Thursday, October 16, 2014

Waiting October 16, 2o14

yes, quite a while, in human years, since I posted any poetry on my blog. I started a new one because the last had 100 poems attached to it. Add to that the first blog of poetry I wrote and the total comes to 148. And I haven't even scratches the surface of what my flash drives can offer up.


Waiting

I can’t wait for the horsemen to arrive
I do long to hear their bloody hoofs
beat against the bold, gray sky.
 
But I’ve learned to be patient
when the  thunder prowls the night
by breathing in its deadly scent
 
the lilac slumbering beneath
the change in seasons
while the sparrow sings of death.
 
There are no graveyards anymore
just fatalistic churches pale as ghosts
no truths or lies left to explore.
 
A few of us have mustered up
the common sense to run away
when the darker souls erupt.
 
We could walk awhile me and you
hand in crippled hand skipping past
those shattered corners of the world
 
where the barroom lights refuse to shine
on those of us the lonely ones the ones
that Jesus left  behind.
rrw 1o-o3-14

 
 

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