Identity Theft

why are you try'n so hard
why can't you be satisfied
why do you believe
what their tell'n you

burying your self
to live in someone else
committing suicide
so another can live inside

You think you know them
So does every one else
they live- what you'll never live
they are- what you'll never be

never gave you a chance
but that's the way it is
god shortchanged you
and blessed another

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Instruments Of War

The baton is raised.
Silent savagery, lurks in the green.
Silent feet, step softly,
waiting for fear to explode.

No sound make...let no twig break...

breathe softly, begging breath,

beat quietly, pounding heart.

Like drums, stretched too tight,
under the shadow of fisted war sticks.

Like steel strings, stretched too tight,
under poised sharp fingers.

The instruments lie waiting.

The baton falls!

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666 War Street

The grimy mirror on the hallway floor
recognized the stranger
who entered its door
a familiar haunting…home for the lost
gallery to hell
a threshold crossed

bleary hopes
letters etched
epithets scrawled
on dim-lit walls
writ 666… in reapers book
a loathsome tome
of names lives forsook

Faded memories… past betrayals
ghostly shadows
floating bouquets
tragic endings…devil-may-cares
echoing murmurings

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Love... Running Red

crying in your bed.
Thinking of your youth,
when innocence was truth.

Something happened,
somewhere along the way.
I didn't know,
how love could fade away.

Love running red,
innocence has fled.
Lovers first kiss,
a feeling that I miss.

Where's that feeling,
that all young lovers know.
Down by life's river,
where all my memories flow.

Love running red,

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O' How I Played You

I sneak in breaths, between pressed lips
fingered mem'ries, not forgotten
loves wind blows, over familiar keys
a sultry͡ slur, an E-flat slips
slick swift runs, ‘cross wet dragged lips
tender nips, in wanton places
such furious highs, ascending clashes,
falling releases, fluttering splashes
a soft brushed cymbal, a stifled cry
lungs
exhaling…
fingers
trembling …

now…
antique brass, frames a coy sweet face
her pictured walls, twilight revealed
a tarnished glint…
a trumpet graced…
by a flower placed…

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The Sobbing Moon

Dream Finder!

are you listening
i'll tell you
why the stars
are mourning

her trust was
turned to ashes
she bleeds
into the earth

quiescence
betrayed its young
a serpent
flicked its tongue

you will find her
broke and crying
on the dark side

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Two Tears In The Wind

He asked a question
this stranger odd
with invasive eyes
that goad and prod

He smote with words
a hammer fell
with bell-like blows
a funeral knell

I felt these words
tho' not by hearing
a clacking of bones
as I hung in the wind

And a dark wind blew…

If I were to go
to a place like me
what kind of place

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Watching Her Walk

Her presence moves
frail bent, head down
with a bow-strung gait
eyes fixed to pavement

Stopping, darting eyes
see something bothersome
a crack; a cautious step
moves her forward again

At first, heads turned
eyebrows cocked, curiously
watching her walk
watching that walk

A respectful 'hello Mary'
is usually heard
aging fast each year
less attentive
forgetful, slow

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A Son Has Fallen

The battle is distant...and fading away
my senses are drowning.. i lay afraid
falling rain mingles with saltwater tears
the setting sun beckons dark-water fears

A feeling of rage welling up inside
going to explode.. can't run.. can't hide
wave the flag and fight for freedom
invisible dragons in this alien kingdom

Drifting between the present and past
flash-backs...snapping so fast
nineteen years and ninety-nine days,
march before me...thru this ghostly haze

I stare up.. into a spinning sky
so many questions.. why god why
can it be over.. i'm so far away
friends.. family.. i laughed.. i played

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