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You are a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. James 4:14 |
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 My cat rests on my pillow, But I feel I must lay down, I sure hate to disturb him for, His untroubled sleep is sound. I try to move him, he resists, His look says I'm dead wrong, Finally, he slides an inch, No more would he withdraw. So I lay down against my cat, With effort he gives way, I stroke his coat of warm soft fur, His purr says we're okay. |
 I want to feel the wind on my face, While driving on a smooth curvy road, Birds singing to their mates, Hair tickling my nose, Warm sun and cool air, Tires on freshly paved asphalt, Acceleration pressing me, Trees like hyperspace stars. |
 In my youth, with worries naught, I found the untold truth I sought, Hidden lies in lessons learned, Left me cool to fools that taught. Most my songs have long been sung, Although I feel as if still young, Only the merciful breath of time, Smooths the tone of an elderly tongue. The universe lurks black and vast, No gray matter will ever last, But of memories I now recall, How fast the sun of summer passed. We all face life’s end alone, The fear of death is to the bone, Soon will come our time to die, To be the dust on crumbled stone.
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 Amazing how we take for granted, The shocking bounty we consume, When this strange and terrible world, Could easily turn to doom and gloom. When men are unsatisfied with peace, When the enemy sends a battle group, Most people are not prepared for war, With no bell pepper, no curry, no soup. Then what will be our first regret, The sogginess of our crisped rice? No, the market's barren shelves, Mark the time we'll pay the price. Of course, the deaf will yet lament, "We only hoped to have the best, Who's to blame for our plight?" Those who failed the prepping test. |
 I lay this broken body down, To sigh my last sigh, I'm tired and my body aches, To say a last goodbye. If I call but no one comes. If all my hope is lost, If lying inside emptiness, If left to bear the cost, I'll scream within my dream, Let fly my last outcry, Cling to my everything, Try to wonder why, I'll scream within my dream, And if there's no one to hear, I'll take one last look around, And scream within my dream. |
 In Summer's raging swelter, I dream of Winter's dagger, Icicle points, sharp and stellar, Relieve this overheated nagger. To lie in blankets of frosty snow, Blue shadows cast on winter white, Crystals cling to fruiting branches, Sparkle in bright summer light. Cool heat of which I suffer, Until my lips are quivering, Crusty slippery frozen snow, Numb me until I'm shivering. |
 We glimmer for moments in time, Away we fade to gray haze, We count on tomorrow though fallow, As if living in oceans of days. Convections in thin atmosphere, Smoke signals in life's ether, Though fallow we count on tomorrow, And drizzle away in our leisure. Life fades like fall's morning mist, Vapor forming no droplets, We count on tomorrow though fallow, Temporary plumes the ozone forgets. We seem liquid-but life's made of steam, No velum contains our air, Though fallow we count on tomorrow, A rift of hope in the fog of prayer. |
A Retournello Poem Today's my first, Talking to myself day, To hear what I wanted to say, Me unrehearsed. First I'll play coy, Tease another stanza, Step toward an extravaganza, A righteous ploy. Life is never, The flavor of one spice, But a blend to fully entice, Life forever. |
 Alone in February's icy realm, Witness the stark pre-morning freeze, A Bird sleeps in silence, dreaming of springtime, Asleep in defiance of a wintery world. A lazy sun crests the hazy horizon, Winter disguises the fruit of the earth, An elderly woman sows seeds from a bucket, A lady with love for the suffering birds. One lonely bird feasts, then others join in, The sun in the east brightens the sky, Sing praises to Heaven for the love of a woman, Sing praises to Heaven for the least one of us. 12 Lines |
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