Structured strength slips
Rusty reinforcement rips
Scaffolding of my life gives way
Skeleton then upholding now decays
Purpose has been outlived
Reasons ill-conceived
All intents at permanence
Degrades to effervesence
What's built to last
Has been undone
Thrust has lost
Gravity's won
What's gone up has indeed come down
In this vacuum I scream and make no sound.
Keats
1 September 2014
POETRY, OR WHAT PASSES FOR POETRY. RHYME AND REASON, COMMENT, OR FLAME. IT'S ALL THE SAME. SEARCH NOT FOR WISDOM HERE, THERE IS NONE
Monday, September 1, 2014
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Apart
Between three walls of stone and three of wood
I find myself alone with out you
But yet hope lies in this moonlit night
With winter's chill in the air
Because though your presence is not before me
Somehow I feel you there
This thing I hold in my hand and lean my head against
Is my only link,my mystic chain, my thread by which I feel connected
I speak, and as if by magic you hear me and I hear you
And though your hand I hold not in mine
Know at least my heart is thine
I wish I have your face before me now rather than my reflection
But I see I 'd rather have you here in my arms
I'd rather have you here with me
No flowers I have for you
Pauper that I am
No sweets or trinkets for which I should have saved
But yet I know despite this empty purse
The treasure which is you, I save
I wish, (and if I may have my wish)
I wish to rectify
This thing before my eyes
I hope upon the next feast of hearts that comes
That I, can do more than oohhs and uhms.
I wish my mouth was close to your ear
To let you hear
Not just hear
But feel the words that leave my mouth
But here is all that we have
For the moment
And, I'm here away
A bit down south
Fret not my love I labour
To make things go our way
Our challenge, thoughts and arms not waver
Until you're here and I'm there-- To stay
Keats
14 February 2014
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Hometown
I suddenly
find myself in a place I thought I'd never find again
Like
returning to a familiar place but changed
Some shops
are gone and street names new
Some houses
torn or built anew
In my walk I
find a cozy hole in the wall
It’s a place
not there before
I find
myself at home immediately
Enjoying
myself immensely
I once left
this town thought I’d never come back
But this
unexpected find beckoned me, stay
Keats
12 February
2014
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