In the damp misty morning of uncertainty, The streetlights mournful hum is lost
To the slow sweeping of the silent street cleaner…
Can the day’s events simply be swept away by a street cleaner…
Poetry
A brief moment in time can form a memory that lasts forever…
I can remember you now,
Standing silently,
With your hair gently flowing…
A Whimsical Memory
The old mill stood majestically in the sun beaten world,
Wood splintered dry, portraying an era that had flourished long before.
Her millstones would never turn to the rhythm of crushed grain…
Or create the beads of sweat that roll silently
Down an old man’s back.
You Touched Me
After so many years of building barriers, digging trenches
Setting stone, and preparing to do battle,…
Return of the Warriors
My silent warriors have returned,
With their gallant cries and muted groans.
Again, they scale impregnable barriers,
With lives that were once their own…
THOUGHTFULLY
Sitting in my room cigarette in hand,
a candle flickering to the breath
of each life long beat of time,
I wonder thoughtfully if its mine…
ONSLAUGHT
My body, thrown into battle by the invisible,
Eating my strength from inside.
Causing my mind to wander from…
Why
A body limp with death, lies at the bottom of a bridge. Was it really worth it? People converge on the body blabbering, smiling, all stuffing their faces with dinner. Why did he do it? A police officer appears…