so fast My epic blur of beating wings In...
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The rain drips coldly off his drenched hat
As he staggers hungrily through a darkened wood,
Searching, searching.
A man of mystery, never quite knowing what to see
Or what to look for in his gloomy surroundings.
Falling, falling.
The will to move on, to continue, is growing dim
And life seems pointless, darkness closes.
Ending, ending.
With his head in his hands, he thinks that all is lost
Nothing matters, it’s over, he can’t handle it.
Losing, losing.
Then salvation takes a hand, and the sun stops the rain
Memories flood back, happy ones, of a time long gone.
Remember! Remember!
The light warms his heart, the pain’s washed away
Daylight, brightness, he stands tall again,
Ready, ready.
When giving up seems easy, just think of all your friends
If you have none, make one. Just smile, say hello.
Smile. Smile.
Memories, fading with worry and hatred, can be remembered
Brought back by sunlight and a want to survive.
Endure. Endure.
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TREES
Nature’s brooding conductors
stand motionless
with their arms outstretched,
upholding the final note
in poignant silence
before taking their bows.
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ah, a freebie
yes. I’ll have one please
yes, some more.
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The new week starts tomorrow
we can try again
and put the old one to bed
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I set your revolutions
into measured slots,
and well in advance
I assign upcoming events
according to my benefit.
Time, I am your master.
but still you tease me
with your deceitful abundance
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Breath fills his nostrils
Scent of rain
Overhead thunder thrills
As a hesitant voice of pain
His eyes widen
as lightning rends the smoky sky
angry must be Poseidon
nowhere is dry
Poised is the stranger
who looks from atop the stony ledge
his face lined with danger
as he nears the edge
hear the mighty ocean roar!
Feel the wind howl!
See the silver lightning soar!
Entropy is on the prowl!
His demeanor is placidly peaceful
As he grasps the hand of Lady Death
one step into freefall, his manner of control
diving on empty breath
like an arrow, the ether he’ll pierce
that divides the earth and the sky
the hopes and the fears
that lie within the human mind
an immortal he be
that realizes his eternal nature
who swims the currents of destiny
and lives till he reaches his full stature
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